Levitation: Five Fictions by Cynthia Ozick. 1982 Knopf, first edition, 158 pages.  Ozick is a master essayist and acclaimed short-story writer. Students often encounter her story "The Shawl." The Washington Post write on this collection, her third: "These new 'fictions' range from stories of Jewish writers on Central Park West to the science fictiony avant-garde; all are written with a chemist's care for the exactly weighted detail."

Condition: VG. Some shelf wear and tanning.

"The were attracted to bitter lives."