The typing lady and other fictions

"Ruth Ozeki turns her singular gaze to the short story, exploring childhood ambition, youthful desire, midlife reinvention, and the unsparing clarity of old age. With her distinctive blend of wit, warmth, and deep humanity, she brings us twelve richly imagined stories of characters standing at life'...

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Main Author: Ozeki, Ruth, 1956- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, 2026.
Edition:First United States edition.
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240 1 0 |a Typing lady (Compilation) 
245 1 4 |a The typing lady :  |b and other fictions /  |c Ruth Ozeki. 
246 3 0 |a Other fictions 
250 |a First United States edition. 
264 1 |a New York :  |b Viking,  |c 2026. 
264 4 |c Ã2026 
300 |a 321 pages ;  |c 22 cm 
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338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
590 |a Genre sticker: Short stories. 
500 |a "Published in hardcover in Great Britain by Canongate Books Ltd., Edingburgh, in 2026." -- Title page verso. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 0 |t The typing lady: an author's note --  |t The anthropologist's kid --  |t Leafblower --  |t Immortal --  |t The death of the last white male --  |t Ships in the night --  |t Feelings --  |t One art --  |t Dead beat poet --  |t Where ambition goes to die --  |t The problem of the body. 
520 |a "Ruth Ozeki turns her singular gaze to the short story, exploring childhood ambition, youthful desire, midlife reinvention, and the unsparing clarity of old age. With her distinctive blend of wit, warmth, and deep humanity, she brings us twelve richly imagined stories of characters standing at life's thresholds--grappling with faded ideals, evolving identities, and the inevitable compromises that shape a life. A college student falls for her professor and learns to transmute longing into language. A disquieted husband watches with tenderness and unease as the ghost of his wife's ambition roams the woods outside their home. A long-deceased Beat poet hijacks the mind of a young publishing assistant during a sales meeting, railing against the state of modern literature. A curious grandmother creates a fake online dating profile to spy on her granddaughter's romantic life--and sets in motion a deception she can't control. Spanning eras and geographies--from a New England college town in the 1970s to downtown Manhattan in the 1990s to a moss-covered Pacific Northwest island during the early pandemic--The Typing Lady is an electrifying meditation on the stories we tell ourselves, the stories we abandon, and the stories we become. Threaded with the tactile ephemera of writing--typewriters, letters, manuscripts, and disappearing ink--the book reveals how we record ourselves in language, and how language, over time, records us in return."-- Provided by publisher. 
650 0 |a Life change events  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a College students  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Spouses  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Grandparents  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Online dating  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Literature  |v Fiction. 
655 7 |a Psychological fiction.  |2 lcgft 
655 7 |a Short stories.  |2 lcgft 
690 0 |a Dietz, Roger tribute. 
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