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from gayla.bassham

I revere Cynthia Ozick (although sometimes I think I like the idea of her more than I like her actual work). This was just okay for me. I think I would have liked it more if I'd read it in tandem with The Ambassadors. Oddly, I found it less can't-put-it-down compelling than the other two books I ...

from Laurochka

This book started well and I found Bea quite a compelling character. As the plot progresses and she becomes more and more ensnarled in Marvin'd children's lives I slightly lost track of her motivation.I found Paris describes quite well and the idea of displaces people after the war came across ve...

from Citizenjoyce

Parts of this book are excellent. I gather it is a retelling of the plot of Henry James The Ambassadors though the sex of some of the characters is changed as are many situations. The best part is that it's set in the 1950's so benefited from the addition of Jewish WWII refugees - "those people" ...

from LizzieD

I don't think that Foreign Bodies "sparkles" as a blurb from the New Yorker advertises on the cover of my copy. What I do think is problematic. Ozick takes the plot of Henry James's The Ambassadors as a jumping off place to explore the lives of brother and sister Nachtigall in 1952. Bea, at her b...

from RidgewayGirl

I've never read anything by Cynthia Ozick beyond a short story or two, so I thought to remedy this with this book. Set during the 1952, Foreign Bodies is the story of Bea, whose life has been on hold since her husband left her years earlier. She goes on a trip to Europe and her brother orders her...