description: In language that is "rich, musical and playful, like that of a Joyce who grew up on Yiddish" (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times), Stanley Elkin offers us the extraordinary Dorothy Bliss, an eighty-two-year-old widow caught in a tragicomic world, forced to find purpose in endless card games and "Good Neighbor Policy Night" at a Florida retirement community.About the Author A two-time recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award, Stanley Elkin is regarded as one of the most important writers of the contemporary period. During his lifetime, he wrote over a dozen novels and short story collections, including The Magic Kingdom, The Franchiser, and The Dick Gibson Show.
title: Mrs. Ted Bliss
titlecomplete: Mrs. Ted Bliss
genres: American, Literary Fiction, Novels, Fiction, Jewish, Humor, Unfinished
ratings_count: 296
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Recorded Books