The typing lady : and other fictions / Ruth Ozeki.
"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"-- Publisher description.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593832714
- ISBN: 059383271X
- Physical Description: 321 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First United States edition.
- Publisher: New York : Viking, 2026.
- Copyright: ©2026
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "Published in hardcover in Great Britain by Canongate Books Ltd., Edinburgh, in 2026"--Title page verso.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The typing lady: an author's note -- The anthropologist's kid -- Leafblower -- Immortal -- The death of the last white male -- Ships in the night -- Feelings -- One art -- Dead beat poet -- Where ambition goes to die -- The problem of the body.
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- Subject:
- Life change events > Fiction.
College students > Fiction.
Spouses > Fiction.
Grandparents > Fiction.
Online dating > Fiction.
Literature > Fiction. - Genre:
- Short stories.
Psychological fiction.
Available copies
- 17 of 34 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 0 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 10 current holds with 34 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Main Library | FIC OZE (Text) | 30229101448685 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/20/2026 |
| Benhaven Public Library | F Oze (Text) | 33630005549352 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | F OZE (Text) | 0020514154424 | Adult New Fiction | In transit | - |
| Cliffdale Library | CMB2017396 (Text) | CMB2017396 | Technical Services | In process | - |
| Corolla Library | F OZE (Text) | 39488600197331 | Adult New Fiction | Reshelving | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | CMB2017396 (Text) | CMB2017397 | Technical Services | In process | - |
| East Asheville Library | F OZE (Text) | 0020514177656 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/14/2026 |
| Enka-Candler Library | F OZE (Text) | 0020514215217 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | FIC Ozeki, Ruth (Text) | 0112524999301 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/24/2026 |
| G.V. Barbee, Sr. Library | FIC OZE (Text) | 31420621351934 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | GOLDAF (Text) | WAYNE25178221517628 | Adult New Fiction | On order | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | F Ozeki (Text) | 33115007718592 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/13/2026 |
| Henderson Main Branch | OZE (Text) | 33258010595935 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/19/2026 |
| High Point Library | FIC OZEKI RUTH (Text) | 30519020523356 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| High Point Library | FIC OZEKI RUTH (Text) | 30519020523364 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC OZEKI (Text) | 36015002721203 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Kill Devil Hills Library | ON ORDER (Text) | DAR9780593832714K | Adult New Fiction | On order | - |
| Leicester Library | F OZE (Text) | 0020514195070 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/11/2026 |
| Lenoir Library | F OZEKI Ruth (Text) | 50669013460176 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/18/2026 |
| Lewisville Branch | FIC Ozeki, Ruth (Text) | 0112524999329 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 08/17/2026 |
| Margaret and James Harper, Jr. Library | FIC OZE (Text) | 31421621492975 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| North Asheville Library | F OZE (Text) | 0020514154606 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| North Regional Library | CMB2017396 (Text) | CMB2017398 | Technical Services | In process | - |
| Oakley/South Asheville Library | F OZE (Text) | 0020514177763 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/15/2026 |
| Pack Memorial Library | F OZE (Text) | 0020514154291 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Pasquotank Library Main | F OZE (Text) | 39488102156462 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Reynolda Manor Branch | FIC Ozeki, Ruth (Text) | 0112524999310 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | FIC OZEKI (Text) | 36015002721146 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/10/2026 |
| South Buncombe/Skyland Library | F OZE (Text) | 0020514154689 | Adult New Fiction | Reshelving | - |
| Statesville Main Library | F OZEKI (Text) | 33114024792236 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Troutman Branch Library | F OZEKI (Text) | 33114024792244 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Weaverville Library | F OZE (Text) | 0020514215357 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/07/2026 |
| Youngsville Branch | F/Ozeki (Text) | 72350000135906 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Youngsville Branch | F/Ozeki (Text) | 72350000135907 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
