A review by abby_writes
Antiquities by Cynthia Ozick

5.0

"I remember nothing. I remember everything. I believe everything. I believe nothing." This story centers on an octogenarian writing his memoir in 1940's New York. Once an accomplished lawyer, Lloyd now lives as a Trustee at his old boarding school where he was something of an outcast. The reader is able to access in these meandering, Proustian pages his deepest secrets, shameful realizations, and his troubling inability to divest of grudges and engage with the humanity around him. It's a humanizing tale that is elevated by Ozick's prose.