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Cynthia Ozick Reads Steven Millhauser

The New Yorker: Fiction

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The Master's Incomparable Art

The first apprentice bent over the glass in the sloping top of the teak wood box. After a few moments he stepped aside and allowed the second apprentice to bend over the glass. When both had done looking, the younger of the two said that the master's work was indeed incomparable. Then the two apprentices thanked the master for dignifying them with his attention and respectfully took their leave.

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