Because so much of Ms. Fox’s work was for young people, her fiction for adults was sometimes overlooked. In the Paula Fox universe, objects take on heightened importance, as if rearing up to fill the gaps left by characters’ failure to make real connections. The great risk of being alive, nearly all of Ms. Fox’s work seemed to say, is that anything can happen to anyone at any time. They had met when Martin, then an editor at Commentary magazine, rejected a story Ms. Fox had submitted. Critical response to Ms. Fox’s work over the years was largely favorable, though there was sometimes dissent.

Source: New York Times March 03, 2017 20:50 UTC