From the legendary literary master, winner of the National Book Award and New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates, a collection of thirteen spellbinding stories that maps the eerie darkness within us all
Insightful, disturbing, and mesmerizing in their lyrical precision, the stories in Lovely, Dark, Deep display Joyce Carol Oatesamp;#39;s astonishing ability to make visceral the fear, hurt, and uncertainty that lurks at the edges of ordinary lives.
In amp;#34;Mastiff,amp;#34; a woman and a man are joined in an erotic bond forged out of terror and gratitude. amp;#34;Sex with Camelamp;#34; explores how a sixteen-year-old boy realizes the depth of his love for his grandmotheramp;#8212;and how vulnerable those feelings make him. Fearful that her husband is vanishing from their life, a woman becomes obsessed with keeping him in her sight in amp;#34;The Disappearing.amp;#34; amp;#34;A Book of Martyrsamp;#34; reveals how the end of a pregnancy brings with it the end of a relationship. And in the title story, the elderly Robert Frost is visited by an interviewer, a troubling young woman who seems to know a good deal more about his life than she should.
A piercing and evocative collection, Lovely, Dark, Deep reveals Joyce Carol Oates at her most imaginative and unsettling.
From the legendary literary master, winner of the National Book Award and New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates, a collection of thirteen spellbinding stories that maps the eerie darkness within us all
Insightful, disturbing, and mesmerizing in their lyrical precision, the stories in Lovely, Dark, Deep display Joyce Carol Oatesamp;#39;s astonishing ability to make visceral the fear, hurt, and uncertainty that lurks at the edges of ordinary lives.
In amp;#34;Mastiff,amp;#34; a woman and a man are joined in an erotic bond forged out of terror and gratitude. amp;#34;Sex with Camelamp;#34; explores how a sixteen-year-old boy realizes the depth of his love for his grandmotheramp;#8212;and how vulnerable those feelings make him. Fearful that her husband is vanishing from their life, a woman becomes obsessed with keeping him in her sight in amp;#34;The Disappearing.amp;#34; amp;#34;A Book of Martyrsamp;#34; reveals how the end of a pregnancy brings with it the end of a relationship. And in the title story, the elderly Robert Frost is visited by an interviewer, a troubling young woman who seems to know a good deal more about his life than she should.
A piercing and evocative collection, Lovely, Dark, Deep reveals Joyce Carol Oates at her most imaginative and unsettling.
Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories
Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940173461964 |
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| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Publication date: | 11/15/2019 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |