Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense - Rilegato

Oates, Joyce Carol

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ISBN 10: 1788543688 ISBN 13: 9781788543682

Casa editrice: Head of Zeus, 2018

Riassunto

A woman, naked except for her high-heeled shoes, is seated in front of the window in an apartment she cannot afford, as her married lover rushes, amorously, murderously, to her door. An ageing, jealous wife crafts an unusual game of Russian roulette involving a pair of Wedgwood teacups, a strong Bengal brew, and a lethal concoction of medicine. Who will drink from the wrong cup, the wife or the dance student she believes to be her husband's latest conquest? A former Sunday School teacher's corpse turns up and the blighted adolescent she had by turns petted and ridiculed confesses to her murder - but is he really responsible? In a fantastic ode to H.P. Lovecraft, a young outsider is haunted by apparitions at the very edge of the spectrum of visibility after the death of his tortured father. Revelling in the uncanny, this taut collection stands at the crossroads of sex, violence, and longing - challenging us to interrogate the intersection of these impulses within ourselves.

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Recensione:

PRAISE FOR JOYCE CAROL OATES:
'Oates is simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going'. --Gillian Flynn
'A collection that displays Oates's ability to inhabit distinctive voices to chilling effect'. --Observer
'An unsettling read worth every resulting jump in the night'. --Daily Mail

Descrizione del libro:

Six feverishly unsettling works from one of our greatest literary imaginations.

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• Editore: Head of Zeus
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1788543688
• ISBN 13: 9781788543682
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 352