Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense - Brossura

Oates, Joyce Carol

Brossura

ISBN 10: 178854370X ISBN 13: 9781788543705

Casa editrice: Head of Zeus, 2019

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

'The prolific Oates works her magic on a small canvas in this taut collection of short stories about ageing, jealous wives, lonely mistresses and a game of Russian roulette with poisoned teacups' --Daily Telegraph

'Both haunting and sublime' --Literary Review

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: 2019
• ISBN 10: 178854370X
• ISBN 13: 9781788543705
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352