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Oates, Joyce Carol

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ISBN 10: 0061547484 ISBN 13: 9780061547485

Casa editrice: Ecco Pr, 2008

Riassunto

A satirical tale inspired by an unsolved true mystery follows the experiences of a nineteen-year-old daughter of an upper-middle-class suburban family that is torn apart by a murder and intense media scrutiny. By the author of The Gravedigger's Daughter. 50,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Employing her powerful imagination, the gifted Oates gets inside her fictional characters’ tormented souls to solve the case...as a literary exercise, it deserves a rave...she brilliantly depicts status-obsessed parents who alternately push and ignore their deeply unhappy children.” (USA Today)

“Oates is in top form as she creates a narrative voice that is bitter and humorous yet sympathetic, building to a dramatic and satisfying resolution.” (Library Journal)

“Oates is just a fearless writer...[with] her brave heart and her impossibly lush and dead-on imaginative powers.” (Los Angeles Times)

“Joyce Carol Oates’s uncompromising prose illuminates the stark landscape of our times.” (Chicago Tribune)

“The Gravedigger’s Daughter is Joyce Carol Oates at her very best: mesmerizing, intense and unique in her vision and power.” (Scott Turow)

“...Oates confidently delivers another very American saga of lurid misfortune.” (Entertainment Weekly)

“...This book is easy to admire... my reaction was...“Wow: What a writer.”” (Seattle Times)

“...there is much to admire in this bittersweet tale of one woman’s triumph of the will...engaging...” (New York Times)

“...a writer of furious gifts...” (New Jersey Star Ledger)

“Oates’ vivid descriptions fill the senses...what is strong is Oates’ compassionate, disturbing portrayal of life in the troubled war years...” (USA Today)

L'autore:

Joyce Carol Oates is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978.

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• Editore: Ecco Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0061547484
• ISBN 13: 9780061547485
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 562