Little Bird of Heaven - Softcover

Oates, Joyce Carol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 000734256X ISBN 13: 9780007342563

Publisher: Fourth Estate, 2010

Synopsis

‘A writer of extraordinary strengths’ Guardian

Set in the mythical small city of Sparta, New York, this searing, vividly rendered exploration of the mysterious conjunction of erotic romance and tragic violence in late 20th-century America.

When a young wife and mother named Zoe Kruller is found brutally murdered, the Sparta police target two primary suspects: her estranged husband Delray and her longtime lover Eddy Diehl. In turn, the Krullers's son Aaron and Eddy's daughter Krista become obsessed with one another, each believing the other's father is guilty.

Told in halves in the very different voices of Krista and Aaron, Little Bird of Heaven is classic Joyce Carol Oates, in which the lyricism of intense sexual love is intertwined with the anguish of loss, and tenderness is barely distinguishable from cruelty. By the novel's end, the fated lovers, meeting again as adults, are at last ready to exorcise the ghosts of the past and come to terms with their legacy of guilt, misplaced love and redemptive yearning.

With Little Bird of Heaven, Joyce Carol Oates once again confirms her place as one of the most outstanding writers at work today.

About this title

Product Description:

'A writer of extraordinary strengths' Guardian

Review:

`The novel starts out talking the language of police procedural but soon bloats into something more amorphous' --Independent

About this edition

• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 000734256X
• ISBN 13: 9780007342563
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448