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A wildly inventive new collection ofstories by Joyce Carol Oates that chartsthe surprising ways in which the worldwe think we know can unexpectedlyreveal its darker contours
The New York Times has hailed Joyce Carol Oates as "adangerous writer in the best sense of the word, one whotakes risks almost obsessively with energy and relish."Black Dahlia & White Rose, a collection of eleven previouslyuncollected stories, showcases the keen rewards ofOates's relentless brio and invention. In one beautifullyhoned story after another, Oates explores the menace thatlurks at the edges of and intrudes upon even the seeminglysafest of lives--and maps with rare emotional acuity thetransformational cost of such intrusions.
Unafraid to venture into no-man's-lands both real andsurreal, Oates takes readers deep into dangerous territory, from a maximum-security prison--vividly delineatingthe heartbreaking and unexpected atmosphere of such aninstitution--to the inner landscapes of two beautiful andmysteriously doomed young women in 1940s Los Angeles: Elizabeth Short, otherwise known as the Black Dahlia, victim of a long-unsolved and particularly brutal murder, and her roommate Norma Jeane Baker, soon to becomeMarilyn Monroe. Whether exploring the psychologicalcompulsion of the wife of a well-to-do businessman whois ravished by, and elopes with, a lover who is not what heseems or the uneasily duplicitous relationships betweenyoung women and their parents, Black Dahlia & White Roseexplores the compelling intertwining of dread and desire, the psychic pull and trauma of domestic life, and resonatesat every turn with Oates's mordant humor and hertrenchant observation.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Joyce Carol Oates is not only one of our most important novelists and literary critics; she is also an unparalleled master of the short story. Black Dahlia & White Roseeleven previously uncollected stories that explore the slippage between fantasy and everyday lifeshows us an author working at the height of her powers.With lapidary precision and an unflinching eye, Oates charts the surprising ways in which the world we think we know can unexpectedly reveal its darker contours. From the title story, which maps the friendship between two beautiful and mysteriously doomed young women in 1940s Los AngelesElizabeth Short, otherwise known as the Black Dahlia victim of a long-unsolved and particularly brutal murder, and her roommate Norma Jeane Baker, soon to become Marilyn Monroe, to the tale of the wife of a well-to-do businessman who is ravished by, and elopes with, a lover who is a spotted hyena; from the uneasily duplicitous relationships between young women and their parents to the heartbreaking experiences of visitors to maximum security prisons whose vividly delineated experiences are not what they might have expectedBlack Dahlia &White Rose explores the commingling of sexual love and violence, the tumult of family life, and resonates with Oates predilection for dark humor and her gift for voice. A brilliant collection of short fiction from National Book Award winner and "New York Times"-bestselling author JOates, one of the most acclaimed writers of our time. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780062195692
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