You Must Remember This - Softcover

Oates, Professor Of Humanities Joyce Carol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0452280192 ISBN 13: 9780452280199

Publisher: Plume Books, 1998

Synopsis

"An American masterpiece . . . Oates' sprawling novel is the definitive history of an era."--James Atlas, "Vanity Fair" "A fierce vision of America during the 1950s . . . in powerful, meticulous prose."-- "New York Times"

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Praise for You Must Remember This

"Prolific writer Oates demonstrates awesome talent in her new novel, a family saga, set against the backdrop of conservatism that marked America in the 1950s...a vivid portrait of bewildered, inarticulate people pushed against the narrow boundaries of their era by their emotions...Oates is not easy on her characters. She moves them through McCarthyism, backyard fallout shelters and illegal abortions, slapping them with harsh reflections of their weaknesses. Fully developed, they are described in language that is both elegant and gritty. The scenes between Enid and Felix add a pulsing, sensate eroticism. Infused with narrative energy, this is one of Oates's strongest books in many seasons."--Publishers Weekly

"Ms. Oates has, if anything, sharpened her feel for gritty urban settings and the passions and despairs that flame up there. The inner voice of adolescence is convincingly intense--it plays effectively against the raging and choked-down voices of adulthood."--New York Times

About the Author:

In addition to many prize-winning and bestselling novels, including We Were the Mulvaneys, A Book of American Martyrs, Black Water, Because It Is Bitter and Because It Is My Heart, and Broke Heart Blues, Joyce Carol Oates is the author of a number of works of gothic fiction including Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque, a World Fantasy Award nominee; and Zombie, winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Best Horror Novel, awarded by the Horror Writers' Association. In 1994, Oates received the Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award in Horror Fiction. She is the editor of American Gothic Tales.

About this edition

• Publisher: Plume Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0452280192
• ISBN 13: 9780452280199
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448