Wonderland
of Joyce Carol Oates, Elaine Showalter (Introduction)
Series: Wonderland Quartet #4
Description
Joyce Carol Oatesâs Wonderland Quartet comprises four remarkable novels that explore social class in America and the inner lives of young Americans. Spanning from the Great Depression to the turbulent Vietnam War era, Wonderland is the epic account of Jesse Vogel, a boy who emerged from a family tragedy with his life spared but his world torn apart. Orphaned after watching his father murder his entire family, Jesse embarks on a personal odyssey that takes him from a Dickensian foster home to college and graduate school to the pinnacle of the medical profession. As an adult, Jesse must summon the strength to reach across the âgeneration gapâ and rescue his endangered teenaged daughter, who has fallen into the drug-infused 1960s counterculture. Hailed by Library Journal as âthe greatest of Oatesâs novels,â Wonderland is the capstone of a magnificent literary excursion that plunges beneath the glossy surface of American life. Wonderland is the final novel in Joyce Carol Oatesâs Wonderland Quartet. The books that complete this acclaimed series, A Garden of Earthly Delights, Expensive People, and them, are also available from the Modern Library.JFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 528 pages
- Publisher Modern Library
- Publication Date September 12th 2006
- First Publication 10/29/71
- Language English
- ISBN 9780812976557
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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