Beasts
of Joyce Carol Oates
Description
A young woman tumbles into a nightmare of decadent desire and corrupted innocence in a superb novella of suspense from National Book Awardâwinner Joyce Carol Oates. Art and arson, the poetry of D. H. Lawrence and pulp pornography, hero-worship and sexual debasement, totems and taboos mix and mutate into a startling, suspenseful tale of how a sunny New England college campus descends into a lurid nightmare. "A small gem.... Oates does not disappoint, nor does she waste a word."âThe Washington Post Book World Oates often takes on sensational subject matter ... yet rarely has she done so with the churningly quiet understatement of ... Beasts."âLos Angeles Times "A cunning fusion of Gothic romance and psychological horror story, and one of her best recent books."âKirkus Reviews "Oates's new novel is a slim one, but it packs a serious punch."âAssociated Press "Delicious ... Beasts is something of a jeu d'esprit noir.... The novella length is exactly right for it."âThe New York Review of Books
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 154 pages
- Publisher Carroll & Graf Publishers
- Publication Date January 6th 2003
- First Publication 11/06/01
- Language English
- ISBN 9780786711031
- Edition Trade paperback
- Category Fiction
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