A new collection of dark, chilling tales from the #1 New York Times
Bestselling author From literary icon Joyce Carol Oates comes a brand
new collection of haunting and, at times, darkly humorous mystery &
suspense stories. These are tales of psyches pushed to their limits by
the expectations of everyday life—from a woman who gets lost on her
drive home to her plush suburban home and ends up breaking into a
stranger’s house, to a first-person account of a cloned 1940s
magazine pinup girl being sold at auction and embodying America’s
ideals of beauty and womanhood. Taken as a whole, the collection forms
a poignant tapestry of regular people searching for their place in a
social hierarchy, often with devastating and disastrous results.
Rendered with stylish, fresh writing from an author who continues to
push the envelope, the stories deftly weave in and out of a
stream-of-consciousness to reflect the ways we process traumatic
experiences and impart that uncertainty and uneasiness to the reader.
Originally appearing in publications as disparate as Harper’s, Vice,
and Conjunctions, the stories comprising Night, Neon showcase Oates’
mastery of the suspense story—and her relentless use of the form to
conduct unapologetically honest explorations of American identity.
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ISBN
9781613162316
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Vendor
Mysterious Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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