A Book of American Martyrs
(Sprache: Englisch)
A heart-rending reckoning with some of the most incendiary issues that divide us in our troubled times - religious extremism; abortion; gun violence; capital punishment - this is a novel Joyce Carol Oates was born to write. To read it is to encounter the...
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A heart-rending reckoning with some of the most incendiary issues that divide us in our troubled times - religious extremism; abortion; gun violence; capital punishment - this is a novel Joyce Carol Oates was born to write. To read it is to encounter the full spectrum of humanity - its ugliness, misery, beauty and hope.
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In a compelling tale of two families and an act of violence with far-reaching consequences, Oates compares the divisions in American society that recent politics has exposed, including discussions on abortion, gun crime and capital punishment.Autoren-Porträt von Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Medal of Humanities, the National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Book Award, and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction. She has written some of the most enduring fiction of our time, including We Were the Mulvaneys; Blonde, which was nominated for the National Book Award; and the New York Times bestseller The Accursed. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Joyce Carol Oates
- 2017, 752 Seiten, Masse: 13,2 x 20 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: HarperCollins UK
- ISBN-10: 0008221715
- ISBN-13: 9780008221713
- Erscheinungsdatum: 19.10.2017
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
'The story of Trump's America' Daily Mail 'Page-turning, gripping, full of unexpected twists' Observer
'A magnificent story of two broken families, both steeped in grief' Independent
'Icily subtle ... at its spine-tingling best when staring into the dark, a sliver away from the Gothic' Spectator
'Dramatic, dazzling, ingenious, agile ... her uniquely sane, empathetic voice seems particularly vital and timely during Trump's presidency' Literary Review
'The most relevant book of Oates's half-century-long career . . . a masterpiece' Washington Post
'Oates's American saga captivates because it exists within an actual drama playing out across the country. A graceful and excruciating story of two families who do not live very far apart, but exist in different realities' USA Today
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