Zero-sum : stories
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-2023
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"A brilliant young philosophy student bent on seducing her famous philosopher-mentor finds herself outmanoeuvred; diabolically clever high school girls wreak a particularly apt sort of vengeance on sexual predators in their community; a man returns from the dead to haunt his grieving wife; a young mother finds herself captivated by her own motherhood. In the collection's longest story, a much-praised writer cruelly experiments with "drafts" of his own suicide. In these powerfully wrought stories that hold a mirror up to our time, Joyce Carol Oates has created a world of erotic obsession, thwarted idealism, and ever-shifting identities. Provocative and stunning, Zero Sum reinforces Oates's standing as a literary treasure and an artist of the mysterious interior life"-- Provided by publisher.
Main title:
Zero-sum : stories / Joyce Carol Oates.
Author:
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-, author
Imprint:
London : 4th Estate, 2023.©2023
Collation:
251 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Zero-sumMr. StickumLovesickSparrowThe coldTake me, I am freeThe suicideThe baby-monitorMonstersisterA theory pre-post-mortemThis is not a drillM A R T H E: a referendum.
ISBN:
97800086097719780008609771
Dewey class:
813.54
LC class:
PS3565.A8
Language:
English
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BRN:
561212
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Fiction - General | OATE | Onloan - Due: 28 Jun 2025 |