Bibliograph

High crime area, tales of darkness and dread, Joyce Carol Oates

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High crime area, tales of darkness and dread, Joyce Carol Oates

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

High crime area

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Oclc number

880124365

Responsibility statement

Joyce Carol Oates

Sub title

tales of darkness and dread

Summary

In these eight stories, Joyce Carol Oates, unparalleled as an investigator into the intricacies of human failing, deftly tests the bonds between damaged individuals -- a brother and sister, a teacher and student, two strangers on a subway -- in the fearless prose for which she is justly celebrated. In these biting and beautiful pieces, Oates confronts, one by one, the demons within us. In the end, sometimes it's the human who wins, and sometimes it's the demon

Table Of Contents

The home at Craigmillnar -- High -- Toad-baby -- Demon -- Lorelei -- The rescuer -- The last man of letters -- High crime area

Target audience

adult

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