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With Shuddering Fall

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The first novel from New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates, a thrilling, dark tale of family, revenge, and two souls intertwined by love and violence?now back in print for fans of America's most prolific storytellerWritten when Joyce Carol Oates was in her early twenties, and first published in 1964, With Shuddering Fall is her powerful debut novel.Following the turbulent story of two lovers who discover themselves mortal enemies, the author explores the struggle for dominance in erotic relationships that has become a predominant theme in her work, as well as the perils of patriarchal inheritance, and the ripple-effects of emotional loss in adolescence. The result is an unsentimental yet sympathetic rendering of a disastrous love affair in which hatred is nearly as powerful as love, and a yearning for destruction is an abiding and insatiable passion.Discover what prompted the New York Times to compare this young writer's debut to Shirley Jackson's famous short story ?The Lottery.? Readers looking for a place to start in Joyce Carol Oates's vast catalogue will be intrigued by the sheer narrative force of the young author, and her willingness to anatomize the darkest recesses of humanity in a search for redemption and resolution.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780062795717
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 336
  • Udgivet:
  • 13. marts 2018
  • Størrelse:
  • 131x21x200 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 254 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 16. januar 2025
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The first novel from New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates, a thrilling, dark tale of family, revenge, and two souls intertwined by love and violence?now back in print for fans of America's most prolific storytellerWritten when Joyce Carol Oates was in her early twenties, and first published in 1964, With Shuddering Fall is her powerful debut novel.Following the turbulent story of two lovers who discover themselves mortal enemies, the author explores the struggle for dominance in erotic relationships that has become a predominant theme in her work, as well as the perils of patriarchal inheritance, and the ripple-effects of emotional loss in adolescence. The result is an unsentimental yet sympathetic rendering of a disastrous love affair in which hatred is nearly as powerful as love, and a yearning for destruction is an abiding and insatiable passion.Discover what prompted the New York Times to compare this young writer's debut to Shirley Jackson's famous short story ?The Lottery.? Readers looking for a place to start in Joyce Carol Oates's vast catalogue will be intrigued by the sheer narrative force of the young author, and her willingness to anatomize the darkest recesses of humanity in a search for redemption and resolution.

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