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Wild Nights!
Joyce Carol Oates
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Description for Wild Nights!
Paperback. Through the words of his own 'diary', this title shows how Poe succumbs to existential loneliness during a sociological experiment in an isolated lighthouse, stranded for a year with no companion but his faithful dog. It also includes stories about Dickinson; Samuel Clemens (Twain); Henry James; and Papa Hemingway. Series: Art of the Story. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Through the words of his own 'diary', we watch as Poe succumbs to existential loneliness during a sociological experiment in an isolated lighthouse, stranded for a year with no companion but his faithful dog...Dickinson is brought back to life in an imagined future era, when a husband and wife buy her as a servant-robot/clone, eager for her to write her charming verses while she does the chores...Samuel Clemens (Twain) dotes on his 'Angelfish', a group of young girls aged 10-15 who he insists should call him Grandpa and on whom he lavishes endless gifts...Henry James volunteers in a British hospital ... Read more
Through the words of his own 'diary', we watch as Poe succumbs to existential loneliness during a sociological experiment in an isolated lighthouse, stranded for a year with no companion but his faithful dog...Dickinson is brought back to life in an imagined future era, when a husband and wife buy her as a servant-robot/clone, eager for her to write her charming verses while she does the chores...Samuel Clemens (Twain) dotes on his 'Angelfish', a group of young girls aged 10-15 who he insists should call him Grandpa and on whom he lavishes endless gifts...Henry James volunteers in a British hospital ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Art of the Story
Condition
New
Weight
259g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780061434822
SKU
V9780061434822
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About 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 is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts ... Read more
Reviews for Wild Nights!
...when tackling Wild Nights!...I found myself not only enthralled but transported.
Washington Times Our most industrious writer back at the anvil, making her usual unholy racket, while simultaneously throwing off sporadic sparks of unalloyed brilliance.
Kirkus Reviews ...an imaginative, impressive work that spotlights yet another side of Oates' prodigious talent.
St. Louis ... Read more
Washington Times Our most industrious writer back at the anvil, making her usual unholy racket, while simultaneously throwing off sporadic sparks of unalloyed brilliance.
Kirkus Reviews ...an imaginative, impressive work that spotlights yet another side of Oates' prodigious talent.
St. Louis ... Read more