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DIS MEM BER and Other Stories by Joyce Carol Oates (2017, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherGROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated

ISBN-100802126529

ISBN-139780802126528

eBay Product ID (ePID)237473910

Product Key Features

Book TitleDis Mem Ber and Other Stories

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicShort Stories (Single Author), Thrillers / Psychological, Thrillers / General, Thrillers / Suspense

Publication Year2017

GenreFiction

AuthorJoyce Carol Oates

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight14.1 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2017-008662

ReviewsPraise for DIS MEM BER: "Seven gothic tales that plumb the depths of women who, whatever their age, always seem to stand on the threshold of the heartbreaking tides of adolescence . . . Oates creates worlds and minds as overwrought and paranoid as anything a female Poe could imagine, then sprinkles her trademark exclamation points licentiously through the interior monologues to heighten the intimacy between ecstasy and madness." --Kirkus Reviews "Unnerving . . . Oates' superbly creepy collection concludes with a surprise: a deliciously lacerating and nightmarish parody of airline safety instructions." --Booklist "Oates, undeniably a master of the macabre, gets deep inside your soul and plants seeds of misery. This collection of stories could leave you afraid to be a child and terrified to grow up . . . Brilliantly crafted. Oates doesn't have one flabby sentence, not one superfluous character."--NJ.com "Each of the seven narratives in master storyteller Joyce Carol Oates' collection, DIS MEM BER, takes readers on a disquieting trip through dark and paranoid minds. As the subtitle indicates, these are stories of mystery and suspense, and the psychological horror within does not disappoint." --Bookreporter, Praise for DIS MEM BER : "Seven gothic tales that plumb the depths of women who, whatever their age, always seem to stand on the threshold of the heartbreaking tides of adolescence . . . Oates creates worlds and minds as overwrought and paranoid as anything a female Poe could imagine, then sprinkles her trademark exclamation points licentiously through the interior monologues to heighten the intimacy between ecstasy and madness." --Kirkus Reviews "Unnerving . . . Oates' superbly creepy collection concludes with a surprise: a deliciously lacerating and nightmarish parody of airline safety instructions." -- Booklist "Oates, undeniably a master of the macabre, gets deep inside your soul and plants seeds of misery. This collection of stories could leave you afraid to be a child and terrified to grow up . . . Brilliantly crafted. Oates doesn't have one flabby sentence, not one superfluous character." -- NJ.com "Each of the seven narratives in master storyteller Joyce Carol Oates' collection, DIS MEM BER , takes readers on a disquieting trip through dark and paranoid minds. As the subtitle indicates, these are stories of mystery and suspense, and the psychological horror within does not disappoint." -- Bookreporter, Praise for DIS MEM BER : "Seven gothic tales that plumb the depths of women who, whatever their age, always seem to stand on the threshold of the heartbreaking tides of adolescence . . . Oates creates worlds and minds as overwrought and paranoid as anything a female Poe could imagine, then sprinkles her trademark exclamation points licentiously through the interior monologues to heighten the intimacy between ecstasy and madness." -Kirkus Reviews Praise for Joyce Carol Oates: "Joyce Carol Oates is one of the great writers of our time."--John Gardner "Oates is not only a prolific writer but a fine one-entertaining, skillful, always writing with one finger on the cultural pulse, often brilliantly so."--Boston Globe, onThe Corn Maiden "Oates is a mind-reader who writes psychological horror stories about seriously disturbed minds . . . it's hard to tear your eyes away."--New York Times Book Review, onDaddy Love "[Oates] is extraordinary . . . And short stories show her invention, economy and control at its best."--Times (UK), onHigh Crime Area, Praise for DIS MEM BER : "Seven gothic tales that plumb the depths of women who, whatever their age, always seem to stand on the threshold of the heartbreaking tides of adolescence . . . Oates creates worlds and minds as overwrought and paranoid as anything a female Poe could imagine, then sprinkles her trademark exclamation points licentiously through the interior monologues to heighten the intimacy between ecstasy and madness." --Kirkus Reviews "Unnerving . . . Oates' superbly creepy collection concludes with a surprise: a deliciously lacerating and nightmarish parody of airline safety instructions." -- Booklist "Each of the seven narratives in master storyteller Joyce Carol Oates' collection, DIS MEM BER , takes readers on a disquieting trip through dark and paranoid minds. As the subtitle indicates, these are stories of mystery and suspense, and the psychological horror within does not disappoint." -- Bookreporter

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal813.54

SynopsisJoyce Carol Oates is renowned for her rare ability to "illuminate the mind's most disturbing corners" ( Seattle Times ). That genius is on full display in her new collection of seven feverishly unsettling works, DIS MEM BER and Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense . In the title story, a precocious eleven-year-old named Jill is in thrall to an older male relative, the mysterious, attractive black sheep of the family. Without telling her parents Jill climbs into his sky-blue Chevy to be driven to an uncertain, and unforgettable, fate. In "The Drowned Girl," a university transfer student becomes increasingly obsessed with the drowning/murder of another female student, as her own sense of self begins to deteriorate. In "Great Blue Heron," a recent widow grieves inside the confines of her lakefront home and fantasizes about transforming into that great flying predator--unerring and pitiless in the hunt. And in the final story, "Welcome to Friendly Skies," a trusting group of bird-watchers is borne to a remote part of the globe, to a harrowing fate. At the heart of this meticulously crafted, deeply disquieting collection are girls and women confronting the danger around them, and the danger hidden inside their turbulent selves., Joyce Carol Oates is renowned for her rare ability to "illuminate the mind's most disturbing corners" (Seattle Times). That genius is on full display in her new collection of seven feverishly unsettling works, DIS MEM BER and Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense. In the title story, a precocious eleven-year-old named Jill is in thrall to an older male relative, the mysterious, attractive black sheep of the family. Without telling her parents Jill climbs into his sky-blue Chevy to be driven to an uncertain, and unforgettable, fate. In "The Drowned Girl," a university transfer student becomes increasingly obsessed with the drowning/murder of another female student, as her own sense of self begins to deteriorate. In "Great Blue Heron," a recent widow grieves inside the confines of her lakefront home and fantasizes about transforming into that great flying predator--unerring and pitiless in the hunt. And in the final story, "Welcome to Friendly Skies," a trusting group of bird-watchers is borne to a remote part of the globe, to a harrowing fate. At the heart of this meticulously crafted, deeply disquieting collection are girls and women confronting the danger around them, and the danger hidden inside their turbulent selves.

LC Classification NumberPS3565.A8A6 2016