Extenuating circumstances : stories of crime and suspense / Joyce Carol Oates.
Record details
- ISBN: 1613163150
- ISBN: 9781613163153
- Physical Description: vi, 517 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Mysterious Press edition.
- Publisher: New York : The Mysterious Press, [2022]
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Death of Mrs. Sheer -- In the warehouse -- By the river -- Queen of the night -- Revenge of the foot, 1970 -- Doll -- Little wife -- Yarrow -- hunted -- Death Valley. |
Summary, etc.: | "Two hitmen in a depressed rust belt town struggle with a job gone wrong. A girl witnesses a horrifying accident and carries it with her for the rest of her life. Medical students bring a severed foot to a college party. Five-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Joyce Carol Oates has made a career of exploring the forbidden corners of human experience, and the stories collected here, spanning her first three decades as a writer, are among her most unsettling and unforgettable works to date. These tales have not appeared in any form this century--until now; formally fresh and endlessly experimental, they show a writer boldly engaging with disturbing truths and terrifying possibilities, and deconstructing the tropes and expectations of traditional prose writing as she does so. But beyond their stylistic ingenuity, these are creepy, suspenseful stories that cut straight to the bone; their darkness will linger long after the final page is turned"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Subject: | Victims of crimes > Fiction. Murder > Fiction. Assassins > Fiction. |
Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Psychological fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Short stories. Suspense fiction. Psychological fiction. Short stories. |
Available copies
- 10 of 10 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Silas Bronson Library.
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- 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | SHSTOR FIC OATES, J (Text) | 34005151115960 | Adult Short Stories | Available | - |