Joyce Carol Oates Ordre des livres (chronologique)

Michaela und ihr Mann sind in die wunderschöne, aber unheimliche Landschaft New Mexicos gezogen, um dort an einem renommierten akademischen Institut zu arbeiten. Doch dann erkrankt Gerard schwer, und schon bald gleicht ihr Leben einem Albtraum. Mit 37 Jahren steht Michaela vor der erschreckenden Aussicht, Witwe zu werden – und vor dem Verlust von Gerard, dessen Identität ihre eigene stark geprägt hat. »Wache halten« ist eine Erkundung des rohen Wahnsinns von Trauer und eine wahrhaftige Liebesgeschichte, die sich mit den großen Fragen unserer Existenz auseinandersetzt.

Düster wie Bram Stoker, feministisch wie Margaret Atwood: Der neue Roman von einer der bedeutendsten amerikanischen Autorinnen der Gegenwart Pennsylvania, Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts. Dr. Silas Weir ist ein junger Arzt aus gutem Hause, doch ohne Charisma und Talent. Beim Anblick von Blut wird er ohnmächtig, Frauenkörper stoßen ihn ab. Um seinen strengen Vater zu beeindrucken, versucht er, auf unorthodoxe Weise als Chirurg voranzukommen, was ihn gesellschaftlich isoliert. Dann wird er durch eine Aneinanderreihung von Zufällen Direktor der Staatlichen Heilanstalt für weibliche Geisteskranke in New Jersey. Hier beginnt Weir, vorgeblich im Dienste des medizinischen Fortschritts, Experimente an den meist schwarzen und irischen Insassinnen durchzuführen. Bald gilt er als führender, wenn auch berüchtigter Experte für Gynäkologie und Psychiatrie. Bis eine junge Dienstmagd zu seiner Obsession, seinem wichtigsten Versuchsobjekt und schließlich zu seinem Verhängnis wird. »Oates' Anklage gegen die physische und psychische Behandlung von Frauen durch das medizinische Establishment ist eine fesselnde, anspruchsvolle Lektüre.« Publishers Weekly

Exploring themes of loss, grief, and the darker aspects of human relationships, this collection features unsettling tales that delve into the complexities of the modern American psyche. Oates skillfully navigates through small towns and urban landscapes, presenting characters burdened by dark secrets, professional jealousy, and violent intentions. Each story reveals the impact of deceit and the haunting presence of conscience, offering a captivating blend of suspense and macabre elements that showcases her literary prowess.

This rich compilation of Joyce Carol Oates's letters across four decades displays her warmth and generosity, her droll and sometimes wicked sense of humor, her phenomenal energy, and most of all, her mastery of the lost art of letter writing.

From one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a women’s asylum in the nineteenth century, and a terrifying doctor who wants to change the world.

Set against the backdrop of contemporary American culture, the narrative delves into themes of racial division and complex family dynamics. The author offers a piercing examination of societal issues, showcasing her exceptional skill in capturing the chaos and confusion of modern life. This work is highly praised for its relevance and depth, making it a must-read for those seeking insight during tumultuous times. The novel stands out as a significant contribution to literature, affirming the author's status as one of America's greatest living novelists.

A dark mystery/suspense novel by Joyce Carol Oates. A woman investigates her sister's disappearance but all is not as it seems.

Zero-sum games are played for lethal stakes in these arresting stories by one of America's most acclaimed writers. A brilliant philosophy student attempts to seduce her renowned mentor but finds herself outmaneuvered. Diabolically clever high school girls exact vengeance on local sexual predators, while a woman stalked by a would-be killer may be confiding in the wrong former lover. Another young woman grapples with her unsettling new role as a mother. The collection's longest story features a much-praised writer who cruelly experiments with drafts of his own suicide. Through these powerfully wrought narratives, the author reflects on themes of erotic obsession, thwarted idealism, and shifting identities. The collection is provocative and stunning, reinforcing the author's status as a literary treasure and an artist of the mysterious interior life. Critics have praised the work as 'electric,' 'alluringly dark and spiky,' and 'brilliant - bloodied, breathless, weird.' The stories are dark and unsettling, with a simmering violence that serves as a disquieting alarm. The author is recognized as an inspired writer and formidable psychologist.

From Joyce Carol Oates comes an unbearably taut tale combining folklore, adolescent insecurity and blood sacrifice, and six other, nightmarish, stories.

The Stoker Award-winning chilling anthology of 18 short stories in tribute to the genius of Shirley Jackson, collecting today's best horror writers. Featuring Joyce Carol Oates, Josh Malerman, Paul Tremblay, Richard Kadrey, Stephen Graham Jones, Elizabeth Hand and more.

From Joyce Carol Oates comes a collection of four dark and compelling novellas about love gone wrong.

A collection of seven feverishly unsettling short stories, confronting the dangers that surround us and the dangers that dwell within, from Nobel Prize nominee Joyce Carol Oates.

A collection of crime and suspense tales by National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates.

From Joyce Carol Oates comes a collection of darkly compelling tales that force us to confront, one by one, the demons within.

From one of America's most renowned storytellers comes a novel about love and deceit, and lust and redemption, against a background of child abductions in the affluent suburbs of Detroit.

The story centers on a teenage girl who becomes the alleged victim of racial violence, igniting shock and unrest in her New Jersey community. Joyce Carol Oates delves into the deep-seated racial tensions that have long plagued the town, examining the complex dynamics of innocence, truth, and trust. Through this narrative, the author highlights the sacrifices that come with confronting societal issues, ultimately reflecting on the impact of these conflicts on lives and community cohesion.

A new collection of haunting and, at times, darkly humorous mystery and suspense stories. These are tales of psyches pushed to their limits by the expectations of everyday life.

Set in 1965, the narrative follows neuroscientist Margot Sharpe as she encounters Elihu Hoopes, an amnesiac known as the "man without a shadow." Struggling with a severe infection, Elihu's memory is limited to just the last seventy seconds, making him a unique subject for study. Their interactions delve into the complexities of memory and identity, exploring the profound impact of amnesia on both Elihu's life and Margot's research.

In this novel, a daring girl from a controlled future challenges societal limits and faces consequences when she is sent back to Wainscotia, Wisconsin, eighty years in the past. Amidst the idyllic setting, she undergoes a form of "rehabilitation" while grappling with her feelings for another exile. This journey of self-discovery leads her to question the constraints of her new world, resulting in both devastating and liberating outcomes. The story explores themes of love, rebellion, and the complexities of time travel.

Showcasing stories from some of the comics' greatest female creators, this anthology features stories that range from mainstream adventures to hilarious comic shorts to heart-wrenching autobiographical stories. Originally published as Sexy Chix in 2006, this new edition is presented in a new, larger size! Featuring over a dozen stories by top talents like New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates, Eisner Award-winning illustrator Jill Thompson, Scary Godmother creator Colleen Doran, DC Comics creators Gail Simone and Joëlle Jones, and many more!

A collection of four never-before-seen novellas. In these psychologically daring, chillingly suspenseful pieces, Joyce Carol Oates writes about women facing threats past and present.

A new collection of poetry from an American literary legend, her first in twenty-five years Joyce Carol Oates is one of our most insightful observers of the human heart and mind, and, with her acute social consciousness, one of the most insistent and inspired witnesses of a shared American history. Oates is perhaps best known for her prodigious output of novels and short stories, many of which have become contemporary classics. However, Oates has also always been a faithful writer of poetry. American Melancholy showcases some of her finest work of the last few decades. Covering subjects big and small, and written in an immediate and engaging style, this collection touches on both the personal and political. Loss, love, and memory are investigated, along with the upheavals of our modern age, the reality of our current predicaments, and the ravages of poverty, racism, and social unrest. Oates skillfully writes characters ranging from a former doctor at a Chinese People's Liberation Army hospital to Little Albert, a six-month-old infant who took part in a famous study that revealed evidence of classical conditioning in human beings.

'America's preeminent fiction writer' New Yorker 'A raw, propulsive tale of love and grief' Mail on Sunday

A powerful reckoning over the people we might have been if we'd chosen a different path, from a master of the short story In this stirring, reflective collection of short stories, Joyce Carol Oates ponders alternate destinies: the other lives we might have led if we'd made different choices. An accomplished writer returns to her childhood home of Yewville, but the homecoming stirs troubled thoughts about the person she might have been if she'd never left. A man in prison contemplates the gravity of his irreversible act. A student's affair with a professor results in a pregnancy that alters the course of her life forever. Even the experience of reading is investigated as one that can create a profound transformation: "You could enter another time, the time of the book." The (Other) You is an arresting and incisive vision into these alternative realities, a collection that ponders the constraints we all face given the circumstances of our birth and our temperaments, and that examines the competing pressures and expectations on women in particular. Finely attuned to the nuances of our social and psychic selves, Joyce Carol Oates demonstrates here why she remains one of our most celebrated and relevant literary figures.

Violet Rue Kerrigan reflects on her tumultuous past after testifying against her brothers for the racist murder of an African American boy, a decision that leads to her exile from her family. As the youngest of seven, she navigates the complexities of her childhood, grappling with the love she once received and the guilt of her actions. Through a series of vivid memories, Violet explores themes of family loyalty, justice, and the consequences of speaking out, ultimately revealing the deep emotional scars left by her choices.

Oates presents four chilling novellas that delve into the unsettling aspects of human nature, expertly blending horror with psychological depth. Each story captivates with its haunting themes and complex characters, ensuring an immersive experience that evokes both fear and fascination. Readers can expect a gripping exploration of darkness and the macabre, solidifying Oates' reputation as a master of the genre.

The 20th anniversary edition of the National Book Award finalist and national bestseller exploring the life and legend of Marilyn Monroe In one of her most ambitious works, Joyce Carol Oates boldly reimagines the inner, poetic, and spiritual life of Norma Jeane Baker--the child, the woman, the fated celebrity, and idolized blonde the world came to know as Marilyn Monroe. In a voice startlingly intimate and rich, Norma Jeane tells her own story of an emblematic American artist--intensely conflicted and driven--who had lost her way. A powerful portrait of Hollywood's myth and an extraordinary woman's heartbreaking reality, Blonde is a sweeping epic that pays tribute to the elusive magic and devastation behind the creation of the great 20th-century American star.

The bonds of family are tested in the wake of a profound tragedy, providing a look at the darker side of our society

This collection features a selection of Joyce Carol Oates' finest short stories, showcasing her signature style and thematic depth. Alongside the established favorites, it introduces nine new stories that further explore her exploration of the human experience. Readers can expect a rich tapestry of narratives that delve into complex characters and poignant themes, making it a must-read for fans and newcomers alike.

Sieben Kurzgeschichten aus der Feder von Amerikas Ikone und Bestseller-Autorin mit Auszeichnung Joyce Carol Oates. Diese Psycho-Spannung mit Annäherung ans Horror-Genre beweist aufs Neue, dass Joyce Carol Oates eine Meisterin ist, ihre Leser in literarische Albträume zu entführen: Ein Kind verschwindet, was zum Auslöser für eine Hexenjagd auf seinen Lehrer wird; ein abgehalfterter Weiberheld trifft am Ufer eines verlassenen Flussbettes auf seine rachsüchtige Stieftochter; ein eifersüchtiges kleines Mädchen freundet sich mit einer unheimlichen Katze an; ein Zwillingsbruder-Paar kämpft schon im Mutterleib um den besten Platz im Leben; ein Mann plant den Mord an seinem ebenso charmanten wie egoistischen Bruder; eine Witwe mittleren Alters zahlt einen hohen Preis, um nicht alleine zu sein und ein Schönheitschirurg lässt sich von einer seiner Patientinnen zu einem irrsinnigen Eingriff überreden. Die sieben Geschichten sind: - Die Maisjungfer - Beersheba - Niemand weiß, wie ich heiß - Fossile Figuren - Totenmahl - Helfende Hände - Loch im Kopf »Zwar sind ganz klar die Schatten Poes und Hitchcocks über diesen Geschichten wahrnehmbar, doch ist Oates auch allein bereits eine Meisterin darin, den Leser das Grauen zu lehren.« Kirkus Reviews

Once I'd been Daddy's favourite. Before something terrible happened. Violet Rue is the baby of the seven Kerrigan children and adores her big brothers. What's more, she knows that a family protects its own. To go outside the family - to betray the family - is unforgiveable. So when she overhears a conversation not meant for her ears and discovers that her brothers have committed a heinous crime, she is torn between her loyalty to her family and her sense of justice. The decision she takes will change her life for ever.

Elles se rencontrent au cœur des années soixante-dix, camarades de chambre dans un collège prestigieux. Genna, héritière d’un fondateur, est issue d'un milieu riche et « radical chic », tandis que Minette Swift, boursière afro-américaine, vient d'une école communale de Washington. Genna, rongée par la culpabilité de son éducation élitiste, se sent obligée de protéger Minette des autres étudiantes. Elle voit en elle moins une personne qu'un symbole d'une lutte contre l'oppression, malgré le caractère impérieux et sarcastique de Minette, animée par un fanatisme religieux. Genna, quant à elle, est guidée par une piété bien intentionnée mais inefficace, ce qui l’aveugle jusqu'à une tragédie finale. Quinze ans plus tard, elle tente de comprendre cet événement, offrant une réflexion intime sur les tensions raciales en Amérique. Ce roman aborde la question raciale avec une écriture fine et féroce, décrivant les tourments de l'âme et la perte de l'adolescence, tout en évoquant les contradictions d'une société américaine en proie à des tensions ségrégationnistes. Les critiques saluent son exploration des fièvres et utopies de l'époque, ainsi que la rigueur avec laquelle elle reconstitue ces années marquées par le mouvement hippie et la guerre du Vietnam.

The brilliant young detective-hero Xavier Kilgarven is confronted with three baffling cases that tax his genius for detection to the utmost, just as his forbidden passion for his cousin Perdita becomes an obsession that shapes his life

An ingenious dystopian novel of one young woman's resistance against the constraints of an oppressive society When a recklessly idealistic girl in a dystopian future society dares to test the perimeters of her tightly controlled world, she is punished by being sent back in time to a region of North America - 'Wainscotia, Wisconsin' - that existed eighty years before. Cast adrift in time in this idyllic Midwestern town, she is set upon a course of 'rehabilitation' - but she falls in love with a fellow exile and starts to question the constraints of her new existence, with results that are both devastating and liberating. Arresting and visionary, Hazards of Time Travel is an exquisitely wrought love story, a novel of harrowing discovery - and an oblique but powerful response to our current political climate.

A new collection of thirteen mesmerizing stories by American master Joyce Carol Oates, including the 2017 Pushcart Prize–winning “Undocumented Alien” The diverse stories of Beautiful Days, Joyce Carol Oates explore the most secret, intimate, and unacknowledged interior lives of characters not unlike ourselves, who assert their independence in acts of bold and often irrevocable defiance. “Fleuve Bleu” exemplifies the rich sensuousness of Oates’s prose as lovers married to other persons vow to establish, in their intimacy, a ruthlessly honest, truth-telling authenticity missing elsewhere in their complicated lives, with unexpected results. In “Big Burnt,” set on lushly rendered Lake George, in the Adirondacks, a cunningly manipulative university professor exploits a too-trusting woman in a way she could never have anticipated. In a more experimental but no less intimate mode, “Les beaux jours” examines the ambiguities of an intensely erotic, exploitative relationship between a “master” artist and his adoring young female model. And the tragic “Undocumented Alien” depicts a young African student enrolled in an American university who is suddenly stripped of his student visa and forced to undergo a terrifying test of courage. In these stories, as elsewhere in her fiction, Joyce Carol Oates exhibits her fascination with the social, psychological, and moral boundaries that govern our behavior—until the hour when they do not.

Il diner più famoso d'America, con la sua vetrata piena di luce contro il buio della notte. Una sigaretta fumata di fronte a una finestra aperta, lasciando che il sole penetri nelle ossa. Una coppia separata da una noia invincibile. Un cinema mezzo vuoto dove una donna aspetta l'uomo che ama. Edward Hopper immortalava frammenti di vita invitando chi guarda a immaginare il resto. Gli autori di questa antologia hanno dato loro respiro e ne è uscita una raccolta di testi - noir ma non solo - pieni di grazia e realismo, in cui a prendere corpo sono i personaggi dei dipinti. In tutti, come nei quadri che li ispirano, la scena americana svela il suo volto magico e oscuro, la sua struggente verità.

`The story of Trump's America' Daily Mail Two families. Two faces of America. One violent crime that will bitterly divide them - and yet bind them together forever. A magnificent story of two broken families' Independent Page-turning, gripping, full of unexpected twists' Observer From its dramatic opening, with the killing of an abortionist, the book rockets forwards ... Ingenious, agile, dazzling' Literary Review Morally meaty and always readable' Sunday Times *A masterpiece' Washington Post

Six tales to chill the blood from the unique imagination of Joyce Carol Oates.

From bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates, a taut and fascinating novel that examines the mysteries of human memory and personality In 1965, a young research scientist named Margot Sharpe meets Elihu Hoopes, the subject of her study, a handsome amnesiac who cannot remember anything beyond the last seventy seconds. Over the course of thirty years, the two embark on mirroring journeys of self-discovery. Margot, enthralled by her charming, mysterious, and deeply lonely patient, as well as her officious supervisor, attempts to unlock Eli's shuttered memories of a childhood trauma without losing her own sense of identity in the process. And Eli, haunted by memories of an unknown girl's body underneath the surface of a lake, pushes to finally know himself once again, despite potentially devastating consequences. As Margot and Eli meet over and over again, Joyce Carol Oates' tightly written, nearly clinical prose propels the lives of these two characters forwards, both suspended in a dream-like, shadowy present, and seemingly balanced on the thinnest, sharpest of lines between past and future. Made vivid by Oates' eye for detail and searing insight into the human psyche, The Man Without a Shadow is an eerie, ambitious, and structurally complex novel, as poignant as it is thrilling.

Finally returned to print in a beautiful paperback edition, a haunting gothic tale of a nineteenth-century immigrant family of confidence artists—a story of morality, duplicity, and retribution that explores the depths of human manipulation and vulnerability The patriarch of the Licht family, Abraham has raised a brood of talented con artists, children molded in his image, and experts in The Game, his calling and philosophy of life. Traveling from one small town to the next across the continent, from the Northeast to the frontier West, they skillfully swindle unsuspecting victims, playing on their greed, lust, pride, and small-mindedness. Despite their success, Abraham cannot banish a past that haunts him: the ghost of his ancestor Sarah Licht, a former con woman who met with a gruesome fate. As Abraham involves his family in more and more complex and impressive schemes, he finds himself caught between the specter of Sarah and the growing terrors of his present. While his carefully crafted lies and schemes begin to fracture and disintegrate before his eyes, Abraham discovers that the bond of family is as tenuous and treacherous as the tricks he perpetrates upon unsuspecting strangers.

From the legendary literary master, winner of the National Book Award and New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates, a collection of thirteen mesmerizing stories that maps the eerie darkness within us all. Insightful, disturbing, imaginative, and breathtaking in their lyrical precision, the stories in Lovely, Dark, Deep display Joyce Carol Oates’s magnificent ability to make visceral the terror, hurt, and uncertainty that lurks at the edges of ordinary lives. In “Mastiff,” a woman and a man are joined in an erotic bond forged out of terror and gratitude. “Sex with Camel” explores how a sixteen-year-old boy realizes the depth of his love for his grandmother—and how vulnerable those feelings make him. Fearful that that her husband is “disappearing” from their life, a woman becomes obsessed with keeping him in her sight in “The Disappearing.” “A Book of Martyrs” reveals how the end of a pregnancy brings with it the end of a relationship. And in the title story, the elderly Robert Frost is visited by an interviewer, an unsettling young woman, who seems to know a good deal more about his life than she should. A piercing and evocative collection, Lovely, Dark, Deep reveals an artist at the height of her creative power.

A psychologically complex thriller that examines the fine line between genius and madness.

Ce n'était pas comme si elle ne nous avait pas prévenues. Ce n'était pas comme si elle ne nous y avait pas préparées. Nous savions que quelque chose n'allait pas ces derniers mois. Mais Tink n'a pas vraiment disparu. Tink est partie et pourtant – elle est là quelque part, même si nous ne pouvons la voir.

Zeno Mayfield's daughter has disappeared into the night, gone missing in the wilds of the Adirondacks. But when the community of Carthage joins a father's frantic search for the girl, they discover instead the unlikeliest of suspects - a decorated Iraq War veteran with close ties to the Mayfield family. As grisly evidence mounts against the troubled war hero, the family must wrestle with the possibility of having lost a daughter forever.

Il giallo è una vera e propria sfumatura dell'animo umano, un imprevisto dietro l'angolo che in un istante ci catapulta in una dimensione inattesa. E in questa raccolta, a indagare sulle ombre della realtà quotidiana sono le migliori firme della letteratura americana contemporanea: da Michael Connelly, che ci racconta cosa si nasconde dietro l'ennesimo incidente successo nel buio di Mulholland Drive, a Alice Munro, che disvela l'indicibile e crudele segreto risalente all'infanzia di due donne ormai adulte; da James Lee Burke, che ci proietta nei bassifondi della provincia intorno a una New Orleans distrutta dall'uragano Katrina, a Joyce Carol Oates, che illumina la tensione che cova in una casa in una piccola cittadina dello Stato di New York tra un padre cieco e due figlie separate dagli eventi della vita, fino poi a Elizabeth Strout, Holly Goddard Jones e molti altri. Venti storie diverse unite da una grande scrittura e da una capacità magnetica di sorprendere il lettore.

Joshua Seigl detesta ammetterlo, ma quello che sta cercando non è un semplice assistente. Arrivato all'età di trentotto anni, Seigl, che anni prima, grazie a un romanzo ambientato nella Germania nazista, ha conosciuto una certa notorietà, non intende più vivere solo, e cerca qualcuno disposto a prendersi cura non soltanto del suo lavoro, ma soprattutto del suo carattere eccentrico e delle sue manie di scrittore solitario. Scartando candidati coltissimi e ammiratori adoranti della sua opera letteraria, Seigl finisce per scegliere una ragazza semianalfabeta che sembra essere comparsa dal nulla in quella cittadina borghese sulla riva del lago Ontario. Quando le chiede il suo nome, la ragazza sussurra un debole "Alma", senza cognome e senza passato. Per tutti però è la Ragazza Tatuata, perché sul corpo porta strani disegni sbiaditi e mal abbozzati, frutto della violenza di un gruppo di amici. E proprio a partire da quei tatuaggi si svela la storia terribile di Alma: la sua adolescenza feroce e spregiudicata, le umiliazioni, il degrado familiare e il terribile, insospettabile, antisemitismo. L'alleanza tra il raffinato scrittore ebreo e la ragazza problematica sembra quanto mai difficile, eppure qualcosa nelle loro solitudini li avvicina, qualcosa nei modi rispettosi e amabili di Seigl apre una breccia nel muro di diffidenza e di aggressività di Alma, fino a trasformarli in improbabili, complici compagni.

In 20th century Princeton, New Jersey, a powerful curse, which besets the wealthiest of families, causes the disappearance of a young bride, and when her brother sets out to find her, he crosses paths with the town's most formidable people, including Grover Cleveland and Upton Sinclair.

Daddy Love's latest victim Robbie begins to realize that the longer he is locked in the shackles of this demon, the greater chance he'll end up like Daddy Love's other 'sons' who were never heard from again . . . and soon he will see just what lengths he must go to in order to have any chance at survival.

Niemand hat Amerika so sehr den Puls gefühlt wie Joyce Carol Oates. Ihre Helden sind unsichere Existenzen. Männer werden zu Jägern und Frauen zu wehrlosen Wildtieren, die es zu erlegen gilt. Nicht immer endet es mit dem Tod, aber das Gleichgewicht ist nachhaltig gestört. Eine amerikanische Chronik lautet der Untertitel der grandiosen neunzehn Erzählungen, die zwischen 1963 und 1999 entstanden sind. Da erschießt eine Mutter ihre drei Kinder, weil sie ihren neuen Liebhaber nicht verlieren will. Da drechselt ein morbider Richter aus den Knochen seiner Opfer elfenbeinerne Schmuckstücke. Da weiß die drogensüchtige Melanie still zu halten, wenn sie die Männer bedient, aus Angst, dass wieder der Würgegriff angewendet wird. Elende Ehen, gewaltbereite Männner, gedemütigte Frauen, die Familie ist kein Zufluchtsort, rassistische Übergriffe, die Arglosen sind alles andere als arglos. Auch hier zeigt sich Oates als geniale Beobachterin menschlicher Abgründe, sie weiß das dunkle Ich, die zerstörerischen Leidenschaften in brillant bedrückenden Geschichten einzufangen. Oates Einblicke in das Durchschnittsleben, das schnell zur Hölle werden kann, sind grandios, schockierend und trotz allem tröstend.

A superb collection of taut and unsettling stories from one of America's literary giants.

Etouffée par la boue : voilà comment aurait du finir la petite "Mudgirl", si un couple de Quakers ne l'avait pas sauvée in extremis des griffes de sa mère démente. Pendant des années, ses parents adoptifs la protégeront des conséquences de son ignoble passé. Adulte, devenue présidente d'une université de renom, elle doit retourner sur les lieux de son enfance. Confrontée à ses origines et à des angoisses professionnelles qui la rongent de manière imprévisible, elle sombre peu à peu dans la folie...

Die attraktive Teena wird von einer Gruppe Männer vergewaltigt; ihre Peiniger lassen sie hilflos liegen. Ihre zwölfjährige Tochter Bethie muss hilflos zusehen und entkommt nur knapp dem gleichen Schicksal. Doch ihr Leiden ist damit noch nicht zu Ende – die Vergewaltiger drohen straffrei auszugehen. Fesselnd und eindringlich erzählt J. C. Oates die Geschichte von Teena, Bethie und ihren Peinigern – aber auch die ihres heimlichen Beschützers, der im Hintergrund um Gerechtigkeit für die Frau und ihre Tochter kämpft – und um deren Liebe.

Niemand hat Amerika so sehr den Puls gefühlt wie Joyce Carol Oates. Ihre Helden sind unsichere Existenzen. Männer werden zu Jägern und Frauen zu wehrlosen Wildtieren, die es zu erlegen gilt. Nicht immer endet es mit dem Tod, aber das Gleichgewicht ist nachhaltig gestört. Eine amerikanische Chronik lautet der Untertitel der grandiosen neunzehn Erzählungen, die zwischen 1963 und 1999 entstanden sind. Da erschießt eine Mutter ihre drei Kinder, weil sie ihren neuen Liebhaber nicht verlieren will. Da drechselt ein morbider Richter aus den Knochen seiner Opfer elfenbeinerne Schmuckstücke. Da weiß die drogensüchtige Melanie still zu halten, wenn sie die Männer bedient, aus Angst, dass wieder der Würgegriff angewendet wird.

Joyce Carol Oates is not only one of our most important novelists and literary critics, she is also an unparalleled master of the short story. Sourland—sixteen previously uncollected stories that explore the power of violence, loss, and grief to shape the psyche as well as the soul—shows us an author working at the height of her powers. With lapidary precision and an unflinching eye, Oates maps the surprising contours of “ordinary” life, from a desperate man who dons a jack-o'-lantern head as a prelude to a most curious sort of courtship to a beguiling young woman librarian whose amputee state attracts a married man and father; from a girl hopelessly in love with her renegade, incarcerated cousin to the concluding title story of an unexpectedly redemptive love rooted in radical aloneness and isolation. Each story in Sourland resonates beautifully with Oates's trademark fascination for the unpredictable amid the prosaic—the commingling of sexual love and violence, the tumult of family life—and shines with her predilection for dark humor and her gift for voice.

Joyce Carol Oates und Raymond Smith waren über ein halbes Jahrhundert ein Paar. Im Moment seines Todes ist Oates nicht nur dem Schmerz des Verlustes und dem Alleinsein ausgesetzt, sondern auch der Tatsache, weiterleben zu müssen. Wie sieht ein Leben aus, wenn der Mensch nicht mehr da ist, mit dem man in Freundschaft und Liebe, in Höhen und Tiefen alles geteilt hat? Nie zuvor hat Oates so tiefen Einblick in ihr Innerstes gegeben. Hier tut sie es, bewegend, klug und überraschend. Wir lernen eine andere Joyce Carol Oates kennen: eine starke Frau, die am Ende sagen kann »Dies ist jetzt mein Leben«.

Elles s'appellent Poupée, Lucrétia ou encore Kristine. Toutes semblent inoffensives. Derrière leurs visages angéliques, un mal sournois se tapit, attendant le moment propice pour se manifester : ce sont des tueuses. Joyce Carol Oates saisit au vol cette fulgurance meurtrière et observe tranquillement le venin agir et le sang se répandre.

'Stories' is a groundbreaking anthology that reinvigorates, expands, and redefines the limits of imaginative fiction and affords some writers in the world - from Peter Straub and Chuck Palahniuk to Roddy Doyle and Diana Wynne Jones, Stewart O'Nan and Joyce Carol Oates to Walter Mosley and Jodi Picoult - the opportunity to work together, defend their craft, and realign misconceptions. Gaiman, a literary magician whose acclaimed work defies easy categorization and transcends all boundaries, and 'master anthologist' ('Booklist') Sarrantonio personally invited, read, and selected all the stories in this collection, and their standard for this 'new literature of the imagination' is high. Joe Hill boldly aligns theme and form in his disturbing tale of a man's descent into evil in 'Devil on the Staircase'. In 'Catch and Release', Lawrence Block tells of a seasoned fisherman with a talent for catching a bite of another sort. Carolyn Parkhurst adds a dark twist to sibling rivalry in 'Unwell'. Joanne Harris weaves a tale of ancient gods in modern New York in 'Wildfire in Manhattan'. Vengeance is the heart of Richard Adams's 'The Knife'. Jeffery Deaver introduces a dedicated psychologist whose mission in life is to save people in 'The Therapist'. A chilling punishment befitting an unspeakable crime is at the dark heart of Neil Gaiman's novelette 'The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains'.

La sedicenne Katya Spivar e il sessantottenne Marcus Kidder si trovano contemporaneamente in una località balneare sulla costa del New Jersey. Katya viene da una famiglia povera e corrotta e si trova lì come baby sitter. Marcus è un artista (scrittore, musicista, pittore) di New York, ricchissimo. Tra i due inizia una relazione. Inizialmente lui le chiede di posare seminuda e lei accetta per soldi; poi, però, tra i due si crea una reale intimità, sembra amore ma i soldi e lo status di Marcus fanno troppa gola a Katya. I piani vengono rovinati da Roy, un avanzo di galera, amico della madre di Katya, che vuole approfittare della relazione della ragazza per rapinare Marcus. Katya in un primo tempo si presta al gioco, ma poi abbandona il complice e torna da Marcus, facendosi perdonare e arrivando al matrimonio. Ad attendere i due sposi però c'è la zampata di una maestra della suspence come Joyce Carol Oates.

Replete with the emotional intensity and pathos for which Joyce Carol Oates is lauded, these fourteen stories explore the intimate lives of contemporary American families: the tangled relationship between generations, the desperation of loving more than one is loved in return. In "Cutty Sark" and "Landfill," the bond between adolescent son and mother reverberates with the force of an unspoken passion. The gripping title story finds Oates boldly reimagining the true-crime story of Andrea Yates, the Texas mother who drowned her children in 2001. Several stories offer a more lighthearted reprieve, examining with dark humor the shadowy intersection between self-awareness and delusion.

Joyce Carol Oatesová, velmi oblíbená a úspěšná americká prozaička, ztvárnila v erotické romanci zároveň napínavý kriminální příběh. Mladá manželka a matka je brutálně zavražděna, a policie začne podezírat jak jejího manžela, tak dlouholetého milence. Na tomto pozadí se rozvíjí osudová láska jejich potomků, dcery zavražděné a syna milence, kteří jsou ale přesvědčeni o tom, že vinen je otec toho druhého. Příběh je vyprávěn paralelně hlasy obou, ve vyprávění se mísí mistrný popis milostného vztahu s pasážemi, líčícími jejich vnitřní pochybnosti a muka.

Nel 1983, un efferato delitto scuote la cittadina di Sparta, in America. Zoe Kruller, cameriera e cantante di bluegrass, viene brutalmente strangolata nella casa dove vive con un'amica, dopo aver lasciato il marito pellerossa e il figlio Aaron. I sospetti ricadono su Eddy Diehl, con cui Zoe aveva una relazione, e l'accusa innesca un meccanismo perverso che distrugge la sua vita e quella della sua famiglia. Krista, la figlia di Eddy, è testimone silenziosa della vicenda e, legata al padre, è convinta della sua innocenza. Rievoca la figura paterna e gli anni segnati da un trauma profondo. La sua esistenza si intreccia con quella di Aaron, un ragazzo problematico che porta il peso del suo retaggio indiano. Entrambi, segnati dalla perdita dei genitori, si ritrovano coinvolti in un amore acerbo e inespresso, affrontando i loro sentimenti solo da adulti. Questo romanzo di formazione, cupo e romantico, combina una lirica sensualità con una tragica violenza, dove tenerezza e crudeltà si intrecciano. Ambientato nel nord dello Stato di New York, il racconto esplora i recessi della società americana con poetica lucidità, confermando l'autrice come una delle voci più sensibili della letteratura contemporanea.

This collection, edited by Joyce Carol Oates and Christopher R. Beha, showcases the finest short stories by contemporary American writers. It serves as an essential overview of modern short fiction, highlighting the talents of today's literary masters.

"New York Times"-bestselling author Oates is back with this dark, wry, captivating tale, inspired by an unsolved true-crime mystery.

From The Author Of 'Blonde', 'The Falls' And 'We Were The Mulvaneys', This New Novel Takes In The Themes Of Race, Immigration, Family And Social Mobility, And Is Joyce Carol Oates At Her Storytelling Best. 'The Gravedigger'S Daughter' Tells The Tale Of Rebecca Schwart, Born In The Late 1930S To An Immigrant Family From Nazi Germany, Just As They Are Arriving To America. The Family Settles In A Small, Bleak Town In Upstate New York, Where The Only Job The Father Can Get Is As The Town Gravedigger And Caretaker Of The Cemetery. Soon The Town'S Prejudice And The Family'S Own Emotional Frailty Results In Unspeakable Tragedy. In The Wake Of This Loss, And In An Attempt To Put Her Past Behind Her, Young Rebecca Schwart Moves On, Across America And Through A Series Of Listless Marriages, In Search Of Somewhere, And Someone, To Whom She Can Belong.

This paperback edition presents a provocative and deeply personal exploration of race in America, crafted by a highly regarded author. The narrative delves into the complexities and nuances of racial issues, offering an intimate look at the societal dynamics that shape individual experiences. Through its candid portrayal, the book challenges readers to confront uncomfortable truths and engage with the ongoing conversation about race in contemporary society.

The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates, edited by Greg Johnson, offers a rare glimpse into the private thoughts of this extraordinary writer, focusing on excerpts written during one of the most productive decades of Oates's long career. Far more than just a daily account of a writer's writing life, these intimate, unrevised pages candidly explore her friendship with other writers, including John Updike, Donald Barthelme, Susan Sontag, Gail Godwin, and Philip Roth. It presents a fascinating portrait of the artist as a young woman, fully engaged with her world and her culture, on her way to becoming one of the most respected, honored, discussed, and controversial figures in American letters.

A Controversial, Painfully Intimate Depiction Of Race In America By The Esteemed Author Of We Were The Mulvaneys , Blonde And The Falls . Fifteen Years After The Mysterious Death Of Minette Swift A 19-Year-Old Black Girl Enrolled As A Scholarship Student In An Exclusive Liberal Arts College Her Former Roommate Genna Begins An Unofficial Enquiry Into The Traumatic Event. In Reconstructing The Girls' Tumultuous Freshman Year At The College, Genna Is Led Also To Reconstruct Her Life As The Daughter Of A Famous Radical-Hippie-Lawyer Of The 1960S Among Whose Clients Were Anti-Vietnam War Protesters Wanted By The Fbi. What Follows Is A Gripping And Personal Portrayal Of 'Black' And 'White' In America In The Years Of Crisis Following The End Of The Vietnam War, And The Ignominious Exposure And Fall Of President Richard Nixon.

Jenna Abbott separates her life into two categories: before the wreck and after the wreck . Before the wreck, she was leading a normal life with her mom in suburban New York. After the wreck, she is alone, desperate to forget what happened that day on the bridge. Then Jenna meets Crow, and her life is once again turned upside down. He begins to break down the wall that Jenna has built around her emotions. But can she bring herself to face the memories she's tried so hard to erase?

Prepare to meet the most seductively female and shockingly fatal femme fatales, brought to you by seventeen of today’s finest authors of mystery and suspense fiction. Award-winning editor Otto Penzler presents a collection of short, sizzling masterpieces filled with thrilling tales that showcase how sexy and fierce the 'gentler sex' can be. In 'Third Party', a party girl takes you on a wild ride through the Paris night, while Nelson DeMille's 'Rendezvous' plunges you into a Vietnam jungle where the deadliest scourge is a woman. Elmore Leonard introduces a Depression-era teenage gun moll in 'Louly and Pretty Boy', who loves Pretty Boy Floyd more than robbing filling stations. Lorenzo Carcaterra's 'A Thousand Miles from Nowhere' features a smart blonde seeking slow-simmered vengeance, and Michael Connelly's 'Cielo Azul' reveals how a nameless woman found dead in Los Angeles can be the most lethal prey. Other riveting tales include a scorned lover claiming an old fling's heart, a mysterious woman offering a tempting suicide pact, and a she-demon rising from the grave. These and many other bad girls cast their criminal spells through the powerful voices of Joyce Carol Oates, John Connolly, Thomas H. Cook, Jeffrey Deaver, and more, in stories as irresistible as the anti-heroines that blaze through their pages.

Psychologická novela popisující osudovou událost v životě svobodomyslné, živé a energické mladé ženy a její dospívající dcerky. Touto událostí se stalo hromadné znásilnění mladé ženy, jejíž život už nikdy nebyl jako předtím. Celou událostí trpí nejen matka, ale i její dcerka, jež sice unikla aktu znásilnění, přesto byla útočníky zbita. Autorka se věnuje nejen postiženým ženám, ale soustředí svou pozornost na společnost, která ženy v rozhodujícím okamžiku nepodpoří, spíše je odsoudí. Celá rodina neunikne pomluvám, které se na malém městě tak rychle šíří. Jediný, u koho ženy naleznou pochopení a nakonec i zastání, je mlčenlivý policista John Dromoor, jenž velmi nenápadně, o to důrazněji a účinněji bere spravedlnost do vlastních rukou.

Ils étaient cinq. Ivres, camés. L'ordinaire de leurs samedis soir, quoi... Peut-être encore plus excités ce samedi-là, au soir du 4 juillet, la fête nationale. Vers minuit, la belle Tina Maguire a eu le tort de couper court à travers le parc pour rentrer plus vite chez elle avec sa gamine Bethie, 12 ans. Ils l'ont laissée pour morte dans le hangar à bateaux. Une tournante comme on n'ose pas en imaginer. Une abomination à laquelle a assisté, réfugiée derrière un tas de vieux canoës, la petite fille. Qui a pu finalement se traîner jusqu'à la route pour appeler au secours, et a sauvé ainsi sa mère. Sauvé ? Pas des griffes d'avocats de haut vol, ni de l'incompétence des procureurs, ni des propos de certaines bonnes âmes: elle l'a bien cherché... en fait elle l'a cherché tout court. Ça lui pendait au nez... Elle risque désormais de mourir vraiment, Tina. Et Bethie ne peut que prier pour l'intervention miraculeuse d'un ange vengeur. Justement il est là, dans l'ombre. Un flic épris de justice. Épris tout court. Le héros silencieux d'une histoire d'amour peu banale, racontée avec une éblouissante violence par une Joyce Carol Oates à son meilleur.

Weymouth, New Jersey. Agent immobilier le jour et photographe la nuit, Matt McBride semble heureux. Qui se douterait qu'il n'a pas oublié le cadavre atrocement mutilé de Marcey Mason, découvert jadis dans un ravin ? Aujourd'hui encore, il est certain c ce meurtre aurait pu être évité s'il avait été moins indifférent au charme de la jeune fille. Aussi, quand il apprend que son amie Diana Zwolle a récemment disparu, impossible ne pas lier les deux affaires. A croire que Matt porte malheur et qu'il a raison de se sentir coupable. Même s'il est innocent. Ce qui n'est pas évident à prouver. Surtout à la police, qui le soupçonne d'être le tueur qu'elle recherche. Comme expliquer que culpabilité et innocence sont parfois affaire de nuances ?

Elle est allongée sur le sol du garage. Inerte. Ses jolis vêtements sont imprégnés de sang. Épouvantée, Nikki secoue sa mère. En vain. Devant ce corps déjà froid, elle doit se rendre à l'évidence : on l'a assassinée. Pour la retenir encore un peu, Nikki enquête auprès de ses proches, ose les questions qu'elle n'a pas eu le temps de poser. Les réponses ont un parfum de révélations...

"C’était en novembre, un mardi après l’entraînement de natation. La chose avec Mr. Tracy, le prof d’anglais de Darren. La chose, c’est en ces termes que Darren y penserait par la suite. La chose, un mot vague, indéfini. La chose qui n’était pas arrivée de toute façon." Darren est, à seize ans, un des espoirs de l’équipe de natation. Timide mais très séduisant, sa beauté lumineuse lui attire toutes les faveurs, y compris celle de son professeur d’anglais Mr. Tracy. Mais ce dernier fait renvoyer un des copains de l’équipe de natation. Les amis de Darren décident alors de se venger et adressent au proviseur un courrier anonyme accusant Tracy de pédophilie… Joyce Carol Oates explore, avec talent et justesse, la quête identitaire d’un jeune de seize ans dans une société de préjugés où il n’a plus de repères.

Joyce Carol Oates zeigt, wie man eine Geschichte zu etwas Außergewöhnlichem macht, einen Roman zum Leben erweckt und warum ein Schriftsteller nicht nur Künstler, sondern auch literarischer Handwerker sein muss. Es geht um Inspiration, Erinnerung, Selbstkritik und die 'einzigartige Macht des Unbewussten'. Darüber hinaus verrät sie Persönliches, bietet Ratschläge für junge oder angehende Schriftsteller an und schreibt über den Einfluss fiktiver Figuren auf den Autor und welche Wechselbäder er bei seiner Arbeit erlebt und nicht zuletzt, warum es so wichtig ist, viel zu lesen, wenn man schreiben will. In vierzehn Kapiteln erklärt sie in Beim Schreiben allein, wie Sprache, Ideen und Erfahrungen zusammenfließen, um Kunst entstehen zu lassen.

The book presents a collection of gripping tales where women confront external and internal evils. In "So Help Me God," a young wife receives a mysterious phone call that blurs the lines between safety and danger, raising questions about trust and jealousy. Meanwhile, "Madison at Guignol" follows a discontented fashionista who uncovers a hidden horror in her beloved clothing store, challenging her perceptions of reality. Each story delves into the complexities of female experience, revealing the darkness that lurks both in the world and within themselves.