Joyce Carol Oates

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Garden of Earthly Delights PBPaperback, 22 April 2003

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Part of Series
Wonderland Quartet
Part of Series
Modern Library 20th Century Rediscovery
Part of Series
Wonderland Quartet (Paperback)
Part of Series
20th Century Rediscoveries
Print Length
448 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Modern Library
Date Published
22 Apr 2003
ISBN-10
0812968344
ISBN-13
9780812968347

Description

A masterly work from a writer with "the uncanny ability to give us a cinemascopic vision of her America" (National Review), A Garden of Earthly Delights is the opening stanza in what would become one of the most powerful and engrossing story arcs in literature.

Joyce Carol Oates's Wonderland Quartet comprises four remarkable novels that explore social class in America and the inner lives of young Americans. In A Garden of Earthly Delights, Oates presents one of her most memorable heroines, Clara Walpole, the beautiful daughter of Kentucky-born migrant farmworkers. Desperate to rise above her haphazard existence of violence and poverty, determined not to repeat her mother's life, Clara struggles for independence by way of her relationships with four very different men: her father, a family man turned itinerant laborer, smoldering with resentment; the mysterious Lowry, who rescues Clara as a teenager and offers her the possibility of love; Revere, a wealthy landowner who provides Clara with stability; and Swan, Clara's son, who bears the psychological and spiritual burden of his mother's ambition.

A Garden of Earthly Delights is the first novel in the Wonderland Quartet. The books that complete this acclaimed series, Expensive People, them, and Wonderland, are also available from the Modern Library.

Product Details

Author:
Joyce Carol Oates
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
22 April 2003
Dimensions:
20.07 x 12.95 x 1.78 cm
ISBN-10:
0812968344
ISBN-13:
9780812968347
Language:
English
Location:
New York, NY
Pages:
448
Publisher:
Weight:
430.91 gm

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