"Timely, monumental. . . . Yet another piercing examination of
American culture by the writer this reviewer considers our country's
greatest living novelist. . . . It is brilliant. How blessed we are to
have her as a novelist in our chaotic, confusing times. Night is spot
on for these times of racial divide, as well as in portraying the
fractious family dynamic that many of us know all too well. . . .
Night deserves the top spot on your quarantine nightstand. Here's a
fervent salute to Oates, our finest American novelist, for this one." --
Star Tribune
The bonds of family are tested in the wake of a profound tragedy,
providing a look at the darker side of our society by one of our most
enduringly popular and important writers
Night Sleep Death The Stars is a gripping examination of contemporary
America through the prism of a family tragedy: when a powerful parent
dies, each of his adult children reacts in startling and unexpected
ways, and his grieving widow in the most surprising way of all.
Stark and penetrating, Joyce Carol Oates's latest novel is a vivid
exploration of race, psychological trauma, class warfare, grief, and
eventual healing, as well as an intimate family novel in the tradition
of the author's bestselling We Were the Mulvaneys.
