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Un quartier populaire d'une petite ville de l'Etat de New York dans les années 1950. Cinq lycéennes, pour survivre et se venger des humiliations qu'elles ont subies, concluent un pacte, à la vie, à la mort : elles seront le gang Foxfire. La haine, et surtout celle des hommes, va les entraîner dans une impitoyable équipée sauvage.

“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” es una obra maestra del suspense y la confusión adolescente que nació de una canción de Bob Dylan y de un caso de principios de los 60 que la autora leyó e

Dans une petite ville ouvrière de l'Etat de New York, dans les années 1950, cinq lycéennes forment une bande pour se venger des humiliations qu'elles ont subies : le gang des Foxfire. Il y a Maddy Mo

A young girl's disappearance rocks a community and a family, in this stirring examination of grief, faith, justice and the atrocities of war, from literary legend Joyce Carol Oates. 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. 'Carthage' plunges us deep into the psyche of a wounded young Corporal, haunted by unspeakable acts of wartime aggression, while unraveling the story of a disaffected young girl whose exile from her family may have come long before her disappearance. Dark and riveting, 'Carthage' is a powerful addition to the Joyce Carol Oates canon, one that explores the human capacity for violence, love and forgiveness, and asks if it's ever truly possible to come home again.

"In questa raccolta Joyce Carol Oates esplora il lato misterioso della psiche di uomini e donne apparentemente normali, addentrandosi nel labirinto delle loro ossessioni con lucidita impietosa e profonda umanita. L''ossessione di un ragazzo per le pistole, la terribile vendetta di una ragazza brutta, il fanatismo omicida di una setta religiosa, una passione amorosa che varca i confini della sanita mentale: un intero universo, denso di misteri e di pericoli, che con un sottile brivido di angoscia accompagna il lettore ben oltre la parola fine. "

"La sedicenne Katya Spivar e il sessantottenne Marcus Kidder si trovano contemporaneamente in una localita balneare sulla costa del New Jersey. Katya viene da una famiglia povera e corrotta e si trova li come baby sitter. Marcus e 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, pero, tra i due si crea una reale intimita, 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 pero c''e la zampata di una maestra della suspence come Joyce Carol Oates. "

"Una mattina del febbraio 2008, Joyce Carol Oates accompagna suo marito, Raymond Smith, al pronto soccorso del Princeton Medicai Center dove all''uomo viene diagnosticata una polmonite. I due si aspettano una rapida dimissione, ma in meno di una settimana Raymond si spegnera, indebolito da un''infezione contratta in ospedale, e Joyce dovra affrontare la dura realta della solitudine. ""Storia di una vedova"" racconta la lotta di una donna per riconquistare la vita senza il compagno che l''ha sostenuta per quasi cinquant''anni. Come mai prima d''ora, Joyce Carol Oates condivide con i lettori la debolezza della negazione e l''angoscia della perdita, il disorientamento di chi sopravvive e il sollievo dell''amicizia. "

Joyce Carol Oates is one of the most prominent writers of her generation. In EVIL EYE, Oates offers four dark and compelling tales of love gone horribly wrong. The young fourth wife of a prominent intellectual thinks herself happy until the first wife comes to stay...A shy teenager meets a dazzling kindred spirit. But the first sparks of young love soon take on a darker shade...A spoiled frat boy decides to murder his parents, only to be floored by the power of his mother's love...A fragile woman reveals deeply buried secrets to her curious lover with devastating consequences...All of these stories are about love, just not as we like to think of it.

A young girl's disappearance rocks a community and a family, in this stirring examination of grief, faith, justice and the atrocities of war, from literary legend Joyce Carol Oates.

New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates returns with an incendiary novel that illuminates the tragic impact of sexual violence, racism, brutality, and power on innocent lives and probes the persistence of stereotypes, the nature of revenge, the complexities of truth, and our insatiable hunger for sensationalism.When a fourteen-year-old girl is the alleged victim of a terrible act of racial violence, the incident shocks and galvanizes her community, exacerbating the racial tension that has been simmering in this New Jersey town for decades. In this magisterial work of fiction, Joyce Carol Oates explores the uneasy fault lines in a racially troubled society. In such a tense, charged atmosphere, Oates reveals that there must always be a sacrificeof innocence, truth, trust, and, ultimately, of lives. Unfolding in a succession of multiracial voices, in a community transfixed by this alleged crime and the spectacle unfolding around it, this profound novel exposes whatand whothe sacrifice actually is, and what consequences these kind of events hold for us all.Working at the height of her powers, Oates offers a sympathetic portrait of the young girl and her mother, and challenges our expectations and beliefs about our society, our biases, and ourselves. As the chorus of its voicesfrom the police to the media to the victim and her familyreaches a crescendo, The Sacrifice offers a shocking new understanding of power and oppression, innocence and guilt, truth and sensationalism, justice and retribution.A chilling exploration of complex social, political, and moral themesthe enduring trauma of the past, modern racial and class tensions, the power of secrets, and the primal decisions we all make to protect those we loveThe Sacrifice is a major work of fiction from one of our most revered literary masters.

Best-selling author Joyce Carol Oates blends sexual violence, racism, brutality, and power in her latest incendiary novel.When a fourteen-year-old girl is the alleged victim of a terrible act of racial violence, the incident shocks and galvanises her community, exacerbating the racial tension that has been simmering in this New Jersey town for decades.Unfolding in a chorus of multiracial voices from the police to the media to the victim and her family which gather to reach a tense crescendo at the novels climax, THE SACRIFICE offers a shocking new understanding of power and oppression, innocence and guilt, truth and sensationalism, justice and retribution and the primal decisions we make to protect those we love.A chilling exploration of complex social, political, and moral themes, THE SACRIFICE is a major work of fiction from one of our most revered literary masters.

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