High crime area : tales of darkness and dread /
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| Author / Creator: | Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- author. |
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| Uniform title: | Short stories. Selections |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Imprint: | New York : The Mysterious Press, an imprint of Grove/Atlantic, Inc., [2014] |
| Description: | vii, 247 pages ; 22 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9965799 |
| Summary: | Joyce Carol Oates is an unparalleled investigator of human flaws. In these eight stories, she deftly tests the bonds between damaged individuals--a brother and sister, a teacher and student, two strangers on a subway--in the fearless prose for which she's become so celebrated.<br> <br> In the title story "High Crime Area," a white, aspiring professor is convinced she is being followed. No need to panic, she has a handgun stowed away in her purse--just in case. But when she turns to confront her black, male shadow, the situation isn't what she expects. In "The Rescuer," a promising graduate student detours to inner city Trenton, New Jersey to save her brother from a downward spiral. But she soon finds out there may be more to his world than to hers. And in "The Last Man of Letters," the world-renowned author X embarks on a final grand tour of Europe. He has money, fame, but not a whole lot of manners. A little thing like etiquette couldn't bring a man like X down, could it?<br> <br> In these biting and beautiful stories, Oates confronts, one by one, the demons within us. Sometimes it's the human who wins, and sometimes it's the demon.<br> |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 247 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780802122650 0802122655 |
