| Beasts Contributor(s): Oates, Joyce Carol (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786711035 ISBN-13: 9780786711031 Publisher: Da Capo Press OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2003 Annotation: Set in an apparently idyllic New England college town, "Beasts" is the story of Gillian Brauer, a student who falls in love with her professor, his Bohemian lifestyle, and antiestablishment attitudes, and what happens when she falls under his spell. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | Westerns - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Otto Penzler Books |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5" W x 7.5" (0.35 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A young woman tumbles into a nightmare of decadent desire and corrupted innocence in a superb novella of suspense from National Book Award-winner Joyce Carol Oates. Art and arson, the poetry of D. H. Lawrence and pulp pornography, hero-worship and sexual debasement, totems and taboos mix and mutate into a startling, suspenseful tale of how a sunny New England college campus descends into a lurid nightmare. A small gem.... Oates does not disappoint, nor does she waste a word.--The Washington Post Book World Oates often takes on sensational subject matter ... yet rarely has she done so with the churningly quiet understatement of ... Beasts.--Los Angeles Times A cunning fusion of Gothic romance and psychological horror story, and one of her best recent books.--Kirkus Reviews Oates's new novel is a slim one, but it packs a serious punch.--Associated Press Delicious ... Beasts is something of a jeu d'esprit noir.... The novella length is exactly right for it.--The New York Review of Books |