| The Gravedigger's Daughter Contributor(s): Oates, Joyce Carol (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0061236837 ISBN-13: 9780061236839 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: In this "New York Times" bestseller, Oates has created a masterpiece of domestic yet mythic realism, at once emotionally engaging and intellectually provocative: an intimately observed testimony to the resilience of the individual. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Sagas - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: P.S. |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 5.54" W x 8.04" (1.07 lbs) 624 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Topical - Family - Demographic Orientation - Small Town - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - New York |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 115174 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 30.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fleeing Nazi Germany in 1936, the Schwarts immigrate to a small town in upstate New York. Here the father--a former high school teacher--is demeaned by the only job he can get: gravedigger and cemetery caretaker. When local prejudice and the family's own emotional frailty give rise to an unthinkable tragedy, the gravedigger's daughter, Rebecca heads out into America. Embarking upon an extraordinary odyssey of erotic risk and ingenious self-invention, she seeks renewal, redemption, and peace--on the road to a bittersweet and distinctly "American" triumph. |
Contributor Bio(s): Oates, Joyce Carol: - Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Medal of Humanities, the National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Book Award, and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction, and has been several times nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. She has written some of the most enduring fiction of our time, including the national bestsellers We Were the Mulvaneys, Blonde, which was nominated for the National Book Award, and the New York Times bestseller The Falls, which won the 2005 Prix Femina. Her most recent novel is A Book of American Martyrs. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978. |