{"product_id":"lovely-dark-deep-stories-paperback","title":"Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the legendary literary master, winner of the National Book Award and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates, a collection of thirteen mesmerizing stories that maps the eerie darkness within us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInsightful, disturbing, imaginative, and breathtaking in their lyrical precision, the stories in \u003cem\u003eLovely, Dark, Deep\u003c\/em\u003e display Joyce Carol Oates's magnificent ability to make visceral the terror, hurt, and uncertainty that lurks at the edges of ordinary lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"Mastiff,\" a woman and a man are joined in an erotic bond forged out of terror and gratitude. \"Sex with Camel\" explores how a sixteen-year-old boy realizes the depth of his love for his grandmother--and how vulnerable those feelings make him. Fearful that that her husband is \"disappearing\" from their life, a woman becomes obsessed with keeping him in her sight in \"The Disappearing.\" \"A Book of Martyrs\" reveals how the end of a pregnancy brings with it the end of a relationship. And in the title story, the elderly Robert Frost is visited by an interviewer, an unsettling young woman, who seems to know a good deal more about his life than she should.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA piercing and evocative collection, \u003cem\u003eLovely, Dark, Deep\u003c\/em\u003e reveals an artist at the height of her creative power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of thirteen spellbinding stories from the legendary literary master Joyce Carol Oates, National Book Award winner and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author, that maps the eerie darkness within us all\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInsightful, disturbing, imaginative, and mesmerizing in their lyrical precision, the stories in \u003cem\u003eLovely, Dark, Deep\u003c\/em\u003e display Joyce Carol Oates's astonishing ability to make visceral the fear, hurt, and uncertainty that lurks at the edges of ordinary lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"Mastiff,\" a woman and a man are joined in an erotic bond forged out of terror and gratitude. Fearful that her husband is vanishing from their life, a woman becomes obsessed with keeping him in her sight in \"The Disappearing.\" \"A Book of Martyrs\" reveals how the end of a pregnancy brings with it the end of a relationship. And in the title story, the elderly Robert Frost is visited by an interviewer, a troubling young woman, who seems to know a good deal more about his life than she should.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA piercing and evocative collection, \u003cem\u003eLovely, Dark, Deep\u003c\/em\u003e reveals Joyce Carol Oates at her most imaginative and unsettling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47226940162297,"sku":"9780062356956","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/anpJekd6akIvdlFqdXZ4Y2JjVnhiZz09.webp?v=1768273621","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/lovely-dark-deep-stories-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}