Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense

A collection of six suspenseful stories from the bestselling author of "Blonde" and "We Were The Mulvaneys". With appeal to readers of Alice Munro, Angela Carter and Margaret Atwood.

About the author

Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon, is the author of more than 70 books, including the bestselling novels We Were the Mulvaneys and Blonde. Among her many honours are the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction and the National Book Award. Oates 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.

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Summary

This taut collection stands at the crossroads of sex, violence, and longing - and asks us to interrogate the intersection of these impulses within ourselves. Six feverishly unsettling works.

Foreword

Six feverishly unsettling works from one of our greatest literary imaginations.

Additional text

Both haunting and sublime' Literary Review.

Product details

• Authors: Joyce Carol Oates
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781788543682
• ISBN: 978-1-78854-368-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Short Stories, Fiction, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION / Horror, FICTION / Gothic, Thriller / suspense fiction, Horror & ghost stories