Breathe

Informationen zum Autor Joyce Carol Oates is a novelist, critic, playwright, poet and author of short stories and one of America's most respected literary figures. She has written some of the most enduring fiction of our time, including We Were the Mulvaneys and Blonde. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Princeton University and a recipient of the National Book Award and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction. Klappentext 'America's preeminent fiction writer' New Yorker'A raw, propulsive tale of love and grief' Mail on Sunday A novel of love and loss from the bestselling and prizewinning author of Blonde. Michaela and her husband have moved to the starkly beautiful but uncanny landscape of New Mexico, to take up an academic residency. But when Gerard is struck by a fatal illness, their life begins to resemble a nightmare. At thirty-seven, Michaela must first face the terrifying prospect of widowhood, then the chaos of the days when Gerard is gone. Haunting and utterly heart-wrenching, Breathe explores the intense madness of grief and what happens when a love cannot be surrendered. 'A fever dream of a novel' New York Times 'Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going, as far as I'm concerned' Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl Zusammenfassung ‘America’s preeminent fiction writer’ New Yorker ‘A raw, propulsive tale of love and grief’ Mail on Sunday

Product details

• Authors: Joyce Carol Oates
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 21.07.2022
• EAN: 9780008490928
• ISBN: 978-0-00-849092-8
• No. of pages: 364
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, FICTION / Horror, Coping with death & bereavement, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Horror & ghost stories, Psychology: emotions, Coping with personal problems, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Contemporary horror and ghost stories, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Coping with / advice about loneliness / solitude, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement, Metaphysical / philosophical fiction