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Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates is a novelist, critic, playwright, poet and author of short stories and one of America’s most highly respected literary figures. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Princeton University.
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THE ACCURSED
This eerie tale of psychological horror sees the real inhabitants of turn-of-the-century Princeton fall under the influence of a supernatural power.
Publication date: UK 5th Mar 2013
MUDWOMAN
A haunting new novel from Joyce Carol Oates.
Publication date: UK 16th Aug 2012
MUDWOMAN [ePub edition]
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A haunting new novel from Joyce Carol Oates.
Publication date: UK 15th Mar 2012
MUDWOMAN
A haunting new novel from one of America’s most prolific and respected novelists.
Publication date: UK 1st Mar 2012
A WIDOW’S STORY: A Memoir
‘My husband died, my life collapsed.’
Publication date: UK 2nd Feb 2012
A WIDOW’S STORY: A Memoir
“My husband died, my life collapsed.”
Publication date: UK 3rd Mar 2011
A WIDOW’S STORY: A Memoir [ePub edition]
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“My husband died, my life collapsed.”
Publication date: UK 3rd Mar 2011
LITTLE BIRD OF HEAVEN
‘A writer of extraordinary strengths’ Guardian
Publication date: UK 28th Oct 2010
I’LL TAKE YOU THERE
Joyce Carol Oates is one of the world’s most respected living novelists. ‘I’ll take You There’ is an intense, deeply moving story of how a young woman finds her place in the world.
Publication date: UK 26th Feb 2010
LITTLE BIRD OF HEAVEN
‘A writer of extraordinary strengths’ Guardian
Publication date: UK 4th Jan 2010
LITTLE BIRD OF HEAVEN [ePub edition]
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‘A writer of extraordinary strengths’ Guardian
Publication date: UK 4th Jan 2010
MIDDLE AGE: a romance
A tender, hilarious novel about contemporary America. With ‘Middle Age’ Joyce Carol Oates has been acclaimed as one of the most important writers of her time.
Publication date: UK 1st Aug 2009
MY SISTER MY LOVE
A dark, wry, captivating tale, inspired by an unsolved American true crime mystery.
Publication date: UK 2nd Apr 2009
THE GRAVEDIGGER’S DAUGHTER
From the author of ‘Blonde’, ‘The Falls’ and ‘We Were the Mulvaneys’, this new novel takes in the themes of race, immigration, family and social mobility, and is Joyce Carol Oates at her storytelling best.
Publication date: UK 5th May 2008
The Perennial Collection — WE WERE THE MULVANEYS
The unforgettable story of the rise, fall and ultimate redemption of an American family.
Publication date: UK 4th Feb 2008
BLACK GIRL WHITE GIRL
A controversial, painfully intimate depiction of race in America by the esteemed author of ‘We were the Mulvaneys’, ‘Blonde’ and ‘The Falls’.
Publication date: UK 3rd Sep 2007
MOTHER, MISSING
From one of America’s best loved and most prolific novelists: the story of a woman coming to terms with the violent death of her mother, and uncovering all the hidden secrets stowed away over the years.
Publication date: UK 2nd Oct 2006
THE FALLS
A tale of murder, loss and romance in the mist of Niagara Falls: it is the crowning achievement of Joyce Carol Oates’s career to date.
Publication date: UK 4th Jul 2005
THE TATTOOED GIRL
Joyce Carol Oates is one of the world’s most respected living novelists. Her new novel brings us a tale of dark passions, prejudice, and the strange forms that love can take.
Publication date: UK 6th Sep 2004
FAITHLESS: Tales of Transgression
An enthralling collection of short stories from the National Book Award shortlisted author of ‘Blonde’ and ‘Middle Age’.
Publication date: UK 7th Jul 2003
WE WERE THE MULVANEYS
The unforgettable story of the rise, fall and ultimate redemption of an American family.
Publication date: UK 2nd Jul 2001
BLONDE
A mesmerising novel of the most enduring cultural icon of the 20th century, Blonde is a deeply moving portrait of the woman who became Marilyn Monroe.
Publication date: UK 5th Mar 2001