Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart by Joyce Carol Oates (1991, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100452265819
ISBN-139780452265813
eBay Product ID (ePID)370676
Product Key Features
Book TitleBecause It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1991
TopicCrime, Coming of Age, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorJoyce Carol Oates
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight12.4 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN90-019681
ReviewsPraise for Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart "Fiction of extraordinary imaginative power."--Marilynne Robinson, The New York Times Book Review "An impressive performance...fearless....There seems to be no erotic passion, no violence of act or language, no addiction, no fatal failure of nerve that is beyond Oates's reach when it comes to rendering it in fiction."-- Seattle Times/Post-Intelligencer "Oates is a master novelist....Thrilling momentum...it's hard to stop reading."-- USA Today, "Fiction of Extraordinary imaginative power." -- Marilynne Robinson, The New York Times Book Review "An impressive performance ... fearless ... There seems to be no erotic passion, no violence of act or language, no addiction, no fatal failure of nerve that is beyond Oates' reach when it comes to rendering it in fiction." -- Seattle Times/Post-Intelligencer "Oates is a master novelist. ... thrilling momentum ... it's hard to stop reading', "Fiction of Extraordinary imaginative power." — Marilynne Robinson, The New York Times Book Review "An impressive performance … fearless … There seems to be no erotic passion, no violence of act or language, no addiction, no fatal failure of nerve that is beyond Oates' reach when it comes to rendering it in fiction." - Seattle Times/Post-Intelligencer "Oates is a master novelist. … thrilling momentum … it's hard to stop reading', "Fiction of Extraordinary imaginative power." -- Marilynne Robinson, The New York Times Book Review "An impressive performance ... fearless ... There seems to be no erotic passion, no violence of act or language, no addiction, no fatal failure of nerve that is beyond Oates' reach when it comes to rendering it in fiction." - Seattle Times/Post-Intelligencer "Oates is a master novelist. ... thrilling momentum ... it's hard to stop reading', "Fiction of Extraordinary imaginative power." — Marilynne Robinson, The New York Times Book Review "An impressive performance … fearless … There seems to be no erotic passion, no violence of act or language, no addiction, no fatal failure of nerve that is beyond Oates' reach when it comes to rendering it in fiction." -- Seattle Times/Post-Intelligencer "Oates is a master novelist. … thrilling momentum … it's hard to stop reading'
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
SynopsisJoyce Carol Oates adds to her extraordinary body of work with this stunning National Book Award Finalist filled with violence, love, racism, and a shared secret in mid-century New York. In the early 1950s in an industrial town, racial boundaries may keep people apart--or bring them together explosively. Iris Courtney, who is white, is the only witness when handsome Jinx Fairchild, a black basketball player, kills a white man in order to protect her. The secret link between Iris and Jinx is not only their attraction to each other, but a bond of passion and guilt that has formed between them. This one irrevocable, tragic act shapes their lives and alters their destinies in Joyce Carol Oates's finest, emotion-packed novel--a work critics call a masterpiece, the best work of America's best writer of contemporary realism.
LC Classification NumberPS3565.A8B4318 1991
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