Zero-Sum: Stories by Joyce Carol Oates Paperback Book

Description: Zero-Sum by Joyce Carol Oates Zero-sum games are played for lethal stakes in these arresting stories by one of Americas most acclaimed writers, the award-winning, best-selling author of BlondeA brilliant young philosophy student bent on seducing her famous philosopher-mentor finds herself outmaneuvered; diabolically clever high school girls wreak a particularly apt sort of vengeance on sexual predators in their community; a woman stalked by a would-be killer may be confiding in the wrong former lover; a young woman is morbidly obsessed by her unfamiliar new role as "mother." In the collections longest story, a much-praised cutting-edge writer cruelly experiments with "drafts" of his own suicide.In these powerfully wrought stories that hold a mirror up to our time, Joyce Carol Oates has created a world of erotic obsession, thwarted idealism, and ever-shifting identities. Provocative and stunning, Zero-Sum reinforces Oatess standing as a literary treasure and an artist of the mysterious interior life. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography JOYCE CAROL OATES is a recipient of the National Humanities Medal, the National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award, the National Book Award, and the 2019 Jerusalem Prize for Lifetime Achievement, and has been nominated several times for the Pulitzer Prize. She has written some of the most enduring fiction of our time, including the national best sellers We Were the Mulvaneys; Blonde; and the New York Times best seller The Falls, which won the 2005 Prix Femina. In 2020 she was awarded the Cino Del Duca World Prize for Literature. She is the Roger S. Berlind 52 Distinguished Professor of the Humanities emerita at Princeton University and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978. Review "Electric . . . A vein of feminist horror runs through Zero-Sum . . . [Zero-Sums] zero-sum games [advance] to an existential battle between humanity and the destructive forces it has unleashed." —Kate Folk, The New York Times Book Review "A bewitching collection of speculative stories about women dealing with society and violence . . . [The stories in Zero-Sum contain] quintessential Oates intrigue and mystery." —Sophia June, Nylon "An electric story collection from a lit icon . . . Violence simmers and sometimes boils over." —Keziah Weir, Vanity Fair "Powerfully wrought . . . Zero-sum games are played for lethal stakes in this collection of arresting stories by one of Americas most acclaimed writer . . . Joyce Carol Oates has created a world of erotic obsession, thwarted idealism and ever-shifting identities." —Heather Steele, SheerLuxe"Dark, powerful new tales by the masterful literary icon." —AARP The Magazine"Captivating . . . Humanity in all its devilishness is on vibrant display in these short and potent flashes of life in bleak corners. Readers will be spellbound." —Publishers Weekly, starred Details ISBN0593469585 Author Joyce Carol Oates Pages 272 Publisher Random House USA Inc Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780593469583 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-09-10 Imprint Vintage Books Subtitle Stories Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Audience General US Release Date 2024-09-10 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161423894;

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