My Heart Laid BareDutton, 1998 - 531 頁 "My Heart Laid Bare" is a striking departure for Joyce Carol Oates: a sweeping saga of the fortunes and misfortunes of a family of enterprising confidence artists in 19th-century America. Mythic in scope, ballad-like in the telling, it is Oates's most daring work yet--a stunning tale of crime and transgression--with profound moral consequences. Oates's picture of America as a land of opportunity to immigrants and settlers takes on a dark tone as we see these veritable shape-shifters exploit the unsuspecting rich by appealing to their deepest flaws. Yet recognizing the sins of greed, lust, pride, and small-mindedness in others does not prevent the patriarch and his brilliant children from being laid low by the same faults. From the virgin provinces of New York State to the rough and tumble Western frontier, from the backrooms of Washington, D.C., to the Atlantic City of the Gilded Age, from Carnegie Hall to Harlem in the twenties, "My Heart Laid Bare" transports readers with its mesmerizing narrative voice. "Dazzling...Oates at her most playful and inventive." -- "San Francisco Chronicle" "Provocative...Oates's accomplishment here is to construct an original way of looking at American history." -- "The New York Times Book Review" "A triumph...shows off Oates's macabre, lushly poetic imagination, almost feverish, yet always in perfect control." -- "San Diego Union Tribune" "Fresh, spirited...full of zestful criminality." -- "Atlanta Journal Constitution" |
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... sort ) , and the nameless birds whose songs were infinitely sweeter than any she had ever heard ( a bird the size of a sparrow , but beautifully marked in crim- son , gold , and blue , had perched on her forefinger , Mina claimed , and ...
... sort ) , and the nameless birds whose songs were infinitely sweeter than any she had ever heard ( a bird the size of a sparrow , but beautifully marked in crim- son , gold , and blue , had perched on her forefinger , Mina claimed , and ...
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... sort of life he leads elsewhere , the financial coups , the beautiful women , the excitement . . . . The problem is simply this : no one trusts him . Even as he speaks warmly , and graciously , and convincingly , even then , by some ...
... sort of life he leads elsewhere , the financial coups , the beautiful women , the excitement . . . . The problem is simply this : no one trusts him . Even as he speaks warmly , and graciously , and convincingly , even then , by some ...
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... sort of curse , as curses go . " Roland showed some embarrassment at his rudeness , and tried to make amends . He stooped to embrace his trembling mother ; kissed her cheek ; and said earnestly , " Yes , you are right , Mother - I ...
... sort of curse , as curses go . " Roland showed some embarrassment at his rudeness , and tried to make amends . He stooped to embrace his trembling mother ; kissed her cheek ; and said earnestly , " Yes , you are right , Mother - I ...
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