- Taschenbuch: 688 Seiten
- Verlag: Harper Perennial; Auflage: Reprint (29. Mai 2007)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0060501200
- ISBN-13: 978-0060501204
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,5 x 13,5 x 4 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 244.983 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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*Starred Review* The Oates universe is tense and overcast when it isn't under assault by grimly devastating storms. An expert in the causes and effects of obsession, desolation, and annihilation, Oates has crafted hundreds of mesmerizing short stories of acute social and psychological insights, sinister sexuality, and stark violence. Nine new, hard-hitting stories of fractured families, death, and longing kick off this supreme retrospective collection. "High Lonesome" tracks the absurd and tragic circumstances that instigate a suicide and a revenge killing. In "Spider Boy," a son helplessly reveals the shocking truth about his father. In 'The Cousins," a woman writes to the thorny author of a controversial Holocaust memoir, certain that they're related. Oates even offers a chilling biotech cautionary tale. Two-dozen standout stories from the past four decades follow these new works, beginning with a harrowing tale of a hurricane, "Upon the Sweeping Flood," and moving on to quintessential Oatesean tales of cataclysms seeded in the human heart. Oates' daring oeuvre, immense in size, depth, and spirit, will stand as a pillar in American literature, and this collection of stories that Oates feels are her best is as significant as it is breathtaking. Donna Seaman
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“Oates is just a fearless writer...[with] her brave heart and her impossibly lush and dead-on imaginative powers.” (Los Angeles Times )
“This big, lavish collection will do for Oates what similar volumes did for Katherine Anne Porter and John Cheever.” (Houston Chronicle )
“This collection of stories that Oates feels are her best is as significant as it is breathtaking.” (Booklist )
“Illustrious author Joyce Carol Oates is back with a seminal collection spanning five decades...This anthology is a must-read.” (Harper's Bazaar )
“This big, lavish collection will do for Oates what similar volumes did for Katherine Anne Porter and John Cheever.” (Houston Chronicle )
“This collection of stories that Oates feels are her best is as significant as it is breathtaking.” (Booklist )
“Illustrious author Joyce Carol Oates is back with a seminal collection spanning five decades...This anthology is a must-read.” (Harper's Bazaar )
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The Best Oates Anthology Since 1994's Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been
5. Oktober 2006
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Coming in at almost 700 pages and featuring eleven new stories as well as two-dozen classic short stories from the 1960's thru the end of the twentieth-century, plus commentary from Oates herself, this anthology represents a sweeping cross-section of this ingenious writer's best short fiction. Her tremendous talent as a novelist aside, I've always felt Oates was at her best when dealing with a short subject, and for anyone unacquainted with her writings it would be hard to find a better starting point for an introduction to one of America's greatest creative minds. As for Joyce Carol Oates' admirers, this is simply a must-possess volume.
While there is a lot of fine writing inside this collection, probably my favorite five stories in High Lonesome would be (in no special order):
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been
How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Corrections, and Began My Life Over Again
Heat
Four Summers
Concerning The Case of Bobby T.
Considering just how prolific Oates has been since the early 1960's and stopping for a moment to ponder the immensity of her output and all that is out there to be read, collections like this one are very nice, and I hope we soon see further volumes that gather in more of her incredible writings.
While there is a lot of fine writing inside this collection, probably my favorite five stories in High Lonesome would be (in no special order):
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been
How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Corrections, and Began My Life Over Again
Heat
Four Summers
Concerning The Case of Bobby T.
Considering just how prolific Oates has been since the early 1960's and stopping for a moment to ponder the immensity of her output and all that is out there to be read, collections like this one are very nice, and I hope we soon see further volumes that gather in more of her incredible writings.
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Oates's greatest stories and some wonderful new ones!
16. Mai 2006
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I am a huge fan of Joyce Carol Oates and have always looked forward to reading her short-story collections. High Lonesome is a rather large volume full of some of Oates's best stories with some new ones that will satisfy people who have already read and own her old ones (like me). Some of the "new" stories had already been published, but the ones that hadn't been published (or that I hadn't already read) are wonderful. My favorites from 2006 are: "The Cousins," "The Lost Brother," "High Loneliness," and "Fat Man My Love." The aforementioned stories are clear reminders that Oates hasn't lost her touch in her long, brilliant writing career. Her stories are dark, surreal and somewhat disturbing at times, but that is why I read them. And then there are classic ones that I'd discovered and been reading for a few years now, like "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?," "Small Avalanches," "The Knife," and "Manslaughter." High Lonesome is a wonderful addition to the spot on my bookshelf devoted to this author. My one complaint is the rather steep hardcover price. This is very expensive for a book full of mostly previously published material. I checked this one out of the library because I am now in the why-should-I-spend-thirty-dollars-on-a-hardcover-when-I-can-buy-four-mass-market-paperbacks-for-the-same-price mentality. And that is why I give this four stars instead of five. High Lonesome is something I'd like to own, but I'd rather wait for the paperback.
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A dark collection that is truly gripping!
14. März 2007
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Joyce Carol Oates is a gifted writer, and if you're a fan you won't want to miss adding this to your collection. The stories are pretty creepy, but nevertheless appeals to me for it really reveals the darker side of human nature. A gripping read!
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