Joyce Carol Oates

En mann klatrer over rekkverket ved Niagarafallene og kaster seg ut i fossen. Gilbert Erskine er nygift, det er dagen etter bryllupet, og hans unge kone ligger og sover i hotellets store bryllupssuite. Slik begynner historien om Ariah, Enkebruden. Det er en historie som spenner over nesten tre tiår og blir til en stor fortelling om foreldre og barn, familiehemmeligheter og samfunnsmotsetninger. Joyce Carol Oates har skrevet en fascinerende roman der neddyssede skandaler, korrupsjon og mord spilles ut i et intenst drama med Niagara som bakgrunn.

A collection of twenty-two disturbing tales of crime and suspense from literary icon Joyce Carol Oates, author of Blonde and 'America's preeminent fiction writer' (New Yorker). Two hitmen in a depressed rust belt town struggle with a job gone wrong. A girl witnesses a horrifying accident and carries it with her for the rest of her life. Medical students bring a severed foot to a college party. Five-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Joyce Carol Oates has made a career of exploring the forbidden corners of human experience, and the stories collected here, spanning her first three decades as a writer, are among her most unsettling and unforgettable works to date. Originally published in long out-of-print volumes, these tales have not appeared in any form this century – until now. They show a writer boldly engaging with disturbing truths and terrifying possibilities, and deconstructing the tropes and expectations of traditional prose writing as she does so. But beyond their stylistic ingenuity, these are creepy, suspenseful stories that cut straight to the bone; their darkness will linger long after the final page is turned. A must-read for long-time fans of Joyce Carol Oates and an excellent introduction for the uninitiated. Reviews for Joyce Carol Oates:'Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday.' Sunday Express 'Both haunting and sublime.' Literary Review 'Splendidly chilling.' Financial Times 'Visceral, psychologically involving, and socially astute.' Booklist

Two hitmen in a depressed rust belt town struggle with a job gone wrong. A girl witnesses a horrifying accident and carries it with her for the rest of her life. Medical students bring a severed foot to a college party. Five-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Joyce Carol Oates has made a career of exploring the forbidden corners of human experience, and the stories collected here, spanning her first three decades as a writer, are among her most unsettling and unforgettable works to date. Originally published in long out-of-print volumes, these tales have not appeared in any form this century--until now; formally fresh and endlessly experimental, they show a writer boldly engaging with disturbing truths and terrifying possibilities, and deconstructing the tropes and expectations of traditional prose writing as she does so. But beyond their stylistic ingenuity, these are creepy, suspenseful stories that cut straight to the bone; their darkness will linger long after the final page is turned. A must-read for long-time fans of Joyce Carol Oates and an excellent introduction for the uninitiated, the twenty-two tales included in Extenuating Circumstances exemplify the author's idiosyncratic spookiness, "visceral, psychologically involving, and socially astute" (Booklist).

ââ?¬Ë? Oatesââ?¬â?¢s imagination is as unique, dystopian and vivid as Lewis Carrollââ?¬â?¢sââ?¬â?¢ Rose Tremain Zero-sum games are played for lethal stakes in these arresting stories by one of Americaââ?¬â?¢s most acclaimed writers.

Zero-sum games are played for lethal stakes in these arresting stories by one of America's most acclaimed writers. A 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 collection's 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 Oates's standing as a literary treasure and an artist of the mysterious interior life.

'Oates's imagination is as unique, dystopian and vivid as Lewis Carroll's' Rose TremainZero-sum games are played for lethal stakes in these arresting stories by one of America's most acclaimed writers.

When a beautiful woman mysteriously vanishes from her small town home, her sister must uncover the truth behind the mystery. Sculptor Marguerite has disappeared from her small town in upstate New York. But was foul play involved? Did she merely get away for some fun? Or did she finally decide to leave behind her claustrophobic life of limited opportunities? Younger sister Gigi wonders if the clues left in Marguerite's wake – the flimsy silk Dior dress, so casually abandoned, the footprints made by her Ferragamo boots, which end abruptly close to home – are really clues at all. Bit by bit, revelations about both women are uncovered, together with Gigi's true feelings about the much-loved Marguerite. The fate of the missing beauty slowly and subtly comes to light In this suspenseful story about the complex relationship between two sisters. 48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister is an exquisitely suspenseful tale from Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of Blonde and We Were the Mulvaneys. 'This elegant, captivating tale is un-put-downable.' Publishers Weekly 'Perfect for all the Daisy Jones & the Six fans out there.' Katie Couric Media 'Another masterpiece of storytelling.' Booklist 'Not just a ripping good mystery, but a meticulous character study.' Los Angeles Magazine

‘A page-turner … nothing less than magical’ Observer ‘An extraordinary slice of suburban noir’ Daily Mail From one of America’s most renowned storytellers comes a novel about love and deceit, and lust and redemption, against a background of child abductions in the affluent suburbs of Detroit. In the waning days of the turbulent 1970s, in the wake of unsolved killings that have shocked Detroit, the lives of several residents are drawn together, with tragic consequences. There is Hannah, wife of a prominent local businessman, who has begun an affair with a darkly charismatic stranger whose identity remains elusive; Mikey, a canny street hustler who finds himself on an unexpected mission to rectify injustice; and the serial killer known as Babysitter, an enigmatic and terrifying figure at the periphery of elite Detroit. As Babysitter continues his rampage of killings, these individuals intersect with one another in startling and unexpected ways. Suspenseful, brilliantly orchestrated and engrossing, Babysitter is a starkly narrated exploration of the riskiness of pursuing alternate lives, calling into question how far we are willing to go to protect those whom we cherish most. In its scathing indictment of corrupt politics, unexamined racism, and the enabling of sexual predation in America, Babysitter is a thrilling work of contemporary fiction. ‘Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going, as far as I’m concerned’ Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl ‘Joyce Carol Oates is a writer who always takes your breath away' Mail on Sunday 'A writer of extraordinary strengths' Guardian

From one of America's most renowned storytellers--the bestselling author of Blonde--comes a novel about love and deceit, and lust and redemption, against a backdrop of shocking murders in the affluent suburbs of Detroit. "Hannah's unreliable, elliptical narrative is seductive and compelling, like following someone into a fever dream ... Oates] is in no hurry to trigger the action, dropping tiny morsels of foreshadowing to keep us on our toes." --The New York Times Book Review "Unsettling, mysterious, deft, sinister, eerily plausible." --Margaret Atwood, best-selling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, via Twitter In the waning days of the turbulent 1970s, in the wake of unsolved child-killings that have shocked Detroit, the lives of several residents are drawn together with tragic consequences. There is Hannah, wife of a prominent local businessman, who has begun an affair with a darkly charismatic stranger whose identity remains elusive; Mikey, a canny street hustler who finds himself on a chilling mission to rectify injustice; and the serial killer known as Babysitter, an enigmatic and terrifying figure at the periphery of elite Detroit. As Babysitter continues his rampage of abductions and killings, these individuals intersect with one another in startling and unexpected ways. Suspenseful, brilliantly orchestrated, and engrossing, Babysitter is a starkly narrated exploration of the riskiness of pursuing alternate lives, calling into question how far we are willing to go to protect those whom we cherish most. In its scathing indictment of corrupt politics, unexamined racism, and the enabling of sexual predation in America, Babysitter is a thrilling work of contemporary fiction.

Whitey McClaren är före detta borgmästare och en respekterad man i samhället där han bor. När han en dag stannar bilen för att hindra två poliser som brutalt misshandlar en man, slutar det med att han själv blir angripen. Den korta tid som återstår av hans liv tillbringar han på sjukhus, omgiven av sin hustru Jessalyn och de fem vuxna barnen. I Natten. Sömnen. Döden. Och stjärnorna. berättar Joyce Carol Oates historien om hur en familj prövas i svallvågorna av en tragedi, hur banden mellan familjemedlemmarna påverkas och hur var och en reagerar på sitt eget vis - mer eller mindre oväntat. Det här är en storslagen roman av en av vår tids största författare: en levande, inträngande och naken skildring av ras- och klassfrågor i dagens USA, om psykologiskt trauma och att till slut gå vidare och bli hel igen. Joyce Carol Oates senaste stora roman, Mitt liv som råtta, blev en succé och nominerad till Årets Bok. Natten. Sömnen. Döden. Och stjärnorna. har jämförts med hyllade Det var vi som var Mulvaneys." Förutom att på ett ypperligt sätt gestalta dessa gestalters trauma och sorg och deras olikåstrategier för att komma vidare ger boken en lika trovärdig som skrämmande bild av det samtida USA:shantering av ras- och klassfrågor. Trots det mörka ämnet förmår Oates lyfta fram de komiska sidorna i sinstorslagna skildring inte bara av en familj utan av en hel nation." Inger Littberger Caisou-Rousseau, BTJ-häftet“En psykologisk studie över sorgens alla mekanismer (…) Det är beskådande och begrundande på det expansiva sätt som vi har lärt oss att förknippa med den amerikanska romanen, och inte minst med Joyce Carol Oates.” Jesper Högström, Dagens Nyheter"Natten. Sömnen. Döden. Och stjärnorna. träffar mitt i prick i denna rasklyftornas tid, liksom i porträttet av de spända familjerelationerna som många av oss kommer att känna igen alltför väl … Natten. Sömnen. Döden. Och stjärnorna. förtjänar sin plats längst upp i högen på nattygsbordet. En brinnande salut för Oates, vår mest framstående amerikanska romanförfattare, för denna roman." Star Tribune"Det här är en betydelsefull och beundransvärd ingång till Oates verk." Publishers Weekly"Det finns mycket att uppskatta i Natten. Sömnen. Döden. Och stjärnorna. ... Som porträtt av en familj och en nation är den humoristisk, tragisk och ibland mörk." Guardian"Oates när hon är som allra bäst." New York TimesJoyce Carol Oates är född 1938 i staten New York och är en av USA:s verkligt betydande författare. Oates har sedan debuten 1963 publicerat ett stort antal romaner, flera novellsamlingar, skådespel, essäer, poesi och kritik. Framför allt inom prosan har Oates utmärkt sig som en av de största inom den samtida amerikanska litteraturen. På HarperCollins har hon tidigare utkommit med romanen Mitt liv som råtta (2019) som blev nominerad till Årets Bok, och novellsamlingen Vackra dagar (2020).

What has become of Marguerite Fulmer? On an otherwise average day in Upstate New York, the young woman left her family home, never to return. No note was left, no explanation; just a messy bedroom and her sister Gigi, driven to dig through the meager clues and discover the truth behind her disappearance. As the investigation unfolds, every subtle bit of evidence becomes a potential clue. The silk Dior slip dress, left in a heap on the floor; the impression of Ferragamo boots outside in the dirt, a trail of footsteps that abruptly ends before it leaves the yard. And as Gigi trails the detectives, she finds previously unknown troubles in the life of her perfect, gorgeous, much-loved sister--troubles that at times seem to reflect her own. Bit by bit, like ripping the petals off a flower blossom, a dark truth is revealed. And subtly, but with the unbearable suspense at which Joyce Carol Oates excels, clues mount and bring to light the fate of the missing beauty.

Un thriller magistral y de alto voltaje por la ganadora del Premio Pepe Carvalho entre otros. «Todo un cl sico sobre el que aletea el Nobel --Elena Hevia, El Peri dico de Catalunya Corre el a o 1977 y Hannnah y Wes Jarrett, un respetable hombre de negocios y miembro de una de las familias m s poderosas de Detroit, viven felices junto a sus hijos de cinco y ocho a os en su casa de las afueras. Ismelda, su criada, hace que en el hogar todo sea m s llevadero. Pero su vida y la de sus vecinos se ve sacudida por la presencia en la ciudad de un asesino al que los medios han apodado Babysitter: ya ha raptado y torturado a seis ni os y ha dejado sus cuerpos en la carretera en posturas llamativas, como si durmieran. En una fiesta filantr pica de la familia Jarrett, Hannah conoce al se or R., un hombre extra o y oscuramente carism tico con el que inicia una peligrosa aventura. Mientras tanto, el esquivo asesino en serie, que parece formar parte de la lite de Detroit, sigue acumulando v ctimas y llevando a la desesperaci n a la ciudad. Babysitter es una exploraci n psicol gica de los rincones m s oscuros de la psique humana y una cr tica demoledora del racismo, la violencia sexual, la homofobia y la misoginia. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From one of America's most renowned storytellers--the best-selling author of Blonde--comes a novel about love and deceit, and lust and redemption, against a backdrop of shocking murders in the affluent suburbs of Detroit. "Unsettling, mysterious, deft, sinister, eerily plausible." --Margaret Atwood, best-selling author of The Handmaid's Tale andThe Testaments, via Twitter In the waning days of the turbulent 1970s, in the wake of unsolved child-killings that have shocked Detroit, the lives of several residents are drawn together with tragic consequences. There is Hannah, wife of a prominent local businessman, who has begun an affair with a darkly charismatic stranger whose identity remains elusive; Mikey, a canny street hustler who finds himself on a chilling mission to rectify injustice; and the serial killer known as Babysitter, an enigmatic and terrifying figure at the periphery of elite Detroit. As Babysitter continues his rampage of abductions and killings, these individuals intersect with one another in startling and unexpected ways. Suspenseful, brilliantly orchestrated, and engrossing, Babysitteris a starkly narrated exploration of the riskiness of pursuing alternate lives, calling into question how far we are willing to go to protect those whom we cherish most. In its scathing indictment of corrupt politics, unexamined racism, and the enabling of sexual predation in America, Babysitteris a thrilling work of contemporary fiction.

På dørhåndtaket til rom nummer 6183 på Renaissance Grand Hotel henger skiltet: «OPPTATT! IKKE FORSTYRR». Hannah vet at det å ignorere advarselen og tre inn i rommet ugjenkallelig vil endre livet hennes. I kjølvannet av en rekke uløste barnedrap i Detroit på 1970-tallet, vikles livene til flere personer sammen - og med tragiske konsekvenser: Hannah, en velstående forstadsfrue og mor, gift med en fremstående lokal forretningsmann, har dratt til hotellet for å innlede en affære med en mystisk mann hun møtte på en veldedighetsgalla. Den tidligere barnehjemsgutten Mikey, en gatesmart småkjeltring, er ute på oppdrag for å gjøre opp for urett. I periferien av Detroit-eliten opererer seriemorderen, kjent som Barnevakten. «Barnevakten» er en bitende anklage mot korrupte politikere, et oppgjør med fordekt rasisme og seksuell rovdyrmentalitet - en psykologisk spenningsroman som tar pulsen på det moderne USA slik bare Joyce Carol Oates kan.

A new collection of poetry from an American literary legend, her first in twenty-five yearsJoyce Carol Oates is one of our most insightful observers of the human heart and mind, and, with her acute social consciousness, one of the most insistent and inspired witnesses of a shared American history. Oates is perhaps best known for her prodigious output of novels and short stories, many of which have become contemporary classics. However, Oates has also always been a faithful writer of poetry. American Melancholy showcases some of her finest work of the last few decades. Covering subjects big and small, and written in an immediate and engaging style, this collection touches on both the personal and political. Loss, love, and memory are investigated, along with the upheavals of our modern age, the reality of our current predicaments, and the ravages of poverty, racism, and social unrest. Oates skillfully writes characters ranging from a former doctor at a Chinese People’s Liberation Army hospital to Little Albert, a six-month-old infant who took part in a famous study that revealed evidence of classical conditioning in human beings.

A powerful reckoning over the people we might have been if we’d chosen a different path, from a master of the short storyIn this stirring, reflective collection of short stories, Joyce Carol Oates ponders alternate destinies: the other lives we might have led if we’d made different choices. An accomplished writer returns to her childhood home of Yewville, but the homecoming stirs troubled thoughts about the person she might have been if she’d never left. A man in prison contemplates the gravity of his irreversible act. A student’s affair with a professor results in a pregnancy that alters the course of her life forever. Even the experience of reading is investigated as one that can create a profound transformation: “You could enter another time, the time of the book.” The (Other) You is an arresting and incisive vision into these alternative realities, a collection that ponders the constraints we all face given the circumstances of our birth and our temperaments, and that examines the competing pressures and expectations on women in particular. Finely attuned to the nuances of our social and psychic selves, Joyce Carol Oates demonstrates here why she remains one of our most celebrated and relevant literary figures.

From literary icon Joyce Carol Oates, author of Blonde, now a major motion picture, comes a brand new collection of haunting and, at times, darkly humorous mystery and suspense stories. These are tales of psyches pushed to their limits by the expectations of everyday life – from a woman who gets lost on her drive back to her plush suburban home and ends up breaking into a stranger's house, to a first-person account of a cloned 1940s magazine pinup girl being sold at auction and embodying America's ideals of beauty and womanhood. Taken as a whole, the collection forms a poignant tapestry of regular people searching for their place in a social hierarchy, often with devastating and disastrous results. Rendered with stylish, fresh writing from an author who continues to push the envelope, the stories deftly weave in and out of a stream-of-consciousness to reflect the ways we process traumatic experiences and impart that uncertainty and uneasiness to the reader. The stories comprising Night, Neon showcase Oates' mastery of the suspense story and her relentless use of the form to conduct unapologetically honest explorations of American identity.'Embracing the twists and turns of everyday American life, the author's latest short story collection is playful, gripping and disturbing.' GuardianReviews for Joyce Carol Oates:'Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday.' Sunday Express 'Both haunting and sublime.' Literary Review 'Splendidly chilling.' Financial Times 'Visceral, psychologically involving, and socially astute.' Booklist

A collection of twenty-two disturbing tales of crime and suspense from literary icon Joyce Carol Oates, author of Blonde and 'America's preeminent fiction writer' (New Yorker). Two hitmen in a depressed rust belt town struggle with a job gone wrong. A girl witnesses a horrifying accident and carries it with her for the rest of her life. Medical students bring a severed foot to a college party. Five-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Joyce Carol Oates has made a career of exploring the forbidden corners of human experience, and the stories collected here, spanning her first three decades as a writer, are among her most unsettling and unforgettable works to date. Originally published in long out-of-print volumes, these tales have not appeared in any form this century – until now. They show a writer boldly engaging with disturbing truths and terrifying possibilities, and deconstructing the tropes and expectations of traditional prose writing as she does so. But beyond their stylistic ingenuity, these are creepy, suspenseful stories that cut straight to the bone; their darkness will linger long after the final page is turned. A must-read for long-time fans of Joyce Carol Oates and an excellent introduction for the uninitiated. Reviews for Joyce Carol Oates: 'Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday.' Sunday Express 'Both haunting and sublime.' Literary Review 'Splendidly chilling.' Financial Times 'Visceral, psychologically involving, and socially astute.' Booklist

Joyce Carol Oates är kanske mest känd för sina romaner och noveller, av vilka många blivit samtida klassiker. Men hon har också alltid skrivit poesi. I Amerikansk melankoli finns några av hennes finaste dikter från de senaste decennierna. Den här samlingen, som täcker stora och små ämnen, är skriven i en omedelbar och engagerande stil, och berör både det personliga och politiska. Förlust, kärlek och minne undersöks, tillsammans med omvälvningarna i vår moderna tidsålder." Med den retoriska kraften i en poetisk tradition som stammar från Walt Whitman griper hos sig an ett mytologiserat USA och gör upp med skuggsidorna i frenetiskt framvällande rader." Ann Lingebrandt, Sydsvenskan“Med ett exakt och betydelsemättat språk, smidigt översatt av Fredrika Spindler, skriver Oates om dagens Amerika, och jämför det med gårdagens. (…) Det är starkt och ödesmättat.” Nina Van Den Brink, BTJ-häftet (betyg 5 av 5)“I dessa hälpnadsväckande nya dikter skildrar hon mänskligt lidande, sitt eget och andras, med en avväpnande fantasirik direkthet.” Chase Twichell, författare“Det här är Joyce Carol Oates i sin enastående förmåga att se människans bräcklighet. Dikterna är både stramt koncisa och ledigt expansiva, och lättillgängliga trots sin experimentella form … en glödande, smärtsam bok full av virtuositet.” Henri ColeJoyce Carol Oates, född 1938 i staten New York, är en av USA:s verkligt betydande författare. Oates har sedan debuten 1963 publicerat ett stort antal romaner, flera novellsamlingar, skådespel, essäer, poesi och kritik. Framför allt inom prosan har Oates utmärkt sig som en av de största inom den samtida amerikanska litteraturen. På HarperCollins har hon tidigare utkommit med romanerna Mitt liv som råtta (2019), som blev nominerad till Årets Bok, Natten. Sömnen. Döden. Och Stjärnorna (2022) och novellsamlingen Vackra dagar (2020).

NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM, STARRING ANA DE ARMAS, ADRIEN BRODY, BOBBY CANNAVALE AND JULIANNE NICHOLSON, DIRECTED BY ANDREW DOMINIK ‘A torrentially imaginative, compulsively readable tour de force’ Sunday Telegraph ‘A fabulous reinvention of the life of a fabulous reinvention, and a cracking page-turner to boot’ Evening Standard Blonde is a mesmerising novel about the most enduring and evocative cultural icon of the 20th century: the woman who became Marilyn Monroe. A fragile and gifted young woman, Norma Jeane Baker makes and remakes her identity: she is the orphan whose mother is declared mad; the woman who changes her name to be an actress; the fated celebrity, lover and muse. Told in her voice, Blonde shows a culture hypnotised by its own myths, and the devastating effects it had on Hollywood’s greatest star. ‘This masterpiece about Marilyn Monroe’s life is audacious, gripping and clever’ Rose Tremain ‘If you haven’t read Joyce Carol Oates before, start here, and now’ Independent