The accursed
av Joyce Carol Oates (forfatter).
2014 Heftet
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An eerie, unforgettable story of power, loss, and family curses in early 20th-century Princeton.Princeton, New Jersey at the turn of the 20th century: soon-to-be commander-in-chief Woodrow Wilson is president of Princeton University. On a neighbouring farm, muck-raking novelist Upton Sinclair, enjoying the success of The Jungle, has taken up residence with his family. Grover Cleveland, fresh out of his second term in the White House has retired to town for a quieter life. Meanwhile, the elite families of Princeton have been beset by a powerful curse - their daughters are disappearing. A young bride on the verge of the altar is seduced and abducted by a dangerously compelling man - a shape-shifting, vaguely European prince who might just be the devil. In the Pine Barrens on the edge of town, a mysterious and persuasive evil takes shape.When the bride's brother sets out against all odds to find her, his path will cross those of Princeton's most formidable people, from presidents past to its brightest literary luminaries, from Mark Twain to Jack London, as he navigates both the idyllic town and the Dante-esque landscape of the Barrens.An utterly fresh work from Oates, THE ACCURSED marks new territory for the masterful writer - narrated with her unmistakable psychological insight, it combines beautifully transporting historical detail with chilling fantastical elements to stunning effect.
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Utgivelsesår 2014
Format Heftet
ISBN13 9780007494224
EAN 9780007494224
Språk Engelsk
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Monica Carlsen siterer The accursed av Joyce Carol Oates
10:25, 21. april 2017 Ingen har det som favoritt.
So we invent reasons for the unreasonable. We are rationalists of the irrational.
Monica Carlsen siterer The accursed av Joyce Carol Oates
13:30, 19. februar 2018 Ingen har det som favoritt.
“And we can read – there is always the prospect of escape, through books."
"Books are not a means of 'escape', Meta! Books are a means of knowledge, and of learning how to cope with the future.”
Monica Carlsen siterer The accursed av Joyce Carol Oates
10:25, 21. april 2017 Ingen har det som favoritt.
“A man may accommodate himself to a disagreeable situation in a few months. The intolerable may take a little longer.”
Monica Carlsen siterer The accursed av Joyce Carol Oates
09:59, 6. september 2017 Ingen har det som favoritt.
while madness in individuals is relatively rare, it is virtually a prerequisite for a certain sort of political leader.
Monica Carlsen siterer The accursed av Joyce Carol Oates
09:59, 6. september 2017 Ingen har det som favoritt.
Our lives can only be interpreted in retrospect, yet must be lived from day to day, blindly.
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