About this title: Joyce Carol Oates's novel is a panoramic saga beginning in the 17th century and coming to its dramatic conclusion in the late 1990s. Oates details the fortunes and sorrows of the Licht family of New York State, and the ways in which the fruits of a crime can continue to blossom even after the passage of centuries. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Plume
Date Published: 1999-07-01
ISBN-13:9780452280069ISBN:0452280060
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton Books
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780525944423ISBN:0525944427
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 420 p. William Abrahams Book. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very Good. 0452280060 some wear to covers and edges, some scuffing books may have some minor wearhouse damage. Stickers may be on spine or covers. read more
Description: Very Good. 0452280060 some wear to covers and edges, some scuffing books may have some minor wearhouse damage. Stickers may be on spine or covers. read more
Description: Good. 1999-Paperback---Used-Good. Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Good. 1999-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton Books
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780525944423ISBN:0525944427
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. First Edition. First Printing. DJ shows mild shelf wear. No tears. Book in LIke New condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 420 p. William Abrahams Book. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Stated "First Printing: June, 1998" with full number line
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton Books
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780525944423ISBN:0525944427
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. First edition. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 420 p. William Abrahams Book. Black linen-look spine with gilt lettering and gold boards and gold endpapers; lower spine and corners are bumped, pages have a faint wave to them, and there is a trace of a small spot (coffee? ) on the edge of the first six pages, but otherwise this book is unmarked; the jacket shows some edgeweaar and chipping and a bit of scuffing on the back, but it is ... read more
"i just don't like oates. this was her third chance and even though i liked this better than the others i read i just can't get into her writing style. if anyone has a suggestion as to the BEST oates i would love to hear it. i REALLY REALLY REALLY wanted to like her because she has so much material out there that i figured she could keep me good and busy. but no such luck...."
Kirkus, 05/01/1998 "[O]ne of her most inventive and entertaining yet....That the result is so irresistibly comic is so much frosting on a sumptuous cake..."
New York Times, 06/16/1998 "[A]n old-fashioned family saga, dressed up with the usual Gothic curlicues, the usual heavy-breathing prose and some added "Ragtime"-esque pretensions....[E]very character in 'My Heart Laid Bare' comes across as a stereotype or cliche: Abraham as a maniacal patriarch, his son Harwood as a violent bully, his daughter Millie as a manipulative flirt, and so on and so on and so on.... [T]he trajectory of her characters' lives feels less like the inevitable working out of familial and societal imperatives than the poorly thought-out manipulations of an author bored by her own pallid creations." -- Michiko Kakutani
Salon, 06/26/1998 "In 'My Heart Laid Bare,' Joyce Carol Oates' writing style cries out for parody. Oates has an unchecked passion for italics, repetition of sounds and phrases, capriciously placed quotation marks and bizarre, parenthetical asides....[But] by the end of the novel, Oates' overheated prose seems oddly fitting for a dark comedy about our national preoccupation with self-invention." -- Elizabeth Judd
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