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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ecco
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780060501198ISBN:0060501197
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 5/29/2007
ISBN-13:9780060501204ISBN:0060501200
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Perennial
Date Published: 2007-06-01
ISBN-13:9780060501204ISBN:0060501200
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780060501204ISBN:0060501200
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ecco
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780060501198ISBN:0060501197
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ecco
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780060501198ISBN:0060501197
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ecco
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780060501198ISBN:0060501197
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ecco
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780060501198ISBN:0060501197
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Edition: Advance reading copy of the 1st ed. [stating Uncorrected Proof
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins, (New York)
Date Published: 2006
Description: Short tear on front cover (at bottom edge), else a near fine copy; publisher's small informational sticker on the front cover and publicity sheet laid into the book. OATES, Joyce Carol. HIGH LONESOME. New and Selected Stories 1966-2006. Large octavo, pictorial wrappers, 680 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ecco Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780060501198ISBN:0060501197
Description: Hardback/ remainder Mark. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. " An unprecedented collection of the best of Joyce Carol Oates's short stories combined with eleven new stories. " read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ecco Press, NY
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780060501198ISBN:0060501197
Description: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author First edition, first prnt. Signed by Oates on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with a Durafold mylar cover. Actual image of the book; not a stock photo. read more
"Again, another writer I've always avoided for fear of estrogen poisoning. But she's great, absolutely great.
Especially, and this is so very important. Her short stories are STORIES. Tense and fascinating conflict and just enough resolution to feel sated. This is hard to find in a lot of "literary" short stories."
"This collection of short stories (which fills 650 pages) took me a few weeks to finish reading, which means that it took the Oatster--in total--a few days to write. Nearly everyone has an opinion of Joyce Carol Oates and, after seeing her in person, would add to that opinion. Despite her prolific writing schedule, she even had time once to take a picture with Mike Tyson. Really think about that: Joyce Carol Oates and Mike Tyson (Google Images has the evidence). I belong to the camp of thought that believes Oates' best days are behind her (though The New Yorker would beg to differ; she has a carrier pigeon that takes her stories directly to the fiction editor's desk). Among the "eleven new stories" in this collection, only one is well-crafted, dynamic, and artful.
This book is divided into decades, with the '60s being the strongest. The rest of the stories dip their ladles into the familiar ingredients of an Oates story: predatory male, violence ridden male, "deep-socketed" women, a fairy tale understanding of the world outside routine. Sometimes these ingredients translate into stories with a truly ominous sense of indeterminacy; it is the reader's mind which sharpens the edges just outside the periphery of the story. Interestingly enough one of the worst stories (ever?) precedes one of the best stories: "*BD*11 1 87" (yes that's the name of the story) and "Fat Man My Love". When Oates wants to deconstruct her narrative and engage her prose with poetic flare the result is extremely compelling and reminds me of some of the best Jayne Anne Phillips stories.
The following are, I feel, the best stories in this collection: "Fat Man My Love" "Upon the Sweeping Flood" "At the Seminary" "In the Region of Ice" "How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Corrections, and Began My Life Over Again"
The stories about infidelity are duds, which means I have to revise my hypothetical situation: Oates did not sleep with Mike Tyson."
"I struggled to get through this big anthology of stories. Some really stuck with me, although I don't remember specific story names... Overall, I'd recommend reading - or at least keeping it around if you have it."
"That Joyce Carol Oates is pretty solid. This is a collection of about a billion of her short stories, in a variety of styles/voices, what have you. She's got good range. The one story that fell flat for me was her attempt at Sci-Fi, but I still had to hand it to her for trying."
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