Little Bird of Heaven

Author: Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd
Category: Crime, Crime Fiction
Book Format: Paperback

'A writer of extraordinary strengths' Guardian



Set in the mythical small city of Sparta, New York, this searing, vividly rendered exploration of the mysterious conjunction of erotic romance and tragic violence in late 20th-century America.

When a young wife and mother named Zoe Kruller is found brutally murdered, the Sparta police target two primary suspects: her estranged husband Delray and her longtime lover Eddy Diehl. In turn, the Krullers's son Aaron and Eddy's daughter Krista become obsessed with one another, each believing the other's father is guilty.

Told in halves in the very different voices of Krista and Aaron, Little Bird of Heaven is classic Joyce Carol Oates, in which the lyricism of intense sexual love is intertwined with the anguish of loss, and tenderness is barely distinguishable from cruelty. By the novel's end, the fated lovers, meeting again as adults, are at last ready to exorcise the ghosts of the past and come to terms with their legacy of guilt, misplaced love and redemptive yearning.

With Little Bird of Heaven, Joyce Carol Oates once again confirms her place as one of the most outstanding writers at work today.

About Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Book Award and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction. She has written some of the most enduring fiction of our time, including 'We Were the Mulvaneys', which was an Oprah Book Club Choice, and 'Blonde', which was nominated for the National Book Award. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Princeton University.

(BK-9780007342549)

SKU BK-9780007342549
Barcode # 9780007342549
Brand Fourth Estate Ltd
Artist / Author Joyce Carol Oates
Shipping Weight 0.3200kg
Shipping Width 0.130m
Shipping Height 0.030m
Shipping Length 0.200m
Assembled Length 19.800m
Assembled Height 2.700m
Assembled Width 12.900m
Type Paperback

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