wyszukanych pozycji: 179
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Beasts
ISBN: 9780786711031 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A young woman tumbles into a nightmare of decadent desire and corrupted innocence in a superb novella of suspense from National Book Awardwinner Joyce Carol Oates. Art and arson, the poetry of D. H. Lawrence and pulp pornography, hero-worship and sexual debasement, totems and taboos mix and mutate into a startling, suspenseful tale of how a sunny New England college campus descends into a lurid nightmare. "A small gem.... Oates does not disappoint, nor does she waste a word."The Washington Post Book World Oates often takes on sensational subject matter ... yet rarely has she done so with the...
A young woman tumbles into a nightmare of decadent desire and corrupted innocence in a superb novella of suspense from National Book Awardwinner Joyce...
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cena:
75,77 |
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Sourland
ISBN: 9780061996535 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "Oates is a fearless writer." --Los Angeles Times "Oates is a master of the dark tale--stories of the hunted and the hunter, of violence, trauma, and deep psychic wounds."--Booklist (starred review) Sourland is a gripping, haunting, and intensely moving collection of short stories by Joyce Carol Oates, one of America's preeminent authors. Unforgettable tales that re-imagine the meaning of loss--often through violent means--Sourland is yet another extraordinary read from the literary icon who has previously brought us...
"Oates is a fearless writer." --Los Angeles Times "Oates is a master of the dark tale--stories of the hunted and...
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cena:
68,19 |
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Flint Kill Creek: Stories of Mystery and Suspense
ISBN: 9781613165577 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
cena:
85,50 |
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Man Crazy
ISBN: 9780452277243 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Fresh from the triumph of the bestselling We Were the Mulvaneys, Joyce Carol Oates continues her exploration of family love and possibilities of human redemption with this compelling story of how one young woman suffers profoundly in the pursuit of love, but manages to emerge safe and whole.
Set in several towns on the Chatauqua River in upstate New York, Man Crazy tells the story of Ingrid Boone, who at age eight is taken into hiding by her beautiful young mother, Chloe. Sought by the men who have taunted Chloe, the authorities, and Ingrid's loving but volatile father still... Fresh from the triumph of the bestselling We Were the Mulvaneys, Joyce Carol Oates continues her exploration of family love and possibilities o...
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cena:
83,39 |
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The (Other) You: Stories
ISBN: 9780063035201 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
cena:
148,50 |
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48 Clues Into the Disappearance of My Sister
ISBN: 9781613163818 / Angielski / Inna / 2023 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
102,15 |
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Middle Age: A Romance
ISBN: 9780060934903 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In Salthill-on-Hudson, a half-hour train ride from Manhattan, everyone is rich, beautiful, and -- though they look much younger -- middle-aged. But when Adam Berendt, a charismatic, mysterious sculptor, dies suddenly in a brash act of heroism, shock waves rock the town. But who was Adam Berendt? Was he in fact a hero, or someone more flawed and human?
In Salthill-on-Hudson, a half-hour train ride from Manhattan, everyone is rich, beautiful, and -- though they look much younger -- middle-aged.... |
cena:
68,23 |
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The Corn Maiden: And Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense
ISBN: 9781801102964 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
cena:
45,24 |
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Blonde
ISBN: 9781841153728 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 960 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A mesmerising novel of the most enduring cultural icon of the 20th century, Blonde is a deeply moving portrait of the woman who became Marilyn Monroe.
A mesmerising novel of the most enduring cultural icon of the 20th century, Blonde is a deeply moving portrait of the woman who became Marilyn Monroe....
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cena:
75,44 |
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The Corn Maiden: And Other Nightmares
ISBN: 9780802155085 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Corn Maiden is the gut-wrenching story of Marissa, a beautiful and sweet, but somewhat slow, eleven-year-old girl with hair the color of corn silk. Her single mother comes home one night to find her missing and panics, frantically knocking on the doors of her neighbors. She finally calls the police, who want to know why she left her young daughter alone until 8:00 o'clock. Suspicion falls on a computer teacher at her school with no alibi for the time of the abduction. Obvious clues--perhaps too obvious--point directly to him. Unsuspected is Judah (born Judith), an older girl from the same...
The Corn Maiden is the gut-wrenching story of Marissa, a beautiful and sweet, but somewhat slow, eleven-year-old girl with hair the color of corn silk...
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cena:
68,23 |
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Butcher
ISBN: 9781524712662 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
cena:
90,58 |
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Cardiff, by the Sea
ISBN: 9781800241404 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
cena:
93,48 |
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Extenuating Circumstances
ISBN: 9781613164259 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
68,04 |
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The Gravedigger's Daughter
ISBN: 9780061236839 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Fleeing Nazi Germany in 1936, the Schwarts immigrate to a small town in upstate New York. Here the father--a former high school teacher--is demeaned by the only job he can get: gravedigger and cemetery caretaker. When local prejudice and the family's own emotional frailty give rise to an unthinkable tragedy, the gravedigger's daughter, Rebecca heads out into America. Embarking upon an extraordinary odyssey of erotic risk and ingenious self-invention, she seeks renewal, redemption, and peace--on the road to a bittersweet and distinctly "American" triumph. Fleeing Nazi Germany in 1936, the Schwarts immigrate to a small town in upstate New York. Here the father--a former high school teacher--is demeane... |
cena:
68,19 |
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With Shuddering Fall
ISBN: 9780062795717 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
75,77 |
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Night, Neon
ISBN: 9781801104630 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
cena:
95,57 |
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Hazards of Time Travel
ISBN: 9780062861009 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
102,30 |
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Babysitter
ISBN: 9780593535172 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
cena:
150,97 |
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Bellefleur
ISBN: 9780062269164 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 733 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A wealthy and notorious clan, the Bellefleurs live in a region not unlike the Adirondacks, in an enormous mansion on the shores of mythic Lake Noir. They own vast lands and profitable businesses, they employ their neighbors, and they influence the government. A prolific and eccentric group, they include several millionaires, a mass murderer, a spiritual seeker who climbs into the mountains looking for God, a wealthy noctambulist who dies of a chicken scratch. Bellefleur traces the lives of several generations of this unusual family. At its center is Gideon Bellefleur and... A wealthy and notorious clan, the Bellefleurs live in a region not unlike the Adirondacks, in an enormous mansion on the shores of mythic Lake Noir... |
cena:
64,40 |