Night, neon : tales of mystery and suspense / Joyce Carol Oates.
From literary icon Joyce Carol Oates comes a brand new collection of haunting and, at times, darkly humorous mystery & suspense stories. These are tales of psyches pushed to their limits by the expectations of everyday life―from a woman who gets lost on her drive home to her plush suburban home and ends up breaking into a stranger’s house, to a first-person account of a cloned 1940s magazine pinup girl being sold at auction and embodying America’s ideals of beauty and womanhood. Taken as a whole, the collection forms a poignant tapestry of regular people searching for their place in a social hierarchy, often with devastating and disastrous results. Rendered with stylish, fresh writing from an author who continues to push the envelope, the stories deftly weave in and out of a stream-of-consciousness to reflect the ways we process traumatic experiences and impart that uncertainty and uneasiness to the reader. Originally appearing in publications as disparate as Harper’s, Vice, and Conjunctions, the stories comprising Night, Neon showcase Oates’ mastery of the suspense story―and her relentless use of the form to conduct unapologetically honest explorations of American identity.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781613162309
- ISBN: 1613162308
- Physical Description: 299 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Mysterious Press edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : The Mysterious Press, ©2021.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Detour -- Curious -- Miss Golden Dreams 1949 -- Wanting -- Parole hearing, California Institution for Women, Chino, CA -- Intimacy -- The flagellant -- Vaping: a user's manual -- Night, neon. |
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Subject: | Stress (Psychology) > Fiction. Life change events > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. |
Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Psychological fiction. Short stories. |
Available copies
- 5 of 5 copies available at Lackawanna County Library System.
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- 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Abington Community Library | MYS OATES (Text) | 50687011715177 | Adult Fiction | Available | - | ||
Albright Memorial Library | MYS OATES (Text) | 50686015730760 | Adult Fiction | Available | - | ||
North Pocono Public Library | MYS OATES (Text) | 50691010924020 | Adult Fiction | Available | - | ||
Taylor Community Library | MYS OATES (Text) | 50692010998873 | Adult Fiction | Available | - | ||
Valley Community Library | MYS OATES (Text) | 50690011245880 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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