Joyce Carol Oates is one of the world's most respected living novelists. Her new novel brings us a tale of dark passions, prejudice, and the strange forms that love can take. A celebrated but reclusive author, young but in failing health, Joshua Seigl reluctantly realizes that he can no longer live alone. One day he encounters a young woman with synthetic-looking blond hair and pale, tattooed skin in a bookshop. She stirs something unidentifiable within him - pity? desire? responsibility? He decides that Alma will ...
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Joyce Carol Oates is one of the world's most respected living novelists. Her new novel brings us a tale of dark passions, prejudice, and the strange forms that love can take. A celebrated but reclusive author, young but in failing health, Joshua Seigl reluctantly realizes that he can no longer live alone. One day he encounters a young woman with synthetic-looking blond hair and pale, tattooed skin in a bookshop. She stirs something unidentifiable within him - pity? desire? responsibility? He decides that Alma will be his assistant. An uneasy relationship begins, one which lurches between repulsion and attraction, between hate and love. Seigl is unaware that Alma has been shaped by abuse and misfortune. His kindness is baffling to her; his bookishness completely alien. She secretly harbours anti-Semitic thoughts; he quietly nurses his desire. With terrifying inevitability, their stories wind towards a shocking climax as both Alma and Seigl find themselves struggling to understand what their lives are worth. With her unique, masterful balance of dark suspense and surprising tenderness, Joyce Carol Oates conveys how easily and treacherously prejudice can snake its way into human relationships.
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Near fine in Near fine jacket. Near fine condition. Ecco, 2003. First edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Green hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(two small nicks, creases and scratch on the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Nice and clean pages but with a black marker mark on the outer edge of the pages, the outer edges of the pages are rough cut, small nick and crease on the edge of the pages. The book is in near fine condition except for the marker mark on the outer edges of the pages.307pp. Price un-clipped.
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Good. Dust jacket has light scratches/marks and outer edges have minor scuffs. Textblock has shelf wear. Book content is in good readable condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 307 p.
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