Cardiff, by the sea : four novellas of suspense / Joyce Carol Oates.
"From one of the most important contemporary American writers, Cardiff, by the Sea is a bold, haunting collection of four previously unpublished novellas. Starting with the title novella-in which a romantic-minded young art historian is led to (re)discover a terrifying trauma after inheriting property in faraway Cardiff, Maine-through to "The Surviving Child"-which finds the young new wife of a famous poet's widow haunted by the dead poet's voice dancing in the wind, an inexplicably befouled well, and a compulsive draw to the same garage that already took two lives-Cardiff, by the Sea is ceaselessly sinister. In these psychologically daring, chillingly suspenseful novellas, Joyce Carol Oates writes about women facing threats past and present"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780802157997
- Physical Description: ix, 402 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition, First edition.
- Publisher: New York : The Mysterious Press, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Cardiff, by the sea -- Miao Dao -- Phantomwise: 1972 -- The surviving child. |
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Subject: | Young women > Crimes against > Fiction. Life change events > Fiction. Short stories, American. Horror tales, American. Women > Crimes against > Fiction. |
Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Psychological fiction. Novellas. |
Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Allentown Public Library | OATES, JOYCE (Text) | 34455006745471 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bethlehem Main Library | f (Text) | 33062009349649 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Easton Main Library | OATES (Text) | 31901004464824 | Mystery & Suspense | Available | - |
Easton Palmer Branch | OATES (Text) | 31901004464766 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Summary:
"From one of the most important contemporary American writers, Cardiff, by the Sea is a bold, haunting collection of four previously unpublished novellas. Starting with the title novella-in which a romantic-minded young art historian is led to (re)discover a terrifying trauma after inheriting property in faraway Cardiff, Maine-through to "The Surviving Child"-which finds the young new wife of a famous poet's widow haunted by the dead poet's voice dancing in the wind, an inexplicably befouled well, and a compulsive draw to the same garage that already took two lives-Cardiff, by the Sea is ceaselessly sinister. In these psychologically daring, chillingly suspenseful novellas, Joyce Carol Oates writes about women facing threats past and present"--