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Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque (Paperback)

by Joyce Carol Oates (Author)

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Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Penguin; Reprint edition (Feb 1995)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0452273749
ISBN-13: 978-0452273740
Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.5 x 1.8 cm

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4.0 out of 5 stars Rewarding, but addictive., 4 Feb 1999

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At the start I'd be inclined to say these tales are very much my cup of tea. I'll just briefly discuss one. In 'The Model', a girl, coming of age, finds a past she partly remembers catching up to her. On the one hand there is her aunt, the guardian who has raised and protected her for the years of her remembered life. On the other hand, a man who intrudes ever so carefully into her life, raising questions about the girl's past that she cannot answer or easily dismiss. I found myself involved in the tale, as I found hypothesis of the underlying truth of the tale dawning on me, I read on carefully to see what the author would reveal. The unfolding in this tale is multiple: first, the construction of a thesis concerning the girl's murky past; then the course of action to taken as a result of that thesis.

Grotesque elements set the stage for the psychological and imaginative excercises of these tales. Savoring the resolution of each, such as it is, calls to mind finally, not tea, but a blood-red, heady wine.

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1.0 out of 5 stars If you hate men, read this book, 30 Aug 1999

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Every story in this collection goes back to a woman hurt by a man and her reacting with violent retribution. I was sorely dissapointed.

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