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Joyce Carol Oates, one of the most prolific writers on the planet has written a massive fictional biography that reads as true as today's newspaper but without the journalistic language of a daily. Instead Oates has given us a totally credible life and laid it out on page after page, building the life as she writes - swelling the tragedy as she coaxes the reader along in the balloon that is filled with Marilyn Monroe's heart, lungs, soul and pain. We think we know her story and so willingly travel along on an epic journey of a very shortened life only to still be surprised at the end of Marilyn Monroe's story. I am a Joyce Carol Oates fan and a Marilyn Monroe fan but if a reader is neither he or she will become a fan of both by the end of Blonde. It is an absolute stunner.
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Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
Me Me, January 12, 2012
Joyce Carol Oates, one of the most prolific writers on the planet has written a massive fictional biography that reads as true as today's newspaper but without the journalistic language of a daily. Instead Oates has given us a totally credible life and laid it out on page after page, building the life as she writes - swelling the tragedy as she coaxes the reader along in the balloon that is filled with Marilyn Monroe's heart, lungs, soul and pain. We think we know her story and so willingly travel along on an epic journey of a very shortened life only to still be surprised at the end of Marilyn Monroe's story. I am a Joyce Carol Oates fan and a Marilyn Monroe fan but if a reader is neither he or she will become a fan of both by the end of Blonde. It is an absolute stunner.