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The Gravedigger's Daughter (P.S.)
by Joyce Carol Oates
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780061236839 
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Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
Fleeing Nazi Germany in 1936, the Schwarts immigrate to a small town in upstate New York. Here the father—a former high school teacher—is demeaned by the only job he can get: gravedigger and cemetery caretaker. When local prejudice and the family's own emotional frailty give rise to an unthinkable tragedy, the gravedigger's daughter, Rebecca heads out into America. Embarking upon an extraordinary odyssey of erotic risk and ingenious self-invention, she seeks renewal, redemption, and peace—on the road to a bittersweet and distinctly “American” triumph.
Synopsis:
In this "New York Times" bestseller, Oates has created a masterpiece of domestic yet mythic realism, at once emotionally engaging and intellectually provocative: an intimately observed testimony to the resilience of the individual.
About the Author
Joyce Carol Oates is the author of the forthcoming novel The Gravedigger's Daughter. She is a recipient of the National Book Award and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction. She is also the recipient of the 2005 Prix Femina for The Falls. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University, and she has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780061236839
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Harper Perennial
- Author:
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Sagas
- Subject:
- General Fiction
- Edition Description:
- Paperback
- Series:
- P.S.
- Publication Date:
- April 2008
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 582
- Dimensions:
- 8.04x5.54x1.11 in. 1.07 lbs.
