Inhalt: Un thriller magistral y de alto voltaje, uno de los libros del año según El Cultural y El Periódico, por la ganadora del Premio Pepe Carvalho «Todo un clásico sobre el que aletea el Nobel». Elena Hevia, El Periódico de Catalunya «Puro terror doméstico. [...] Babysitter tiene algo de esas lecturas-túnel que te hacen seguir sin parar hasta el final. [...] Un thriller impecablemente escrito». Alba Correa, Vogue «Joyce Carol Oates, leyenda viva de la literatura». Noelia Ramírez, El País Corre el año 1977 y Hannnah y Wes Jarrett, un respetable hombre de negocios y miembro de una de las familias más poderosas de Detroit, viven felices junto a sus hijos de cinco y ocho años en su casa de las afueras. Ismelda, su criada, hace que en el hogar todo sea más llevadero. Pero su vida y la de sus vecinos se ve sacudida por la presencia en la ciudad de un asesino al que los medios han apodado Babysitter: ya ha raptado y torturado a seis niños y ha dejado sus cuerpos en la carretera en posturas llamativas, como si durmieran. En una fiesta filantrópica de la familia Jarrett, Hannah conoce al señor R., un hombre extraño y oscuramente carismático con el que inicia una peligrosa aventura. Mientras tanto, el esquivo asesino en serie, que parece formar parte de la élite de Detroit, sigue acumulando víctimas y llevando a la desesperación a la ciudad. Babysitter es una exploración psicológica de los rincones más oscuros de la psique humana y una crítica demoledora del racismo, la violencia sexual, la homofobia y la misoginia. «De esos que se devoran». Elena Méndez, La Voz de Galicia «Cada incursión de esta autora en el género es un regalo para el lector exigente. [...] El giro final me descoloca por completo. La sensación al terminar de leerlo era incómoda, como solo te dejan algunas obras que no pasan desapercibidas». Juan Carlos Galindo, El País «La perfección de Joyce Carol Oates da miedo. [...] Un thriller electrizante, una novela apabullante que sobrecoge y encoge lo más recóndito del alma». Natalio Blanco, Diario16 «La novela es tan sólida que es difícil no quedarse enganchado. [...] Apasionante». Público «Una prosa clara y efectiva. [...] Un asesinato afecta no solo a dos personas sino a toda una comunidad». Carlos Zanón «Una escritora de igual o mayor talento y profundidad que Norman Mailer, John Updike, Gore Vidal o Saul Bellow». Javier Martínez de Pisón, El País «Oates no ha ablandado su protesta contra el racismo impune y estructural de la sociedad norteamericana, contra el machismo rampante, contra el abuso rutinario del más fuerte, el más rico o el más poderoso en nuestras sociedades autoengañadas». Domingo Ródenas de Moya, El Periódico «Funciona sin fisuras». Marta Marne, El Periódico «Un espectáculo de tonos, sobreentendidos, anticipaciones e incluso pequeños saltos temporales que, lejos de desorientar al lector, asientan firmemente su mirada para que no sea capaz de desviarla del horror». Silvia, Zenda «[Oates] vuelve a dejarnos con la boca abierta: [...] fascinante y aterrador». Raquel Jiménez Jiménez, Zenda «Desde que nos faltan Philip Roth y Toni Morrison, es ella quien manda en la primera línea». The NewYorker «Una historia de fantasmas sin fantasmas, pero con tensión suficiente para provocar varios ataques al corazón. Léanla con cuidado». The New York Times Book Review Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-84-204-6309-4
Inhalt: 'America's preeminent fiction writer' New Yorker 'A raw, propulsive tale of love and grief' Mail on Sunday A novel of love and loss from the bestselling and prizewinning author of Blonde. Michaela and her husband have moved to the starkly beautiful but uncanny landscape of New Mexico, to take up an academic residency. But when Gerard is struck by a fatal illness, their life begins to resemble a nightmare. At thirty-seven, Michaela must first face the terrifying prospect of widowhood, then the chaos of the days when Gerard is gone. Haunting and utterly heart-wrenching, Breathe explores the intense madness of grief and what happens when a love cannot be surrendered. 'A fever dream of a novel' New York Times 'Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going, as far as I'm concerned' Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-0-00-849090-4
Inhalt: From Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of BLONDE, now a major motion picture, come four psychologically daring and chillingly suspenseful stories where women face threats both past and present. A Pennsylvania academic unearths a terrifying trauma from her past after inheriting a house in Cardiff, Maine from a stranger. A lonely pubescent girl befriends a feral cat that protects her from the increasingly aggressive men that surround her. A brilliant but shy college sophomore realizes she is pregnant and, distraught, allows a distinguished visiting professor to take her under his wing. And a widower remarries, but finds his young bride haunted by his dead wife's voice dancing in the wind. 'A stylish, suspenseful quartet of novellas tinged with the supernatural.' Daily Mail Reviews for Joyce Carol Oates: 'A writer of extraordinary strengths.' Guardian 'Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday.' Sunday Express 'Both haunting and sublime.' Literary Review 'Splendidly chilling.' Financial Times 'Visceral, psychologically involving, and socially astute.' Booklist Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-1-80024-142-8
Inhalt:Showcasing stories from some of the comics' greatest female creators, this anthology features stories that range from mainstream adventures to hilarious comic shorts to heart-wrenching autobiographical stories. Originally published as Sexy Chix in 2006, this new edition is presented in a new, larger size! Featuring over a dozen stories by top talents like New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates, Eisner Award-winning illustrator Jill Thompson, Scary Godmother creator Colleen Doran, DC Comics creators Gail Simone and Joëlle Jones, and many more! Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-1-5067-1689-3
The National Book Award winning author of Blonde demonstrates her mastery of contemporary gothic horror in these 10 chilling short stories.
The need for love—obsessive, self-destructive, unpredictable—can take us to forbidden places, as Joyce Carol Oates demonstrates with fearsome clarity in this short story collection. In "Strip Poker," a reckless adolescent girl must find a way of turning the tables on a gathering of increasingly threatening young men. In the award-winning "Smother!" a young woman's nightmare memory of childhood brings trouble on her professor-mother. In "The First Husband," a jealous man discovers that his wife seems to have lied about her first marriage—and waits years before exacting a cruel revenge.
In these and other powerful tales, children veer beyond their parents' control, wives and husbands wake up to find that they hardly know each other, haunted pasts intrude upon uncertain futures, and those who bring us the most harm may be the nearest at hand. Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-0-547-50463-6
Inhalt:From the towering imagination of Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of BLONDE, now a major motion picture, comes a psychologically complex thriller examining the fine line between genius and madness. Andrew J. Rush is a successful mystery writer with twenty-eight novels to his name. He has a loving wife, three grown children, and is well-known in his small New Jersey town for his charitable work. But Andrew J. Rush is hiding a dark secret. Under the pseudonym Jack of Spades, he has penned another string of novels - dark tales of murder, lust and madness. When a court order arrives accusing him of plagarism, Rush fears his secret may be exposed. And unbidden, in the back of his mind, the Jack of Spades starts plotting his survival. Reviews for Joyce Carol Oates: 'A writer of extraordinary strengths.' Guardian 'Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday.' Sunday Express 'Both haunting and sublime.' Literary Review 'Splendidly chilling.' Financial Times Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-1-78497-096-3
Inhalt: Il vecchio John Earle "Whitey" McClaren, è l'ex sindaco repubblicano di Hammond, editore, pubblicitario e patriarca di una famiglia di cinque figli. Mentre cerca di fermare il pestaggio di un sospetto da parte della polizia viene a sua volta violentemente picchiato, colpito con il taser e, di conseguenza, entra in coma. Muore in ospedale poco dopo. La scomparsa del capofamiglia porta i suoi figli e la moglie, Jessalyn, a intraprendere un percorso di inattese e imprevedibili trasformazioni. Le loro vite, l'idea che avevano di sé e i rapporti all'interno della famiglia, che sembravano immutabili all'ombra di Whitey, cambieranno per sempre. Un romanzo avvincente che, attraverso il prisma di un dramma familiare, racconta in maniera magistrale uno spezzato degli Stati Uniti contemporanei. Con uno stile lirico e spietato, Joyce Carol Oates torna ad affrontare alcuni dei temi che le sono cari: il lato oscuro dell'America, il razzismo, i traumi familiari. Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-88-346-0752-7
Inhalt: Charles Brockden finds a bookshop that instantly piques his desire. He must call it his own; he must add it to his already-extensive collection of bookstores. But surely the owner of such a fine shop wouldn't easily part with it? Brockden forms a plan to acquire the shop in such a way that no one would ever suspect foul play: untraceable murder. And he knows he will be successful - because this is not the first time he has done it. A DEATH SENTENCE STORY: original shorts about deadly books from the world's best crime writers. Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-1-78497-403-9
Inhalt:From Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of Blonde, now a major motion picture, an eerie, psychologically complex thriller about a woman haunted by her traumatic past. As a child, Abby had the same nightmare night after night, in which she wandered through a field ridden with human bones. Now an adult, Abby thinks she's outgrown her demons, until, the evening before her wedding, the terrible dream returns and forces her to confront the dark secrets she is keeping from her new husband, Willem. The following day, less than 24 hours after exchanging vows, Abby steps out into traffic. As his wife lies in her hospital bed, Willem tries to determine whether this was an absentminded accident or a premeditated plunge. Slowly, Abby begins to open up to her husband, revealing to him what she has never shared with anyone before: the story of a terrified mother; a jealous, drug addled father; and a daughter's terrifying captivity. With a suspenseful, alternating narrative that travels between the present and Abby's tortured childhood, Pursuit is a meticulously crafted, deeply disquieting tale that showcases Oates's masterful storytelling. Reviews for Joyce Carol Oates: 'A writer of extraordinary strengths.' Guardian 'Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday.' Sunday Express 'Both haunting and sublime.' Literary Review 'Splendidly chilling.' Financial Times 'Visceral, psychologically involving, and socially astute.' Booklist Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-1-83893-305-0
Inhalt: From one of our most important contemporary writers, The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror is a bold, haunting collection of six stories. In the title story, a young boy becomes obsessed with his cousin's doll after she tragically passes away from leukemia. As he grows older, he begins to collect "found dolls" from the surrounding neighborhoods and stores his treasures in the abandoned carriage house on his family's estate. But just what kind of dolls are they? In Gun Accident, a teenage girl is thrilled when her favorite teacher asks her to house-sit, even on short notice. But when an intruder forces his way into the house while the girl is there, the fate of more than one life is changed forever. In Equatorial, set in the exotic Galápagos, an affluent American wife experiences disorienting assaults on her sense of who her charismatic husband really is, and what his plans may be for her. In The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror, Joyce Carol Oates evokes the "fascination of the abomination" that is at the core of the most profound, the most unsettling, and the most memorable of dark mystery fiction. Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek EAN: tantor_audio#
Inhalt:From Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of BLONDE, now a major motion picture, six terrifying tales to chill the blood. A young boy plays with dolls instead of action figures. But as he grows older, his passion takes on a darker edge... A white man shoots dead a black youth creating a media frenzy. But could it have been self-defense as he claims? A nervous woman tries to escape her husband. He says he loves her, but she's convinced he wants to kill her... These quietly lethal stories from a unique imagination reveal the horrors that dwell within us all. Reviews for Joyce Carol Oates: 'A writer of extraordinary strengths.' Guardian 'Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday.' Sunday Express 'Both haunting and sublime.' Literary Review 'Splendidly chilling.' Financial Times 'Visceral, psychologically involving, and socially astute.' Booklist Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek ISBN: 978-1-78497-100-7
Inhalt: Im Jahr 1965 lernt die 24-jährige Neurowissenschaftlerin Margot den jungen Eli kennen. Eli kann sich an nichts erinnern, was mehr als 70 Sekunden in der Vergangenheit liegt. Während der langen Zeit der Untersuchungen verliebt sich Margot in Eli, doch dieser vergisst sie immer wieder ... Systematik: Romane Umfang: 478 Seiten Standort: Romane Oate ISBN: 978-3-10-397276-4
Inhalt: Rebecca kommt 1936 in New York als Tochter deutsch-jüdischer Einwanderer zur Welt. Ihr ganzes Leben ist geprägt vom Schatten des Holocaust und von männlicher Gewalt, und erst als sie die Identität einer Anderen annimmt, gelingt es ihr, die Fesseln der Vergangenheit abzustreifen. Systematik: Romane Umfang: 670 S. Standort: Romane Oate ISBN: 978-3-10-054008-9
Inhalt: Siebenfacher Nervenkitzel. Ein Kind verschwindet, und es beginnt eine Hexenjagd auf dessen Lehrer; ein abgehalfterter Weiberheld trifft am Ufer eines verlassenen Flussbettes auf seine rachsüchtige Stieftochter; ein eifersüchtiges kleine Mädchen freundet sich mit einer unheimlichen Katze an; ein Mann plant den Mord an seinem charmanten wie egoistischen Bruder ... Systematik: Romane Umfang: 381 Seiten Standort: Romane Oate ISBN: 978-3-426-28198-7
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