Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Click for full-size.
A Garden of Earthly Delights (20th Century Rediscoveries Series)
by Oates, Joyce Carol
- New
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0812968344
- ISBN 13
- 9780812968347
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
79 Copies Available from This Seller
(You can add more at checkout.)
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Modern Library. New. Special order direct from the distributor
Synopsis
Joyce Carol Oates's Wonderland Quartet comprises four remarkable novels that explore social class in America and the inner lives of young Americans. In A Garden of Earthly Delights, Oates presents one of her most memorable heroines, Clara Walpole, the beautiful daughter of Kentucky-born migrant farmworkers. Desperate to rise above her haphazard existence of violence and poverty, determined not to repeat her mother's life, Clara struggles for independence by way of her relationships with four very different men: her father, a family man turned itinerant laborer, smoldering with resentment; the mysterious Lowry, who rescues Clara as a teenager and offers her the possibility of love; Revere, a wealthy landowner who provides Clara with stability; and Swan, Clara's son, who bears the psychological and spiritual burden of his mother's ambition.A masterly work from a writer with "the uncanny ability to give us a cinemascopic vision of her America" (National Review), A Garden of Earthly Delights is the opening stanza in what would become one of the most powerful and engrossing story arcs in literature.A Garden of Earthly Delights is the first novel in the Wonderland Quartet. The books that complete this acclaimed series, Expensive People, them, and Wonderland, are also available from the Modern Library.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Russell Books Ltd
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ING9780812968347
- Title
- A Garden of Earthly Delights (20th Century Rediscoveries Series)
- Author
- Oates, Joyce Carol
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 79
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0812968344
- ISBN 13
- 9780812968347
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2003-04-22
Terms of Sale
Russell Books Ltd
For further information - (250) 361-4447 (GST applied to all Canadian orders). Shipping prices are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. Canadian and U.S. orders sent with Automated Package Tracking and delivery confirmation, where available. If your book order is heavy or over-sized, we may contact you regarding any extra shipping costs.
About the Seller
Russell Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2006
Victoria, British Columbia
About Russell Books Ltd
Family owned and operated since 1961. Located in Downtown Victoria selling new, used, and remainder titles in all categories. We also have an extensive selection of Journals, cards and calendars.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Collecting Children’s Literature
Children’s books are among some of the most popular themes to build a book collection on. Learn a bit more in our Brief History of Children’s Literature.
Collecting the 1939 New York World’s Fair
Born in the midst of the Great Depression, the theme of the 1939 World’s Fair was “The World of Tomorrow” - a theme that captured the hearts of a generation. Check out the maps, souvenirs, and other ephemera on Biblio!
