{"product_id":"cardiff-by-the-sea-four-novellas-of-suspense-paperback","title":"Cardiff, by the Sea: Four Novellas of Suspense - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoyce Carol Oates, the \"grand mistress of ghoulishness\" (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e), showcases her mastery in four deeply disturbing novellas that will leave the reader both quaking and pining for more\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the titular novella, an academic in Pennsylvania discovers a terrifying trauma from her past after inheriting a house in Cardiff, Maine from someone she has never heard of. Mia, the protagonist of \"Miao Dao,\" is a pubescent girl overcome with loneliness, who befriends a feral cat that becomes her protector from the increasingly aggressive males that surround her.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA brilliant but shy college sophomore realizes that she is pregnant in \"Phan-tomwise: 1972.\" Distraught, she allows a distinguished visiting professor to take her under his wing, though it quickly becomes evident that he is interested in more than an academic mentorship. Lastly, \"The Surviving Child\" is Stefan, who was spared when his mother, a famous poet, killed his sister and herself. Stefan's father remarries, but his young wife is haunted by dead poet's voice dancing in the wind, an inexplicably befouled well, and a compulsive draw to the same garage that took two lives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn these psychologically daring, chillingly suspenseful pieces, Joyce Carol Oates writes about women facing threats past and present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of such national bestsellers as \u003ci\u003eThe Falls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlonde\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWe Were the Mulvaneys\u003c\/i\u003e. Her other titles for The Mysterious Press include \u003ci\u003eNight-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense\u003c\/i\u003e, which features The Woman in the Window, selected for The Best American Mystery Stories 2017; \u003ci\u003eThe Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection; and \u003ci\u003eJack of Spades\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of the National Book Award for \u003ci\u003ethem\u003c\/i\u003e and the 2010 President's National Humanities Medal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.26 x 8.11 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 19, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767918461216,"sku":"9780802158000","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8f888d320fde62a5db43d4442e5e6cff.webp?v=1780320452","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/cardiff-by-the-sea-four-novellas-of-suspense-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}