{"product_id":"dis-mem-ber-and-other-stories-of-mystery-and-suspense-paperback","title":"Dis Mem Ber and Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the seven feverishly unsettling works that compose \u003cem\u003eDIS MEM BER and Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense\u003c\/em\u003e, exquisite prose stylist Joyce Carol Oates focuses on the inner lives of vulnerable girls and women--some victimized, others provoked by deep emotional unrest--to commit violence against others. This is an arresting fiction collection from \"one of the great writers of our time\" (John Gardner). \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the title story, a precocious eleven-year-old is in thrall to an older male relative--the mysterious, attractive black sheep of the family--and climbs into his sky-blue Chevy to be driven to an uncertain, and unforgettable, fate. In the Bram Stoker Award-winning short story, \"The Crawl Space,\" a widow obsessively returns to the house she once shared with her husband, until an invitation from the new owners to come inside takes a turn for the menacing. In \"The Drowned Girl,\" a university transfer student becomes increasingly obsessed with the drowning\/murder of another female student as her own sense of self begins to deteriorate. And in the final story, \"Welcome to Friendly Skies,\" a trusting group of bird-watchers is borne to a remote part of the globe--and to a harrowing fate. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the heart of this meticulously crafted, deeply disquieting collection are girls and women confronting the danger around them, and the danger hidden inside their turbulent selves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJOYCE CAROL OATES\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of such national bestsellers as \u003cem\u003eThe Falls\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlonde\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWe Were the Mulvaneys\u003c\/em\u003e. Her other titles for The Mysterious Press include \u003cem\u003eNight-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense, \u003c\/em\u003e which features \"The Woman in the Window,\" selected for The Best American Mystery Stories 2017; \u003cem\u003eThe Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the 2016 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection; \u003cem\u003eThe Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the 2011 Bram Stoker Award for Short Horror Fiction; and \u003cem\u003eJack of Spades\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the recipient of the National Book Award for \u003cem\u003ethem \u003c\/em\u003eand the 2010 President's National Humanities Medal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 19, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761377280288,"sku":"9780802128119","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/809b33685203d6d6f495c797d2de673a.webp?v=1780205965","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dis-mem-ber-and-other-stories-of-mystery-and-suspense-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}