{"product_id":"wonderland-paperback","title":"Wonderland - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElaine Showalter\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoyce Carol Oates's Wonderland Quartet comprises four remarkable novels that explore social class in America and the inner lives of young Americans. Spanning from the Great Depression to the turbulent Vietnam War era, \u003ci\u003eWonderland\u003c\/i\u003e is the epic account of Jesse Vogel, a boy who emerged from a family tragedy with his life spared but his world torn apart. Orphaned after watching his father murder his entire family, Jesse embarks on a personal odyssey that takes him from a Dickensian foster home to college and graduate school to the pinnacle of the medical profession. As an adult, Jesse must summon the strength to reach across the \"generation gap\" and rescue his endangered teenaged daughter, who has fallen into the drug-infused 1960s counterculture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHailed by Library Journal as \"the greatest of Oates's novels,\" \u003ci\u003eWonderland \u003c\/i\u003eis the capstone of a magnificent literary excursion that plunges beneath the glossy surface of American life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWonderland\u003c\/i\u003e is the final novel in Joyce Carol Oates's Wonderland Quartet. The books that complete this acclaimed series, \u003ci\u003eA Garden of Earthly Delights\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eExpensive People\u003c\/i\u003e, and them, are also available from the Modern Library. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJ\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoyce Carol Oates is the Roger S. Berlind Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University. The bestselling author of the novels \u003ci\u003eWe Were the Mulvaneys\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlonde\u003c\/i\u003e, she has written numerous works of fiction, poetry, essays, criticism, and plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757748420896,"sku":"9780812976557","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8c0323c37d9232d6d82a54f8287d0490.webp?v=1780110853","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/wonderland-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}