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The Frenzy: Stories
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ISBN10: 0593978110
ISBN13: 9780593978115
Publisher: Hogarth Press
Published: Jun 16 2026
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.17
Height: 1.19 Width: 6.70 Depth: 9.48
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780593978115
Publisher: Hogarth Press
Published: Jun 16 2026
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.17
Height: 1.19 Width: 6.70 Depth: 9.48
Language: English
A gripping collection of propulsive, psychologically suspenseful stories by the legendary Joyce Carol Oates who is surely on any shortlist of America's greatest living writers (The New York Times Magazine) A genius in the truest sense of the word.--Rebecca Makkai
One of the greatest writers among us today.--Gillian Flynn
One of the greatest writers among us today.--Gillian Flynn
Haunting . . . masterfully orchestrated . . . Oates's best work is simmering and remorseless.--Vogue
Astounding . . . Oates imbues this entire book with psychological suspense and high stakes.--Harper's Bazaar
Already one of our most accomplished and, yes, prolific living writers, Oates is on a thrilling winning streak with her third stellar work of literary fiction in two years. Call it the JCOaissance. Or maybe don't. But definitely pick up this collection.--Publishers Weekly (Pick of the Week) A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR: Vogue, Haper's Bazaar, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Lit Hub, AARP
Frenzy (noun): a temporary madness; a violent mental or emotional agitation; intense usually wild and often disorderly compulsive or agitated activity Joyce Carol Oates is a master of the short story and one of the legends of the form. Her collections of short fiction have twice been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and have won numerous awards, including the O. Henry Award and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Art of the Short Story. In The Frenzy: Stories, Oates plunges us into the lives of her characters at moments of crisis and confusion, when much of what they understand about themselves and those they love comes undone. A young woman on a supposedly romantic weekend trip to Cape May, New Jersey, turns the tables on her older, married lover. A freak bicycle accident on a bridge haunts one family for decades. A girl jealous of her popular cousin discovers she is the lucky one. A widow waits at her riverside house for her dead husband's return. A young man hiking in the woods comes upon a couple in a heated, possibly violent argument--should he intervene? Suspenseful and psychologically astute, Oates's short stories enthrall and captivate as they dissect her character's deepest fears--revealing our own in turn. Literature is a texture of words, says Oates of her short fiction, evoking life in the most vivid ways--psychologically, physically. These new stories blazingly evoke life at its most vivid and perilous, when fate and free will intersect, and one ominous encounter or bad choice can be the difference between an ordinary day and the point of no return.
Astounding . . . Oates imbues this entire book with psychological suspense and high stakes.--Harper's Bazaar
Already one of our most accomplished and, yes, prolific living writers, Oates is on a thrilling winning streak with her third stellar work of literary fiction in two years. Call it the JCOaissance. Or maybe don't. But definitely pick up this collection.--Publishers Weekly (Pick of the Week) A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR: Vogue, Haper's Bazaar, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Lit Hub, AARP
Frenzy (noun): a temporary madness; a violent mental or emotional agitation; intense usually wild and often disorderly compulsive or agitated activity Joyce Carol Oates is a master of the short story and one of the legends of the form. Her collections of short fiction have twice been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and have won numerous awards, including the O. Henry Award and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Art of the Short Story. In The Frenzy: Stories, Oates plunges us into the lives of her characters at moments of crisis and confusion, when much of what they understand about themselves and those they love comes undone. A young woman on a supposedly romantic weekend trip to Cape May, New Jersey, turns the tables on her older, married lover. A freak bicycle accident on a bridge haunts one family for decades. A girl jealous of her popular cousin discovers she is the lucky one. A widow waits at her riverside house for her dead husband's return. A young man hiking in the woods comes upon a couple in a heated, possibly violent argument--should he intervene? Suspenseful and psychologically astute, Oates's short stories enthrall and captivate as they dissect her character's deepest fears--revealing our own in turn. Literature is a texture of words, says Oates of her short fiction, evoking life in the most vivid ways--psychologically, physically. These new stories blazingly evoke life at its most vivid and perilous, when fate and free will intersect, and one ominous encounter or bad choice can be the difference between an ordinary day and the point of no return.
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