{"product_id":"lovely-dark-deep-stories","title":"Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the legendary literary master, winner of the National Book Award and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates, a collection of thirteen mesmerizing stories that maps the eerie darkness within us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInsightful, disturbing, imaginative, and breathtaking in their lyrical precision, the stories in \u003cem\u003eLovely, Dark, Deep\u003c\/em\u003e display Joyce Carol Oates's magnificent ability to make visceral the terror, hurt, and uncertainty that lurks at the edges of ordinary lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"Mastiff,\" a woman and a man are joined in an erotic bond forged out of terror and gratitude. \"Sex with Camel\" explores how a sixteen-year-old boy realizes the depth of his love for his grandmother--and how vulnerable those feelings make him. Fearful that that her husband is \"disappearing\" from their life, a woman becomes obsessed with keeping him in her sight in \"The Disappearing.\" \"A Book of Martyrs\" reveals how the end of a pregnancy brings with it the end of a relationship. And in the title story, the elderly Robert Frost is visited by an interviewer, an unsettling young woman, who seems to know a good deal more about his life than she should.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA piercing and evocative collection, \u003cem\u003eLovely, Dark, Deep\u003c\/em\u003e reveals an artist at the height of her creative power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joyce Carol Oates","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47276679201004,"sku":"9780062356956","price":18.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780062356956.jpg?v=1770211044","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/lovely-dark-deep-stories","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}