{"product_id":"them-1","title":"Them","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"If the phrase 'woman of letters' existed, [Joyce Carol Oates] would be, foremost in this country, entitled to it.\"--John Updike, \u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs powerful and relevant today as it was on its initial publication, \u003ci\u003ethem\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the tumultuous lives of a family living on the edge of ruin in the Detroit slums, from the 1930s to the 1967 race riots. Praised by \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e for her \"potent, life-gripping imagination,\" Joyce Carol Oates traces the aspirations and struggles of Loretta Wendall, a dreamy young mother who is filled with regret by the age of sixteen, and the subsequent destinies of her children, Maureen and Jules, who must fight to survive in a world of violence and danger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the National Book Award, \u003ci\u003ethem\u003c\/i\u003e is an enthralling novel about love, class, race, and the inhumanity of urban life. It is, raves \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e \"a superbly accomplished vision.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThem is the third novel in the Wonderland Quartet. The books that complete this acclaimed series, \u003ci\u003eA Garden of Earthly Delights, Expensive People, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWonderland, \u003c\/i\u003e are also available from the Modern Library. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e[Oates is] a superb storyteller. For sheer readability, them is unsurpassed.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Elaine Showalter, Joyce Carol Oates","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47274082992364,"sku":"9780345484406","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780345484406.jpg?v=1770150606","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/them-1","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}