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Carregando... High Crime Area: Tales of Darkness and Dread (2014)de Joyce Carol Oates
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I have read several collections of Oates' stories before, so I knew what to expect. I have liked her other books but this has been my least favorite. The longest story (The Rescuer) dragged on too long. If you haven't read any of her books before, don't start here... ( ) The stories in High Crime Area focus on people in dangerous, or potentially dangerous, situations. In some the danger is present and immediate, but in most, it's there in the sense of foreboding and dread, or growing panic, felt by the characters and the reader. In all of the stories, the characters have gotten themselves into the dangerous situations, but in completely believable ways. Their thoughts and emotions, as described by the author, make their actions understandable, though often regrettable. Narrators Julia Whelan, Ray Chase, Donna Postel, Luci Christian, Tamara Marston, and Chris Patton are all excellent. (Chris Patton is a new favorite narrator of mine!) Without any overacting or dramatization, each narrator brings out the gradual, subtle horror of each of these stories. Recommended for readers of psychological suspense or literary fiction tinged with horror. For complete review, please visit the Bay State Reader's Advisoryblog. Rating: 2.5 of 5 This collection (once again) featured Oates' eerie ability to explore the depths of those minds many would rather ignore or deny altogether. However, High Crime Area was just too ... bleak and hopeless - for me, right now. It took nearly a month to read all eight stories, and it was work, every single one. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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In the title story, a white aspiring professor is convinced she is being followed. No need to panic-she has a handgun stowed away in her purse, just in case. But when she turns to confront her black male shadow, the situation isn't what she expects. In "The Rescuer," a promising graduate student detours to inner-city Trenton, New Jersey, to save her brother from a downward spiral. But she soon finds out there may be more to his world than to hers. And in "The Last Man of Letters," the world-renowned author X embarks on a final grand tour of Europe. He has money, fame, but not a whole lot of manners. A little thing like etiquette couldn't bring a man like X down, could it? In these biting and beautiful pieces, Oates confronts, one by one, the demons within us, demonstrating that sometimes, it's not the human side that wins out. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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