| Record Number |
705865 |
| ISBN |
0812968344 |
| 9780812968347 |
| Author |
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- |
| Title |
A garden of earthly delights / Joyce Carol Oates ; introduction by Elaine Showalter ; afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. |
| Edition |
Modern Library pbk. ed. |
| Publisher/Date |
New York : Modern Library, 2006. |
| Pagination etc. |
xxv, 404 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents note |
"Wonderland quartet."--Cover. |
| Summary Note |
"In her second novel, Joyce Carol Oates created one of her most memorable heroines, Clara, the beautiful daughter of migrant farmworkers. Intent upon rising above her haphazard life of violence and poverty, Clara struggles for independence while relying on four men to fashion her destiny: her father, a hardened laborer simmering with resentment; Lowry, who rescues the teenage Clara from her family and offers her a first glimpse of love; Revere, the wealthy married man who promises Clara stability; and Swan, Clara's son, who bears the burden of his mother's mistaken identity."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Children of migrant laborers -- Fiction |
| Fathers and daughters -- Fiction |
| Illegitimate children -- Fiction |
| Mothers and sons -- Fiction |
| Poor women -- Fiction |
| Psychological fiction |
| Domestic fiction |
| Shelf Location |
F OATE |
