The Lost Landscape: A Writer's Coming of Age

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Price
$27.99  $26.03
Publisher
Ecco Press
Publish Date
Pages
368
Dimensions
5.9 X 9.1 X 1.3 inches | 1.3 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780062408679

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About the Author
Joyce Carol Oates has published more than 40 novels and is the recipient of several awards, including the National Book Award, the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction, and the Normal Mailer Prize for Lifetime Achievement. Her bestselling novels include them, We Were the Mulvaneys, and Blonde.
Reviews

"Stunning...[a] varied, kaleidoscopic, and...insightful map to the formation of a writer who understands how deeply mysterious the 'familiar' really is." -- Publishers Weekly

"...a tender-hearted excavation of [Oates'] hardscrabble early life...in sharing with us the lost landscape of her childhood, she has ensured it will never be forgotten." -- O magazine

"Oates perfectly captures the unique confusion of childhood, brought on by the unsatisfying explanations of adults." -- Elle

"'The Lost Landscape'...offers a window into a highly original mind. While it is never a given that a writer's personal story can illuminate her work, in Oates' case, it very much does." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune

"[An] intriguing new memoir...Oates mines literary gold." -- San Francisco Chronicle

"This captivating account of the growth of a writer's mind puts [Oates'] new collection of essays firmly in the tradition of similar autobiographical works by writers such as Goethe, Wordsworth, and Joyce." -- Philadelphia Inquirer

"[An] intimate yet sweeping memoir..." -- The New Yorker

"...affecting...the book place[s] us intimately in the mind of Oates' vulnerable self." -- Providence Journal

"A tender-hearted excavation of [Oates'] hardscrabble early life...in sharing with us the lost landscape of her childhood, she has ensured it will never be forgotten." -- O magazine