With Shuddering Fall A Novel
With Shuddering Fall A Novel by Joyce Carol Oates is a reprint edition published by HarperCollins on March 13, 2018, featuring 336 pages in English. This novel marks the debut of the New York Times-bestselling author, originally published in 1964. It presents a dark tale of family, revenge, and the complex dynamics of love and violence, exploring the turbulent relationship between two lovers who become mortal enemies.
Readers will find a deep examination of the struggle for dominance within erotic relationships, a recurring theme in Oates’s work. The narrative delves into the consequences of patriarchal inheritance and the emotional turmoil of adolescence, offering an unsentimental yet sympathetic portrayal of a disastrous love affair. With its focus on the interplay of love and hatred, this novel invites readers to reflect on the darker aspects of human nature and the quest for redemption.
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The first novel from New York Times-bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates, a thrilling, dark tale of family, revenge, and two souls intertwined by love and violence—now back in print for fans of America’s most prolific storyteller.
Written when Joyce Carol Oates was in her early twenties, and first published in 1964, With Shuddering Fall is her powerful debut novel, the first of five new Oates reprints from Ecco.
Following the turbulent story of two lovers who discover themselves mortal enemies, the author explores the struggle for dominance in erotic relationships that has become a predominant theme in her work, as well as the perils of patriarchal inheritance, and the ripple-effects of emotional loss in adolescence. The result is an unsentimental yet sympathetic rendering of a disastrous love affair in which hatred is nearly as powerful as love, and a yearning for destruction is an abiding and insatiable passion.
Discover what prompted the New York Times to compare this young writer’s debut to Shirley Jackson’s famous short story, “The Lottery.” Readers looking for a place to start in Joyce Carol Oates’s vast catalogue will be intrigued by the sheer narrative force of the young author, and her willingness to anatomize the darkest recesses of humanity in a search for redemption and resolution.
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