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A Garden of Earthly Delights (20th Century Rediscoveries Series)

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A Garden of Earthly Delights (20th Century Rediscoveries Series)

Joyce Carol Oatesâ€™s Wonderland Quartet comprises four remarkable novels that explore social class in America and the inner lives of young Americans. In A Garden of Earthly Delights, Oates presents one of her most memorable heroines, Clara Walpole, the beautiful daughter of Kentucky-born migrant farmworkers. Desperate to rise above her haphazard existence of violence and poverty, determined not to repeat her motherâ€™s life, Clara struggles for independence by way of her relationships with four very different men: her father, a family man turned itinerant laborer, smoldering with resentment; the mysterious Lowry, who rescues Clara as a teenager and offers her the possibility of love; Revere, a wealthy landowner who provides Clara with stability; and Swan, Claraâ€™s son, who bears the psychological and spiritual burden of his motherâ€™s ambition.

A masterly work from a writer with â€œthe uncanny ability to give us a cinemascopic vision of her Americaâ€ (National Review), A Garden of Earthly Delights is the opening stanza in what would become one of the most powerful and engrossing story arcs in literature.

A Garden of Earthly Delights is the first novel in the Wonderland Quartet. The books that complete this acclaimed series, Expensive People, them, and Wonderland, are also available from the Modern Library.

Country	USA
Author	Joyce Carol Oates
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Oates, Joyce Carol
EAN	9780812968347
Edition	Rei Rep
ISBN	0812968344
Label	Modern Library
Manufacturer	Modern Library
MPN	9780812968347
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	448
PartNumber	9780812968347
PublicationDate	2003-04-22
Publisher	Modern Library
ReleaseDate	2003-04-22
Studio	Modern Library

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