One of the most versatile and accomplished writers of our time,Oateshas influenced the American literary landscape perhaps even more than we realize.The New York Times Book Reviewsuggests, "With occasional exceptions (Joyce, Flaubert), we finally care most about novelists like Dickens, George Eliot, Balzac, Tolstoy, Hardy, James, Conrad, Lawrence or Faulkner whose work is copious enough to constitute a 'world,' and though no guarantees can be offered, energy like Joyce Carol Oates' may find an eventual reward."
From the Hardcover edition.
