The Collector of Hearts: New Tales of the GrotesqueIn these tales of the forbidden - both terrifying and seductive - Joyce Carol Oates explores the waking nightmares of life with eyes wide open. These twenty-seven illuminations on the infinite mysteries of the human experience, both intellectual and visceral, confirm Oates as one of America's most versatile practitioners of gothic horror. |
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