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 High Lonesome
New & Selected Stories 1966 – 2006
by Joyce Carol Oates
New York: Ecco, 2006
664 pages
Dust Jacket Blurb
An unprecedented collection of the best of Joyce Carol Oates's short stories combined with eleven new stories.
No other writer can match the impressive oeuvre of Joyce Carol Oates, and High Lonesome: Selected Stories, 1966–2006 gathers stories from Oates's seminal collections, including The Wheel of Love (1970), Marriages and Infidelities (1972), and Heat (1991), arranged by decade. All demonstrate what the Chicago Tribune has praised: "the fierce originality of Oates's voice and vision, but also how she has imbued the American short story with an edgy vitality and raw social surfaces."
Contents
NEW STORIES
Spider Boy
The Fish Factory
The Cousins
Soft-Core
The Gathering Squall
The Lost Brother
In Hot May
High Lonesome
*BD* 11 1 87
Fat Man My Love
Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear
THE 1960S
Upon the Sweeping Flood
At the Seminary
In the Region of Ice
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Corrections, and Began My Life Over Again
Four Summers
THE 1970S
Small Avalanches
Concerning the Case of Bobby T.
The Tryst
The Lady with the Pet Dog
The Dead
THE 1980S
Last Days
My Warszawa
Our Wall
Raven's Wing
Golden Gloves
Manslaughter
Nairobi
THE 1990S
Heat
The Knife
The Hair
The Swimmers
Will You Always Love Me?
Life After High School
Mark of Satan
Afterword
Acknowledgements
Other Editions
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Reviews
- Publishers Weekly, February 6, 2006, pp. 41-42
- Kirkus Reviews, February 15, 2006, p. 153
- Library Journal, March 1, 2006, p. 80
- Booklist, March 15, 2006, p. 29
- Atlantic Monthly, April 2006, p. 110
- San Diego Union Tribune, April 9, 2006, Books, p. 1
- Denver Post, April 23, 2006, p. F13
- New York Times Book Review, April 30, 2006, p. 18
- Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City), May 7, 2006
- Houston Chronicle, May 14, 2006, Zest, p. 22
- Atlanta Journal Constitution, June 4, 2006, p. K5
- Boston Globe, June 25, 2006, p. D7
- The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo), August 5, 2006, p. 22
- World Literature Today, September/October 2006, pp. 33-34
Awards
- New York Times Notable Books of the Year
- National Magazine Awards, 2006 finalist: "High Lonesome"
- Best American Short Stories, 2005: "The Cousins"
- Best American Mystery Stories, 1997: "Will You Always Love Me?"
- Prize Stories: The O Henry Awards, 1996: "Mark of Satan"
- Prize Stories: The O Henry Awards, 1991: "The Swimmers"
- Prize Stories: The O Henry Awards, 1990: "Heat"
- The Pushcart Prize, XVI: "The Hair"
- Best American Short Stories, 1985: "Raven's Wing"
- National Magazine Awards, 1985 finalist: "Raven's Wing"
- Best American Short Stories, 1984: "Nairobi"
- Prize Stories: The O Henry Awards, 2nd Prize, 1983: "My Warszawa"
- Prize Stories: The O Henry Awards, 1st Prize, 1973: "The Dead"
- Best American Short Stories, 1970: "How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Correction, and Began My Life Over Again"
- Prize Stories: The O Henry Awards, 1970: "How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Correction, and Began My Life Over Again"
- Prize Stories: The O Henry Awards, 1968: "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
- Best American Short Stories, 1967: "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
- Prize Stories: The O Henry Awards, 1st Prize, 1967: "In the Region of Ice"
- Best American Short Stories, 1964: "Upon the Sweeping Flood"
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Page address:
http://jco.usfca.edu/works/stories/lonesome.html
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