{"product_id":"garden-of-earthly-delights-pb-9780812968347","title":"Garden of Earthly Delights PB","description":"\u003cb\u003eA masterly work from a writer with \"the uncanny ability to give us a cinemascopic vision of her America\" (\u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eA Garden of Earthly Delights \u003c\/i\u003eis the opening stanza in what would become one of the most powerful and engrossing story arcs in literature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoyce Carol Oates's Wonderland Quartet comprises four remarkable novels that explore social class in America and the inner lives of young Americans. In \u003ci\u003eA Garden of Earthly Delights\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 mother'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, Clara's son, who bears the psychological and spiritual burden of his mother's ambition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Garden of Earthly Delights\u003c\/i\u003e is the first novel in the Wonderland Quartet. The books that complete this acclaimed series, \u003ci\u003eExpensive People\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e them, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWonderland\u003c\/i\u003e, are also available from the Modern Library.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-254365\"\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812968347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812968344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC004000\"\u003eClassics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC025000\"\u003ePsychological\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e is the Roger S. Berlind Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University. She is the author of numerous works of fiction and poetry, as well as books of essays, criticism, and plays. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710984884461,"sku":"9780812968347","price":22.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_8fe01dc8-42e0-4a48-b906-e307787caa3d.jpg?v=1650153161","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/garden-of-earthly-delights-pb-9780812968347","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}