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High crime area : tales of darkness and dread

A collection of eight original stories tests the bonds between damaged people, showing how full--and how devoid--of humanity individuals can be.

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  • "A collection of eight original stories tests the bonds between damaged people, showing how full--and how devoid--of humanity individuals can be."@en
  • "In the title story, a white aspiring professor is convinced she is being followed. No need to panic--she has a handgun stowed away in her purse, just in case. But when she turns to confront her black male shadow, the situation isn't what she expects."@en
  • "In a collection of eight stories, Joyce Carol Oates, unparalleled as an investigator into the intricacies of human failing, deftly tests the bonds between damaged individuals - a brother and sister, a teacher and student, two strangers on a subway - in the fearless prose for which she is justly celebrated."@en
  • "PLAYAWAY: In these eight stories, Joyce Carol Oates, unparalleled as an investigator into the intricacies of human failing, deftly tests the bonds between damaged individuals, a brother and sister, a teacher and student, two strangers on a subway, in the fearless prose for which she is justly celebrated. In these biting and beautiful pieces, Oates confronts, one by one, the demons within us. In the end, sometimes it's the human who wins, and sometimes it's the demon."
  • "In these eight stories, Joyce Carol Oates, unparalleled as an investigator into the intricacies of human failing, deftly tests the bonds between damaged individualsa brother and sister, a teacher and student, two strangers on a subwayin the fearless prose for which she is justly celebrated."@en
  • "In these eight stories, Joyce Carol Oates, unparalleled as an investigator into the intricacies of human failing, deftly tests the bonds between damaged individuals -- a brother and sister, a teacher and student, two strangers on a subway -- in the fearless prose for which she is justly celebrated. In these biting and beautiful pieces, Oates confronts, one by one, the demons within us. In the end, sometimes it's the human who wins, and sometimes it's the demon."@en

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  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
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  • "Short stories, American"
  • "Short stories, American"@en
  • "Short stories"@en

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  • "High crime area : tales of darkness and dread"
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  • "High crime area"@en
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