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The tattooed girl : a novel

Joshua Seigl, a celebrated but reclusive author, is forced for reasons of failing health to surrender his much-prized bachelor's independence. Advertising for an assistant, he unwittingly embarks upon the most dangerous adventure of his privileged life. Alma Busch, a sensuous, physically attractive young woman with bizarre tattoos covering much of her body, stirs in Seigl a complex of emotions: pity' desire' responsibility' guilt' Unaware of her painful past and her troubled personality, Seigl hires her as his assistant. As the novel alternates between Seigl's and Alma's points of view, the naIve altruism of the one and the virulent anti-Semitism of the other clash in a tragedy of thwarted erotic desire. With her masterful balance of dark suspense and surprising tenderness, Joyce Carol Oates probes the contemporary tragedy of ethnic hatred and challenges our accepted limits of desire. The Tattooed Girl may be her most controversial novel.

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  • "Tattooed girl"@tr
  • "The tattooed girl"@it

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  • ""Joshua Seigl, a celebrated but reclusive author, encounters a young woman with synthetic-looking blonde hair and pale, tattooed skin in a bookshop. An uneasy relationship begins, one wich lurches between repulsion and attraction, between hate and love. One of the world's most respected living novelists brings us a tale of dark passions, prejudice, and the strange forms that love can take."
  • "Joshua Seigl, a celebrated but reclusive author, is forced for reasons of failing health to surrender his much-prized bachelor's independence. Advertising for an assistant, he unwittingly embarks upon the most dangerous adventure of his privileged life. Alma Busch, a sensuous, physically attractive young woman with bizarre tattoos covering much of her body, stirs in Seigl a complex of emotions: pity' desire' responsibility' guilt' Unaware of her painful past and her troubled personality, Seigl hires her as his assistant. As the novel alternates between Seigl's and Alma's points of view, the naIve altruism of the one and the virulent anti-Semitism of the other clash in a tragedy of thwarted erotic desire. With her masterful balance of dark suspense and surprising tenderness, Joyce Carol Oates probes the contemporary tragedy of ethnic hatred and challenges our accepted limits of desire. The Tattooed Girl may be her most controversial novel."@en
  • "Joshua Seigl, a celebrated but reclusive author, is forced for reasons of failing health to surrender his much-prized bachelor's independence. Advertising for an assistant, he unwittingly embarks upon the most dangerous adventure of his privileged life. Alma Busch, a sensuous, physically attractive young woman with bizarre tattoos covering much of her body, stirs in Seigl a complex of emotions: pity? desire? responsibility? guilt? Unaware of her painful past and her troubled personality, Seigl hires her as his assistant. As the novel alternates between Seigl's and Alma's points of view, the na?ve altruism of the one and the virulent anti-Semitism of the other clash in a tragedy of thwarted erotic desire. With her masterful balance of dark suspense and surprising tenderness, Joyce Carol Oates probes the contemporary tragedy of ethnic hatred and challenges our accepted limits of desire. The Tattooed Girl may be her most controversial novel."@en
  • "Een meisje met een tatoeage. - Een zieke joodse schrijver wordt verzorgd door een schier ongeletterd meisje wier latente antisemitisme, armoedige achtergrond en pooierachtige vriendje leiden tot een drama."
  • "When his failing health prompts him to hire an assistant, reclusive author Joshua Siegl recruits Alma, unaware of her tortured past and the hatred stirring within her that incites her to commit anti-Semitic acts."@en
  • "When his health starts to fail, Joshua Seigl, a celebrated, but reclusive author, must give up his independence. He hires Alma Busch as his assistant, a sensuous young woman with a troubled past and bizarre tattoos covering her body. Unaware that she is a virulent anti-Semite, Alma stirs in him a complex of emotions, and the two characters clash in a tragedy of thwarted erotic desire."@en
  • "A celebrated Jewish writer hires an assistant whose blonde hair and pale skin hide a tormented anti-semite that is full of racially inspired hatred for her new employer."@en
  • "When his failing health prompts him to hire an assistant, reclusive author Joshua Siegl recruits Alma, unaware of her tortured past and the hatred stirring within her that incides her to commit anti-Semitic acts."@en
  • "When his failing health prompts him to hire an assistant, reclusive author Joshua Siegl recruits Alma, unaware of her tortured past and the hatred stirring within her that incides her to commit anti-Semitic acts."

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  • "American fiction"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Suspense fiction"@pl
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Americké romány"
  • "Fiction"@pl
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"@pl
  • "Psychological fiction"

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  • "Dövmeli kız"@tr
  • "The tattooed girl : a novel"@en
  • "The tattooed girl : a novel"
  • "The Tattooed Girl : a Novel"@en
  • "The tattoed girl : a novel"
  • "The Tattooed Girl"@en
  • "The Tattooed Girl"
  • "Dziewczyna z tatuażami"@pl
  • "Dziewczyna z tatuażami"
  • "Dövmeli kız : roman"
  • "The tattooed girl"
  • "The tattooed girl"@en
  • "Tattoed girl / a novel"@en
  • "La ragazza tatuata : romanzo"@it
  • "Tattooed girl"
  • "La ragazza tatuata : romanzo"
  • "Tetované děvče"
  • "The tattooed girl a novel"@en
  • "The tattooed girl a novel"
  • "Tetované děvće"

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