In a work unlike anything she's written before, National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates unveils a poignant, intimate memoir about the unexpected death of her husband of forty-six years and its wrenching, surprising aftermath. "My husband died, my life collapsed." On a February morning in 2008, Joyce Carol Oates drove her ailing husband, Raymond Smith, to the emergency room of the Princeton Medical Center where he was diagnosed with pneumonia. Both Joyce and Ray expected him to be released in a day or two. But in less than a week, even as Joyce was preparing for his discharge, Ray died from a virulent hospital-acquired infection, and Joyce was suddenly faced—totally unprepared—with the stunning reality of widowhood. A Widow's Story illuminates one woman's struggle to comprehend a life without the partnership that had sustained and defined her for nearly half a century. As never before, Joyce Carol Oates shares the derangement of denial, the anguish of loss, the disorientation of the survivor amid a nightmare of "death-duties," and the solace of friendship. She writes unflinchingly of the experience of grief—the almost unbearable suspense of the hospital vigil, the treacherous "pools" of memory that surround us, the vocabulary of illness, the absurdities of commercialized forms of mourning. Here is a frank acknowledgment of the widow's desperation—only gradually yielding to the recognition that "this is my life now." Enlivened by the piercing vision, acute perception, and mordant humor that are the hallmarks of the work of Joyce Carol Oates, this moving tale of life and death, love and grief, offers a candid, never-before-glimpsed view of the acclaimed author and fiercely private woman.

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Joyce Carol Oates

Longman Publishing

Ecco Press

United States, United States of America

Kindle ed, New York, ©2011

1st ed, New York, ©2011

London, 2011

1, PS, 2011

до 2011-01

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Type: 英文图书

Bookmarks:
1. (p1) I THE VIGIL
1.1. (p2) 1 The Message
1.2. (p3) 2 Car Wreck
1.3. (p4) 3 The First Wrong Things
1.4. (p5) 4 "Pneumonia"
1.5. (p6) 5 Telemetry
1.6. (p7) 6 E-mail Record
1.7. (p8) 7 E. coli
1.8. (p9) 8 Hospital Vi gil (s)
1.9. (p10) 9 Jasmine
1.10. (p11) 10 Vigil
1.11. (p12) 11 E-mail Record
1.12. (p13) 12 Memory Pools
1.13. (p14) 13 "I'm Not Crying for Any Reason"
1.14. (p15) 14 The Call
2. (p16) II FREE FALL
2.1. (p17) 15 "The Golden Vanity"
2.2. (p18) 16 Yellow Pages
2.3. (p19) 17 The Arrow
2.4. (p20) 18 E-mail Record
2.5. (p21) 19 Last Words
2.6. (p22) 20 "You've Said Good-bye"
2.7. (p23) 21 Double Plot
2.8. (p24) 22 Cat Pee
2.9. (p25) 23 Probate
2.10. (p26) 24 "Sympathy Gift Basket"
2.11. (p27) 25 The Betrayal
2.12. (p28) 26 The Artisans
2.13. (p29) 27 E-mail Record
3. (p30) III THE BASILISK
3.1. (p31) 28 "Beady Dead Eyes Like Gems"
3.2. (p32) 29 The Lost Husband
3.3. (p33) 30 "How Are You?"
3.4. (p34) 31 "Bells for John Whiteside's Daughter"
3.5. (p35) 32 The Nest
3.6. (p36) 33 Ghost Rooms
3.7. (p37) 34 E-mail Record
3.8. (p38) 35 Fury!
3.9. (p39) 36 Oasis
3.10. (p40) 37 Bruised Knees
3.11. (p41) 38 A Dream of Such Happiness!
3.12. (p42) 39 "We Want to See You Soon"
3.13. (p43) 40 Moving Away
3.14. (p44) 41 "Won't Be Seeing You for a While"
3.15. (p45) 42 "Can't Find You Where Are You"
3.16. (p46) 43 "I Am Sorry to Inform You"
4. (p47) IV PURGATORY, HELL
4.1. (p48) 44 "Neither Joyce Nor I Can Come to the Phone Right Now"
4.2. (p49) 45 The Military Order of the Purple Heart
4.3. (p50) 46 In Motion!
4.4. (p51) 47 In Motion!-"Still Alive"
4.5. (p52) 48 In Motion!-"Mouth of the Rat"
4.6. (p53) 49 In Motion!"The Wonder Woman of American Literature"
4.7. (p54) 50 In Motion!-"You Can't Sit There"
4.8. (p55) 51 "Never Forget"
4.9. (p56) 52 The Widow's Secret
4.10. (p57) 53 Congratulations! I
4.11. (p58) 54 Congratulations! II
4.12. (p59) 55 E-mail Record
4.13. (p60) 56 The Cache
4.14. (p61) 57 Morbidity Studies
4.15. (p62) 58 The Intruder
5. (p63) V "YOU LOOKED SO HAPPY"
5.1. (p64) 59 Too Soon!
5.2. (p65) 60 "Leaving Las Vegas"
5.3. (p66) 61 "The Unlived... "
5.4. (p67) 62 Crude Cruel Stupid "Well-Intentioned"
5.5. (p68) 63 "If
5.6. (p69) 64 "Never, Ever That Again"
5.7. (p70) 65 The "Real World"
5.8. (p71) 66 Little Love Story
5.9. (p72) 67 Tulips
5.10. (p73) 68 Please Forgive!
5.11. (p74) 69 "Happy, and Excited"
5.12. (p75) 70 Blood in the Water!
5.13. (p76) 71 Walking Wounded
5.14. (p77) 72 Dead Woman Walking
5.15. (p78) 73 Taboo
5.16. (p79) 74 "Ashamed to Be 'White'"
5.17. (p80) 75 It Made No Difference
5.18. (p81) 76 Sinkholes
5.19. (p82) 77 The Garden
5.20. (p83) 78 The Pilgrimage
5.21. (p84) 79 "You Looked So Happy"
5.22. (p85) 80 Black Mass I
5.23. (p86) 81 Black Mass II
5.24. (p87) 82 "Good Girl!"
5.25. (p88) 83 The Resolution
5.26. (p89) 84 "Did Ray Like Swing?"
5.27. (p90) 85 "Title"
5.28. (p91) 86 "Your Husband Is Still Alive"
6. (p92) EPILOGUE
6.1. (p93) Three Small Sightings in August
6.2. (p94) The Widow's Handbook

Unlike anything Joyce Carol Oates has written before, A Widows Story is the universally acclaimed author's poignant, intimate memoir about the unexpected death of Raymond Smith, her husband of forty-six years, and its wrenching, surprising aftermath. A recent recipient of National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, Oates, whose novels ( Blonde , The Gravediggers Daughter , Little Bird of Heaven , etc.) rank among the very finest in contemporary American fiction, offers an achingly personal story of love and loss. A Widows Story is a literary memoir on a par with The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion and Calvin Trillins About Alice .

Joyce Carol Oates shares her struggle to comprehend a life absent of the partnership that had sustained and defined her for nearly half a century

2011-06-04