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

Longman Publishing

Ecco Press

United States, United States of America

1st ed, New York, ©2011

London, 2011

1, PS, 2011

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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

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

2011-09-25