{"product_id":"in-rough-country-essays-and-reviews-paperback","title":"In Rough Country: Essays and Reviews - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A poignant, nostalgic collection of literary criticism by one of America's premier authors.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Rough Country \u003c\/em\u003eis a sterling collection of essays, reviews, and criticism from Joyce Carol Oates that focuses on a wide array of books and writers--from Poe to Nabokov, from Flannery O'Connor to Phillip Roth. One of our foremost novelists, National Book Award and PEN\/Malamud Award winner Oates demonstrates an unparalleled understanding and appreciation of great works of literature with \u003cem\u003eIn Rough Country\u003c\/em\u003e, and offers unique and breathtaking insights into the writer's art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn twenty-nine provocative essays, Joyce Carol Oates maps the rough country that is both the treacherous geographical and psychological terrain of the writers she so cogently analyzes--Flannery O'Connor, Cormac McCarthy, Philip Roth, E. L. Doctorow, and Margaret Atwood, among others--and the emotional terrain of Oates's own life following the unexpected death of her husband, Raymond Smith, after forty-eight years of marriage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs literature is a traditional solace to the bereft, so writing about literature can be a solace, as it was to me when the effort of writing fiction seemed beyond me, as if belonging to another lifetime, Oates writes. Reading and taking notes, especially late at night when I can't sleep, has been the solace, for me, that saying the Rosary or reading \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Common Prayer\u003c\/em\u003e might be for another. The results of those meditations are the essays of \u003cem\u003eIn Rough Country\u003c\/em\u003e--balanced and illuminating investigations that demonstrate an artist working at the top of her form.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn twenty-nine provocative essays, Joyce Carol Oates maps the \"rough country\" that is both the treacherous geographical and psychological terrain of the writers she so cogently analyzes--Flannery O'Connor, Cormac McCarthy, Philip Roth, E. L. Doctorow, and Margaret Atwood, among others--and the emotional terrain of Oates's own life following the unexpected death of her husband, Raymond Smith, after forty-eight years of marriage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As literature is a traditional solace to the bereft, so writing about literature can be a solace, as it was to me when the effort of writing fiction seemed beyond me, as if belonging to another lifetime,\" Oates writes. \"Reading and taking notes, especially late at night when I can't sleep, has been the solace, for me, that saying the Rosary or reading \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Common Prayer\u003c\/em\u003e might be for another.\" The results of those meditations are the essays of \u003cem\u003eIn Rough Country\u003c\/em\u003e--balanced and illuminating investigations that demonstrate an artist working at the top of her form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.03 x 7.98 x 6.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 29, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52915342803260,"sku":"9780061963988","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/7265\/1324\/files\/YnZQc2lRSVZCLzVYakRzOEphdU16Zz09.webp?v=1774361692","url":"https:\/\/barginbooks.co\/products\/in-rough-country-essays-and-reviews-paperback","provider":"Books Fare ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}