Bellefleur
by Joyce Carol Oates
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The chronicle of a wealthy, notorious family in the Adirondacks, replete with grotesque characters, a family mansion, and a ghost. Told in an elaborate style that adds to the Gothic sense, Joyce Carol Oates deals out some outrageous symbolism in one of her most popular books.
Editions of Bellefleur
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Penguin Group USA |
Date 1991 |
Price $16.55 |
 Good |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Penguin Group USA |
Date 1980 |
Price $1.00 |
Very Good |
Publisher Notes
A wealthy and notorious clan, the Bellefleurs live in a region not unlike the Adirondacks, in an enormous mansion on the shores of mythical Lake Noir. Written with a voluptuousness and immediacy unusual even for Oates, Bellefleur was hailed upon publication as the culmination of her work.
Media Reviews
"Working daily, 5 or 6 hours, on 'Bellefleur'. It felt, yesterday, as if I were crawling on the floor, pushing a bean with my nose. But I suppose it is progress. When I look back and reread earlier chapters, having pushed out of my mind the painstaking difficulty and tedium of actually writing them, they do seem good; they read with the slightly stilted, arcane, 'atavistic' air I want for 'Bellefleur'." (from her Journal)
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