Faithless

Tales of Transgression

by Joyce Carol Oates

These 24 stories cover a wide spectrum, including "Au Sable," about a man who is unable to prevent a suicide; "What Then, My Life?" about a woman whose life has been altered in surprising ways by a disturbing episode in her adolescence; and several stories based on contemporary news stories. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.

Editions of Faithless

	ISBN 9780060185251	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Harpercollins	Date 2001	Price $1.00	Good
	ISBN 9780060933579	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Ecco Pr	Date 2002	Price $2.19	Fine

Publisher Notes

In this collection of twenty-one unforgettable stories, Joyce Carol Oates explores the mysterious private lives of men and women with vivid, unsparing precision and sympathy. By turns interlocutor and interpreter, magician and realist, she dissects the psyches of ordinary people and their potential for good and evil with chilling understatement and lasting power.

Media Reviews

"The aggressive density of her style means FAITHLESS... takes time to grip. But its cumulative power often makes these 24 TALES OF TRANSGRESSION mesmerizing. Despite the occasional lapse and the routinely crepuscular atmosphere, many stories feel necessary--reading as if the characters created so much pressure inside Oates's head, she had to propel them onto paper. It is easy to identify with the pressure and even become eager to share in it...Many of Oates's characters are displaced, in extremis or, at the very least, out of sorts. They seem cut off from the mainstream and condemned to wander. It is a tribute to Oates's craft and imagination that, no matter how off-putting they are, we continually care where they turn in for the night."

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