The Collector of Hearts

New Tales of the Grotesque

by Joyce Carol Oates

In the tradition of her novel ZOMBIE, 25 tales of gothic terror by Joyce Carol Oates, including "Scars," "The Crossing," and "Death Mother."

Available editions of The Collector of Hearts

	9780786218592, Hardcover, Thorndike Pr, 1999 $3.49 (Good) Other copies of 9780786218592

	9780452280243, Paperback, Penguin Group USA, 1999 $5.50 (Very Good) Other copies of 9780452280243

	9780525944454, Hardcover, Penguin Group USA, 1998 $1.00 (Used, Very Good) Other copies of 9780525944454

Publisher Notes

Novelist, poet, dramatist and author of many of the best American short stories of our time, Joyce Carol Oates presents yet another aspect of her unbounded creativity in these mesmerizing tales of the grotesque--a follow-up to her highly acclaimed 1994 gothic short fiction collection, Haunted. From the Kafkaesque "Scars " to the ballad-like tale of erotic obsession that is "The Crossing " to a fatal twist on the mother-daughter bond in "Death Mother, " Joyce Carol Oates presents horror that is both intellectual and visceral. Dream states, rampant evil, dizzying descents into madness, all are presented in spell-binding stories worthy to set alongside those of Edgar Allan Poe--and far above all the rest.

Media Reviews

"In Oates's fluent grasp, the grotesque becomes a map of the mind's dark places. Read these stories to see her vivid imagination at work--and your own."

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