New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc, 1986. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. A novel from this acclaimed and prolific writer. A tight near fine copy with a remainder mark to the bottom of the page edges in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Oates on the title page.

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In addition to many prize-winning and bestselling novels, including We Were the Mulvaneys, Black Water , and Because It Is Bitter and Because It Is My Heart (available in Plume editions), Joyce Carol Oates is the author of a number of works of gothic fiction including Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque (Plume), a 1995 World Fantasy Award nominee; and Zombie (Plume), winner of the 1996 Bram Stoker Award for Best Horror Novel, awarded by the Horror Writers' Association. In 1994, Oates received the Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award in Horror Fiction. She is the editor of American Gothic Tales and her latest novel is Broke Heart Blues (Dutton). She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Bookseller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 173803
Title: Marya: A Life (Signed First Edition)
Author: OATES, Joyce Carol
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0525243747
ISBN 13: 9780525243748
Publisher: E.P. Dutton, Inc
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1986
Keywords: Literature

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