Roger CentrellaCentrellaitibarenKhanpur Dilwal, Uttar Pradesh 209310, இந்தியா
I have copies available for trade.
Essentially a more cerebral version of Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird - (though I'm sure both Oates and Lamott would both prickle to hear me say it) whether you prefer Lamott's plain-spoken advice or Joyce Carol Oates' oblique, analytical voice is really up to the reader. The individual chapters are cobbled together from an assortment of sources; at times you may find yourself wondering what one chapter's relation to another might be. The final two chapters especially seem a bit superfluous: One is an interview with Oates about Blonde, the other, entitled 'JCO and I' is an elliptical musing on the nature of the writer-self. Or something. Recommended.
Brilliant story that scared the crap out of me. I still have "dust bunny" nightmares. Shudder-inducingly good.
Reviewed here.