{"product_id":"2940170208975","title":"Black Dahlia \u0026 White Rose: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA wildly inventive new collection ofstories by Joyce Carol Oates that chartsthe surprising ways in which the worldwe think we know can unexpectedlyreveal its darker contours\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e has hailed Joyce Carol Oates as \"adangerous writer in the best sense of the word, one whotakes risks almost obsessively with energy and relish.\"\u003cem\u003eBlack Dahlia amp; White Rose\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of eleven previouslyuncollected stories, showcases the keen rewards ofOates's relentless brio and invention. In one beautifullyhoned story after another, Oates explores the menace thatlurks at the edges of and intrudes upon even the seeminglysafest of lives-and maps with rare emotional acuity thetransformational cost of such intrusions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnafraid to venture into no-man's-lands both real andsurreal, Oates takes readers deep into dangerous territory,from a maximum-security prison-vividly delineatingthe heartbreaking and unexpected atmosphere of such aninstitution-to the inner landscapes of two beautiful andmysteriously doomed young women in 1940s Los Angeles:Elizabeth Short, otherwise known as the Black Dahlia,victim of a long-unsolved and particularly brutal murder,and her roommate Norma Jeane Baker, soon to becomeMarilyn Monroe. Whether exploring the psychologicalcompulsion of the wife of a well-to-do businessman whois ravished by, and elopes with, a lover who is not what heseems or the uneasily duplicitous relationships betweenyoung women and their parents, \u003cem\u003eBlack Dahlia amp; White Rose\u003c\/em\u003eexplores the compelling intertwining of dread and desire,the psychic pull and trauma of domestic life, and resonatesat every turn with Oates's mordant humor and hertrenchant observation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098283917552,"sku":"2940170208975","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170208975_p0.jpg?v=1763704965","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170208975","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}