{"product_id":"2940170267132","title":"Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the legendary literary master, winner of the National Book Award and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates, a collection of thirteen spellbinding stories that maps the eerie darkness within us all\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInsightful, disturbing, and mesmerizing in their lyrical precision, the stories in \u003cem\u003eLovely, Dark, Deep\u003c\/em\u003e display Joyce Carol Oatesamp;#39;s astonishing ability to make visceral the fear, hurt, and uncertainty that lurks at the edges of ordinary lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn amp;#34;Mastiff,amp;#34; a woman and a man are joined in an erotic bond forged out of terror and gratitude. amp;#34;Sex with Camelamp;#34; explores how a sixteen-year-old boy realizes the depth of his love for his grandmotheramp;#8212;and how vulnerable those feelings make him. Fearful that her husband is vanishing from their life, a woman becomes obsessed with keeping him in her sight in amp;#34;The Disappearing.amp;#34; amp;#34;A Book of Martyrsamp;#34; reveals how the end of a pregnancy brings with it the end of a relationship. And in the title story, the elderly Robert Frost is visited by an interviewer, a troubling young woman who seems to know a good deal more about his life than she should.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA piercing and evocative collection, \u003cem\u003eLovely, Dark, Deep\u003c\/em\u003e reveals Joyce Carol Oates at her most imaginative and unsettling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179570610416,"sku":"2940170267132","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170267132_p0.jpg?v=1763794314","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170267132","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}