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Shvoong Home>Lifestyle>Hobbies>I'll Take You There Review

I'll Take You There

Book Review   by:SM THOMPSON     Original Author: Joyce Carol Oates
  • Summary rating: 5 stars (1 Ratings)
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There is a starlingly pic of the featured woman ... writer ... and the article reads as follows:

As a young child Joyce Carol Oates was given a copy of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by her grandmother
Blanche, and t became - the most profound literary influence - of her life - at 14 Blanche gave her a typewriter and her reading moved from Alice to Faulkner, Dostoevsky, the Brontes, and Hemingway.

Oates began to train herself to become a writer - writing novel after novel and - throwing them out - when completed.
Demonstrating early a mind burning with ideas - a fine critical severity towards her own work.

With a long career, Oates has written more than 4O novels and produced a substantial output of plays, essays and memoirs. Despite the gigantic oeuvre and its treasure chest of prizes, Oates is still searching for a perfection
not yet found or a vision not yet - realised - a feeling every serious writer will recognise.

She is criticised for writing too much - but in "Blonde" (2OOO) she affects an understanding of the life of Marilyn Monroe than any /other/ biography .. and the less ambitious "Black Water" (1992) based on the fatal drowning episode at Chappaqiddick.

Yet the unvanquished heroine of "The Falls" (2OO4) we find an echo of the bullied protagonist of "I'll Take You There" (2OO2):

Joyce Carol Oates imagination - is unique - dystopian and vivid as Lewis Carroll's. From her self punishing beginnings on Blanche's typewriter, she has created a Wonderland all of her own.

This is an insight into the life and work of Joyce Carol Oates and its focus in the Guardian Weekend stands next to the heading - This week in Books!

It is very helpful to the reader who has a busy schedule and does not have sufficient time to pour over the shelves of books in bookstores but relies rather on a quick glance at the window display: Great reading I feel sure!
Published: September 08, 2012   
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