High lonesome : new & selected stories, 1966-2006byJoyce Carol Oates

High Lonesome: New and Selected Stories, 1966-2006 (2006) is an anthology of short stories by author Joyce Carol Oates, first published by Ecco. It is the author's largest collection of short stories.

The anthology included previously published stories, selected by Oates as her personal favorites, accompanied by eleven new short stories. The book is otherwise divided into the decades in which the stories were written. The 1960s section has six stories, the 1970s has five, the 1980s has seven and the 1990s, the final part of the collection, has seven short stories.

A several earlier short story with a particular style of writing, the "miniature narratives" (one-or-two page 'scenes' which hint at a greater story), along with most 'horror'-themed works, were excluded from this text. One of the caveats decided upon when creating the collection was so many of the stories were now out of print. Both of these issues are discussed in author's note.

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Product Description
An unprecedented collection of the best of Joyce Carol Oates's short stories combined with eleven new stories.

No other writer can match the impressive oeuvre of Joyce Carol Oates, and High Lonesome: Selected Stories, 1966–2006 gathers stories from Oates's seminal collections, including The Wheel of Love (1970), Marriages and Infidelities (1972), and Heat (1991), arranged by decade. All demonstrate what the Chicago Tribune has praised: "the fierce originality of Oates's voice and vision, but also how she has imbued the American short story with an edgy vitality and raw social surfaces."

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Content

NEW STORIES

Spider Boy
The Fish Factory
The Cousins
Soft-Core
The Gathering Squall
The Lost Brother
In Hot May
High Lonesome
*BD* 11 1 87
Fat Man My Love
Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear

THE 1960S

Upon the Sweeping Flood
At the Seminary
In the Region of Ice
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Corrections, and Began My Life Over Again
Four Summers

THE 1970S

Small Avalanches
Concerning the Case of Bobby T.
The Tryst
The Lady with the Pet Dog
The Dead

THE 1980S

Last Days
My Warszawa
Our Wall
Raven's Wing
Golden Gloves
Manslaughter
Nairobi

THE 1990S

Heat
The Knife
The Hair
The Swimmers
Will You Always Love Me?
Life After High School
Mark of Satan

Afterword
Acknowledgements