The Resource The doll-master and other tales of terror, Joyce Carol Oates
The doll-master and other tales of terror, Joyce Carol Oates
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The item The doll-master and other tales of terror, Joyce Carol Oates represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Culver-Union Township Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item The doll-master and other tales of terror, Joyce Carol Oates represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Culver-Union Township Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- Six terrifying tales to chill the blood from the unique imagination of Joyce Carol Oates. A young boy plays with dolls instead of action figures. But as he grows older, his passion takes on a darker edge ... A white man shoots dead a black boy creating a media frenzy. But could it be that it was self-defense as he claims?... A nervous woman tries to escape her husband. He says he loves her, but she's convinced he wants to kill her ... These quietly lethal stories reveal the horrors that dwell within us all
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Center Point Large Print edition.
- Extent
- 367 pages (large print)
- Contents
-
- Doll-master
- Soldier
- Gun accident: an investigation
- Equatorial
- Big momma
- Mystery, Inc
- Isbn
- 9781628999860
- Label
- The doll-master and other tales of terror
- Title
- The doll-master and other tales of terror
- Statement of responsibility
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Six terrifying tales to chill the blood from the unique imagination of Joyce Carol Oates. A young boy plays with dolls instead of action figures. But as he grows older, his passion takes on a darker edge ... A white man shoots dead a black boy creating a media frenzy. But could it be that it was self-defense as he claims?... A nervous woman tries to escape her husband. He says he loves her, but she's convinced he wants to kill her ... These quietly lethal stories reveal the horrors that dwell within us all
- Summary
- A collection of six psychologically daring stories by the National Book Award-winning author of them includes the tale of a boy's obsession with a doll in the aftermath of a cousin's leukemia-related death and a teen's confrontation with an intruder while housesitting for her teacher
- Award
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- Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection, 2016.
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2016
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10488646
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1938-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Oates, Joyce Carol
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3565.A8
- LC item number
- A6 2016
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Large type books
- Grotesque
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The doll-master and other tales of terror, Joyce Carol Oates
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Doll-master
- Soldier
- Gun accident: an investigation
- Equatorial
- Big momma
- Mystery, Inc
- Control code
- 21063889
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- Center Point Large Print edition.
- Extent
- 367 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781628999860
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2016010177
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 9781628999860
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn942745200
- (OCoLC)942745200
- Label
- The doll-master and other tales of terror, Joyce Carol Oates
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Doll-master
- Soldier
- Gun accident: an investigation
- Equatorial
- Big momma
- Mystery, Inc
- Control code
- 21063889
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- Center Point Large Print edition.
- Extent
- 367 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781628999860
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2016010177
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 9781628999860
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn942745200
- (OCoLC)942745200
Subject
- trueHorror
- Horror fiction
- Large type books
- trueLife change events
- trueObsession
- truePsychology
- Short stories
- trueShort stories
- trueAdult books for young adults
- Grotesque -- Fiction
- trueSuspicion
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- trueBram Stoker Awards: Best Fiction Collection
- trueShort Stories: Horror
- trueSchool Library Journal's Adult Books 4 Teens: 2016
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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