{"product_id":"garden-of-earthly-delights-pb-joyce-carol-oates-9780812968347","title":"A Garden of Earthly Delights","description":"\u003cb\u003eA masterly work from a writer with \"the uncanny ability to give us a cinemascopic vision of her America\" (\u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eA Garden of Earthly Delights \u003c\/i\u003eis the opening stanza in what would become one of the most powerful and engrossing story arcs in literature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoyce Carol Oates's Wonderland Quartet comprises four remarkable novels that explore social class in America and the inner lives of young Americans. In \u003ci\u003eA Garden of Earthly Delights\u003c\/i\u003e, Oates presents one of her most memorable heroines, Clara Walpole, the beautiful daughter of Kentucky-born migrant farmworkers. Desperate to rise above her haphazard existence of violence and poverty, determined not to repeat her mother's life, Clara struggles for independence by way of her relationships with four very different men: her father, a family man turned itinerant laborer, smoldering with resentment; the mysterious Lowry, who rescues Clara as a teenager and offers her the possibility of love; Revere, a wealthy landowner who provides Clara with stability; and Swan, Clara's son, who bears the psychological and spiritual burden of his mother's ambition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Garden of Earthly Delights\u003c\/i\u003e is the first novel in the Wonderland Quartet. The books that complete this acclaimed series, \u003ci\u003eExpensive People\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e them, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWonderland\u003c\/i\u003e, are also available from the Modern Library.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joyce Carol Oates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812968344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812968347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2003 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2003 pg. 339\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2003","brand":"Joyce Carol Oates","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44042958504191,"sku":"9780812968347","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_196624f6-dd6f-4774-8734-1a085179934a.jpg?v=1684964492","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/garden-of-earthly-delights-pb-joyce-carol-oates-9780812968347","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}