{"product_id":"9780062356963_lovely-dark-deep","title":"Lovely, Dark, Deep","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 mesmerizing stories that maps the eerie darkness within us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInsightful, disturbing, imaginative, and breathtaking in their lyrical precision, the stories in \u003cem\u003eLovely, Dark, Deep\u003c\/em\u003e display Joyce Carol Oates’s magnificent ability to make visceral the terror, hurt, and uncertainty that lurks at the edges of ordinary lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn “Mastiff,” a woman and a man are joined in an erotic bond forged out of terror and gratitude. “Sex with Camel” explores how a sixteen-year-old boy realizes the depth of his love for his grandmother—and how vulnerable those feelings make him. Fearful that that her husband is “disappearing” from their life, a woman becomes obsessed with keeping him in her sight in “The Disappearing.” “A Book of Martyrs” 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, an unsettling 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 an artist at the height of her creative power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joyce Carol Oates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132746317973,"sku":"9780062356963","price":16.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/x750_24de55d9-7058-44d7-99e4-fdbd43ce2db9.jpg?v=1776889834","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780062356963_lovely-dark-deep","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}