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The Tattooed Girl: A Novel

The Tattooed Girl: A Novel

by Joyce Carol Oates (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Joshua Seigl, a celebrated but reclusive author, is forced for reasons of failing health to surrender his much-prized bachelor's independence. Advertising for an assistant, he unwittingly embarks upon the most dangerous adventure of his privileged life.Alma Busch, a sensuous, physically attractive young woman with bizarre tattoos covering much of her body, stirs in Seigl a complex of emotions: pity? desire? responsibility? guilt? Unaware of her painful past and her troubled personality, Seigl hires her as his assistant. As the novel alternates between Seigl's and Alma's points of view, the naïve altruism of the one and the virulent anti-Semitism of the other clash in a tragedy of thwarted erotic desire.With her masterful balance of dark suspense and surprising tenderness, Joyce Carol Oates probes the contemporary tragedy of ethnic hatred and challenges our accepted limits of desire. The Tattooed Girl may be her most controversial novel. Read more

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ASINB000FC142Q
PublisherHarperCollins e-books
AccessibilityLearn more
Publication dateOct. 13 2009
LanguageEnglish
File size3.1 MB
Screen ReaderSupported
Enhanced typesettingEnabled
X-RayEnabled
Word WiseEnabled
Print length320 pages
ISBN-13978-0061755262
Page FlipEnabled
Part of seriesThe Tattooed Girl
Best Sellers Rank#922 in Disability Fiction #102,391 in Literary Fiction (Books) #547,193 in Genre Fiction (Books)
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