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Breathe
‘America’s preeminent fiction writer’ New Yorker ‘A raw, propulsive tale of love and grief’ Mail on Sunday
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America’s preeminent fiction writer — New Yorker
A raw, propulsive tale of love and grief — Mail on Sunday
A novel of love and loss from the bestselling and prizewinning author of Blonde.
Michaela and her husband have moved to the starkly beautiful but uncanny landscape of New Mexico to take up an academic residency. But when Gerard is struck by a fatal illness, their life begins to resemble a nightmare. At thirty-seven, Michaela must first face the terrifying prospect of widowhood, then the chaos of the days when Gerard is gone.
Haunting and utterly heart-wrenching, Breathe explores the intense madness of grief and what happens when a love cannot be surrendered.
A fever dream of a novel — New York Times
Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious, and creative writer going, as far as I’m concerned — Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl
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The reviews for Breathe highlight it as a powerful tale of love and grief set in New Mexico, exploring themes such as the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice alongside Native American myths. Critics note the novel's raw and propulsive narrative, describing it as an emotionally complex allegory of grief, with an unsettling and hallucinatory atmosphere. Joyce Carol Oates's storytelling is praised for its intensity and depth, particularly in depicting the protagonist's struggle with loss.
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ISBN: 9780008490928
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 21 July 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Fourth Estate Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Book Award and the PEN / Malamud Award, and has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Her books include We Were the Mulvaneys, Blonde, Carthage, A Book of American Martyrs and Hazards of Time Travel. She is Professor of Humanities at Princeton University.
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