{"product_id":"mudwoman-9780062095633","title":"Mudwoman","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most acclaimed writers in the world today, the inimitable Joyce Carol Oates follows up her searing, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling memoir, \u003cem\u003eA Widow's Story\u003c\/em\u003e, with an extraordinary new work of fiction. \u003cem\u003eMudwoman\u003c\/em\u003e is a riveting psychological thriller, taut with dark suspense, that explores the high price of repression in the life of a respected university president teetering on the precipice of a nervous breakdown. Like Daphne DuMaurier's gothic masterwork, \u003cem\u003eRebecca\u003c\/em\u003e, and the classic ghost story, \u003cem\u003eThe Turn of the Screw\u003c\/em\u003e, by Henry James, Oates's \u003cem\u003eMudwoman\u003c\/em\u003e is a chilling page-turner that hinges on the power of the imagination and the blurry lines between the real and the invented--and it stands tall among the author's most powerful and beloved works, including \u003cem\u003eThe Falls\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Gravedigger's Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWe Were the Mulvaneys\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOates, Joyce Carol:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJoyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Medal of Humanities, the National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Book Award, and the 2019 Jerusalem Prize, and has been several times nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. She has written some of the most enduring fiction of our time, including the national bestsellers \u003cem\u003eWe Were the Mulvaneys\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eBlonde\u003c\/em\u003e, which was nominated for the National Book Award; and the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Falls\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the 2005 Prix Femina. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409489826066,"sku":"9780062095633","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9c6bd48c-d0b2-49c2-bef7-dbd4ded5a888.jpg?v=1729288681","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mudwoman-9780062095633","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}