{"product_id":"them-9780345484406","title":"them","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"If the phrase 'woman of letters' existed,  Joyce Carol Oates] would be, foremost in this country, entitled to it.\"--John Updike, \u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs powerful and relevant today as it was on its initial publication, \u003ci\u003ethem\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the tumultuous lives of a family living on the edge of ruin in the Detroit slums, from the 1930s to the 1967 race riots. Praised by \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e for her \"potent, life-gripping imagination,\" Joyce Carol Oates traces the aspirations and struggles of Loretta Wendall, a dreamy young mother who is filled with regret by the age of sixteen, and the subsequent destinies of her children, Maureen and Jules, who must fight to survive in a world of violence and danger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the National Book Award, \u003ci\u003ethem\u003c\/i\u003e is an enthralling novel about love, class, race, and the inhumanity of urban life. It is, raves \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e \"a superbly accomplished vision.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThem is the third novel in the Wonderland Quartet. The books that complete this acclaimed series, \u003ci\u003eA Garden of Earthly Delights, Expensive People, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWonderland, \u003c\/i\u003e are also available from the Modern Library. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e Oates is] a superb storyteller. For sheer readability, them is unsurpassed.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most versatile and accomplished writers of our time, \u003cb\u003eOates\u003c\/b\u003e has influenced the American literary landscape perhaps even more than we realize. \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e suggests, \"With occasional exceptions (Joyce, Flaubert), we finally care most about novelists like Dickens, George Eliot, Balzac, Tolstoy, Hardy, James, Conrad, Lawrence or Faulkner whose work is copious enough to constitute a 'world, ' and though no guarantees can be offered, energy like Joyce Carol Oates' may find an eventual reward.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50717719298322,"sku":"9780345484406","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9fbe7e33-775d-46d4-8205-af2ab38ff265.jpg?v=1734624409","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/them-9780345484406","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}