{"product_id":"black-dahlia-white-rose-9780062195692b","title":"Black Dahlia \u0026 White Rose","description":"\u003cp\u003eA wildly inventive new collection of stories by Joyce Carol Oates that charts the surprising ways in which the world we think we know can unexpectedly reveal its darker contours\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e has hailed Joyce Carol Oates as \"a dangerous writer in the best sense of the word, one who takes risks almost obsessively with energy and relish.\" \u003ci\u003eBlack Dahlia \u0026amp; White Rose\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of eleven previously uncollected stories, showcases the keen rewards of Oates's relentless brio and invention. In one beautifully honed story after another, Oates explores the menace that lurks at the edges of and intrudes upon even the seemingly safest of lives-and maps with rare emotional acuity the transformational cost of such intrusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnafraid to venture into no-man's-lands both real and surreal, Oates takes readers deep into dangerous territory, from a maximum-security prison-vividly delineating the heartbreaking and unexpected atmosphere of such an institution-to the inner landscapes of two beautiful and mysteriously doomed young women in 1940s Los Angeles: Elizabeth Short, otherwise known as the Black Dahlia, victim of a long-unsolved and particularly brutal murder, and her roommate Norma Jeane Baker, soon to become Marilyn Monroe. Whether exploring the psychological compulsion of the wife of a well-to-do businessman who is ravished by, and elopes with, a lover who is not what he seems or the uneasily duplicitous relationships between young women and their parents, \u003ci\u003eBlack Dahlia \u0026amp; White Rose\u003c\/i\u003e explores the compelling intertwining of dread and desire, the psychic pull and trauma of domestic life, and resonates at every turn with Oates's mordant humor and her trenchant observation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42818559737936,"sku":"9780062195692B","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780062195692-l.jpg?v=1785872313","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/black-dahlia-white-rose-9780062195692b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}