We Were the Mulvaneys

图书标准信息

• 作者 Joyce Carol Oates 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins UK
• 出版时间 2001-07
• ISBN 9781841156996
• 定价 89.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 464页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Theunforgettablestoryoftherise,fallandultimateredemptionofanAmericanfamily.
TheMulvaneysareseeminglyblessedbyeverythingthatmakeslifesweet.Theylivetogetherinthepicture-perfectHighPointFarm,justoutsidethecommunityofMtEphraim,NewYork,wheretheyarerespectedandlikedbyeverybody.
YetsomethinghappensonValentine'sDay1976.AnincidentinvolvingMarianneMulvaney,theprettysixteen-year-olddaughter,ishushedupinthetownandneverdiscussedwithinthefamily.Theimpactofthiseventreverberatesthroughoutthelivesofthecharacters.
AstoldbyJudd,yearslater,inanattempttomakesenseofhisownpastrevealstheunspokentruthsofthatnightthatrendsthefabricofthefamilylifewithtragicconsequences.In‘WeWeretheMulvaneys’,JoyceCarolOates,thehighlyacclaimedauthorof‘Blonde’,masterfullyweavesanunforgettablestoryoftherise,fallandultimateredemptionofanAmericanfamily.

【作者简介】

JoyceCarolOatesisanovelist,critic,playwright,poetandauthorofshortstoriesandisoneofAmerica’smosthighlyrespectedliteraryfigures.SheistheRogerS.BerlindDistinguishedProfessorofHumanitiesatPrincetonUniversity.Hermostrecentnovel,‘TheGravedigger’sDaughter’,waspublishedin2007.