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The Resource Night-gaunts and other tales of suspense, Joyce Carol Oates, (compact disc)

Night-gaunts and other tales of suspense, Joyce Carol Oates, (compact disc)

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Summary
  • Reveling in the uncanny and richly in conversation with other creative minds, Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense stands at the crossroads of sex, violence, and longing--and asks us to interrogate the intersection of these impulses within ourselves
  • ""The Woman in the Window" ... opens with a woman, naked except for her high-heeled shoes, seated in front of the window in an apartment she cannot, on her own, afford. In this exquisitely tense narrative reimagining of Edward Hopper's Eleven A.M., 1926, the reader enters the minds of both the woman and her married lover, each consumed by alternating thoughts of disgust and arousal, as he rushes, amorously, murderously, to her door. In "The Long-Legged Girl," an aging, jealous wife crafts an unusual game of Russian roulette involving a pair of Wedgewood teacups, a strong Bengal brew, and a lethal concoction of medicine. Who will drink from the wrong cup, the wife or the dance student she believes to be her husband's latest conquest? In "The Sign of the Beast," when a former Sunday school teacher's corpse turns up, the blighted adolescent she had by turns petted and ridiculed confesses to her murder--but is he really responsible? Another young outsider, Horace Phineas Love, Jr., is haunted by apparitions at the very edge of the spectrum of visibility after the death of his tortured father in "Night-Gaunts," a fantastic ode to H.P. Lovecraft."--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
7 audio discs (approximately 9 hr.)
Note
  • Title from web page
  • Compact discs
Contents
  • The woman in the window
  • The long-legged girl
  • Sign of the beast
  • The experimental subject
  • Walking wounded
  • Night-gaunts
Isbn
9781684413461
Instance
Label
Night-gaunts and other tales of suspense
Title
Night-gaunts and other tales of suspense
Statement of responsibility
Joyce Carol Oates
Creator
Contributor
Author
Narrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • Reveling in the uncanny and richly in conversation with other creative minds, Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense stands at the crossroads of sex, violence, and longing--and asks us to interrogate the intersection of these impulses within ourselves
  • ""The Woman in the Window" ... opens with a woman, naked except for her high-heeled shoes, seated in front of the window in an apartment she cannot, on her own, afford. In this exquisitely tense narrative reimagining of Edward Hopper's Eleven A.M., 1926, the reader enters the minds of both the woman and her married lover, each consumed by alternating thoughts of disgust and arousal, as he rushes, amorously, murderously, to her door. In "The Long-Legged Girl," an aging, jealous wife crafts an unusual game of Russian roulette involving a pair of Wedgewood teacups, a strong Bengal brew, and a lethal concoction of medicine. Who will drink from the wrong cup, the wife or the dance student she believes to be her husband's latest conquest? In "The Sign of the Beast," when a former Sunday school teacher's corpse turns up, the blighted adolescent she had by turns petted and ridiculed confesses to her murder--but is he really responsible? Another young outsider, Horace Phineas Love, Jr., is haunted by apparitions at the very edge of the spectrum of visibility after the death of his tortured father in "Night-Gaunts," a fantastic ode to H.P. Lovecraft."--
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1938-
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Oates, Joyce Carol
Dewey number
813/.6
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
not applicable
LC call number
PS3565.A8
LC item number
A6 2018ab
Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Music parts
not applicable
PerformerNote
Read by Xe Sands and Tim Campbell
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Sands, Xe
  • Campbell, Tim
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  • Adultery
  • Sex
  • Murder
  • Adultery
  • Murder
  • Sex
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
Label
Night-gaunts and other tales of suspense, Joyce Carol Oates, (compact disc)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from web page
  • Compact discs
Capture and storage technique
unknown
Carrier category
audio disc
Carrier category code
  • sd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The woman in the window
  • The long-legged girl
  • Sign of the beast
  • The experimental subject
  • Walking wounded
  • Night-gaunts
Control code
on1034805662
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
7 audio discs (approximately 9 hr.)
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781684413461
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
mass produced
Kind of material
plastic with metal
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Other control number
9781684413461
Other physical details
CD audio, digital
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
System control number
(OCoLC)1034805662
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable
Label
Night-gaunts and other tales of suspense, Joyce Carol Oates, (compact disc)
Publication
Note
  • Title from web page
  • Compact discs
Capture and storage technique
unknown
Carrier category
audio disc
Carrier category code
  • sd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The woman in the window
  • The long-legged girl
  • Sign of the beast
  • The experimental subject
  • Walking wounded
  • Night-gaunts
Control code
on1034805662
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
7 audio discs (approximately 9 hr.)
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781684413461
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
mass produced
Kind of material
plastic with metal
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Other control number
9781684413461
Other physical details
CD audio, digital
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
System control number
(OCoLC)1034805662
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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