Marya: A Life - by Joyce Carol Oates (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Marya was a survivor. From the brutal lessons of an abandoned childhood to the darker, more complicated games of the adult world, she rose up to perilous heights of fame. This is her story. "Brilliant . . . thrillingly alive . . . stunning!"--Chicago Tribune.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>A deeply intimate psychological portrait of a young woman's tragic childhood, her reinvention as a successful young artist in the literary circles of 1950s New York City, and her struggle to understand and overcome the trauma of her past.</p><p>Growing up in the confines of Innisfail, a bleak town in upstate New York, bright and curious Marya endures abandonment, betrayal, and loneliness. A college scholarship offers escape, taking her to New York City, where she makes a name for herself in academic and literary circles. But success cannot overcome the damage of her childhood, pain that haunts Marya's personal, professional, and romantic relationships, and has left her unmoored.</p><p>Psychologically nuanced, rich in insight and emotional complexity, told with the unsettling power of Joyce Carol Oates's gothic novels, <em>Marya: A Lif</em>e is an intense look into the psyche of a young woman and an illuminating exploration of how the past reverberates throughout our lives.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Marya Knauer is a famous author and member of the intellectual elite. She is, by turns, admired, envied, and resented. She is also a woman haunted. Haunted by early memories of violence and abandonment. Haunted by painful feelings of longing and loss. Now Marya is about to embark on a search for her past--and for the mother who gave her away more than a quarter of a century before.... Vividly evoking the beauty of rural New York, the shattered reflections of childhood, and the complex emotions of a female artist, <em>Marya: A Life</em> is one of Joyce Carol Oates's most deeply personal and brilliantly observed novels.</p>
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