{"product_id":"the-corn-maiden-by-joyce-carol-oates-9781801102964","title":"The Corn Maiden","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the towering imagination of Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of \u003ci\u003eBLONDE\u003c\/i\u003e, now a major motion picture, seven nightmarish and unbearably taut tales.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMarissa is an innocent girl, with hair the colour of corn-silk. She does not hold others in strange thrall, as some young women do; she obeys her parents and does not stay late after school, lingering on her walk through the swaying heads of maize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe is the perfect sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwice nominated for the Nobel Prize, Oates presents an unbearably taut and terrifying tale combining the fury of folklore and blood sacrifice with the depths of adolescent insecurity in \u003ci\u003eThe Corn Maiden\u003c\/i\u003e, a novella, followed by six other nightmares.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eReviews for Joyce Carol Oates:\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A writer of extraordinary strengths.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Both haunting and sublime.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Splendidly chilling.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Visceral, psychologically involving, and socially astute.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072700203244,"sku":"9781801102964","price":22.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7129733482829.jpg?v=1765127345","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-corn-maiden-by-joyce-carol-oates-9781801102964","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}