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PS3565.A8 W4 1996. We Were the Mulvaneys is a novel written by Joyce Carol Oates, and was published in 1996. We Were the Mulvaneys was featured in Oprah's Book Club in January 2001. The novel chronicles the Mulvaneys, a seemingly perfect family living in the small, rural town of Mt. Ephraim, New York, during the latter part of the 20th century.
Sep 1, 1996 · We Were the Mulvaneys is a book that moves over the unwinding and dissolution of a family like a discriminating hand over braille. Joyce Carol Oates introduces a 6 member family at their peak. Maybe even she introduces them past their zenith and onto the shallow downwind slope of the bell curve.
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Jan 24, 2001 · A powerful and heartbreaking story of a family torn apart by a rape and its aftermath. The novel explores the themes of free will, evolution, gender, class, spirituality, and the American dream through the eyes of the Mulvaneys and their friends.
Sep 1, 1997 · Joyce Carol Oates is the author of more than 70 books, including novels, short story collections, poetry volumes, plays, essays, and criticism, including the national bestsellers We Were the Mulvaneys and Blonde. Among her many honors are the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction and the National Book Award.
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Jan 24, 2001 · In addition to many prize-winning and bestselling novels, including We Were the Mulvaneys, A Book of American Martyrs, Black Water, Because It Is Bitter and Because It Is My Heart, and Broke Heart Blues, Joyce Carol Oates is the author of a number of works of gothic fiction including Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque, a World Fantasy Award nominee; and Zombie, winner of the Bram Stoker Award for ...
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A review of Joyce Carol Oates's novel We Were the Mulvaneys, a saga of a family's unhappiness and tragedy in upstate New York. The review praises Oates's skillful dramatization and her grasp of middle-class culture, and compares her to Dreiser.
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Summary. I. Family Pictures. We Were the Mulvaneys begins in the voice of the youngest member of the family, Judd Mulvaney, who serves as narrator intermittently throughout the novel. He ...
