Prison Noir
β Scribed by Oates, Joyce Carol (editor)
- Book ID
- 108450735
- Publisher
- Akashic Books
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Series
- Akashic Noir
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781617752391
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
"These are stories that resonate with authenticity and verve and pain and truth. Any collection edited by the National Book Award-winning author Oates (them ; Blonde , Rape: A Love Story) deserves attention, but the contributors are deft and confident, and great writers without her imprimatur....Authentic, powerful, visceral, moving, great writing."
--Library Journal , Starred review
"A remarkable anthology of stories written by inmates of correctional institutions across America...Most importantly, this landmark volume amplifies the voices of the incarcerated."
--Publishers Weekly , Starred review
Included in Publishers Weekly 's Fall Preview (Mysteries & Thrillers)
"Affecting, powerfully written and arresting literature. Well worth seeking out."
--BRSBKBLOG
Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched with the summer '04...
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"A remarkable anthology of stories written by inmates of correctional institutions across America...Most importantly, this landmark volume amplifies the voices of the incarcerated." --**_Publishers Weekly_** , Starred review Included in **_Publishers Weekly_** 's Fall Preview (Mysteries & Thrill
"Reading the fifteen stories in *Prison Noir* is a sobering experience. Unlike most claimants to that much-abused term, this is the real thing...The power of this collection comes from the voices of these authors, voices suffused with rage ("3 Block From Hell," by Bryan K. Palmer), despair ("There W
"These are stories that resonate with authenticity and verve and pain and truth. Any collection edited by the National Book Award-winning author Oates (*them*; *Blonde*, *Rape: A Love Story*) deserves attention, but the contributors are deft and confident, and great writers without her imprimatur...
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