{"product_id":"9780345484406","title":"them","description":"\u003cb\u003e“If the phrase ‘woman of letters’ existed, [Joyce Carol Oates] would be, foremost in this country, entitled to it.”—John Updike,\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs powerful and relevant today as it was on its initial publication, \u003ci\u003ethem\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the tumultuous lives of a family living on the edge of ruin in the Detroit slums, from the 1930s to the 1967 race riots. Praised by \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e for her “potent, life-gripping imagination,” Joyce Carol Oates traces the aspirations and struggles of Loretta Wendall, a dreamy young mother who is filled with regret by the age of sixteen, and the subsequent destinies of her children, Maureen and Jules, who must fight to survive in a world of violence and danger. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the National Book Award, \u003ci\u003ethem\u003c\/i\u003e is an enthralling novel about love, class, race, and the inhumanity of urban life. It is, raves \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times,\u003c\/i\u003e “a superbly accomplished vision.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThem is the third novel in the Wonderland Quartet. The books that complete this acclaimed series, \u003ci\u003eA Garden of Earthly Delights, Expensive People,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWonderland,\u003c\/i\u003e are also available from the Modern Library.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e[Oates is] a superb storyteller. For sheer readability, them is unsurpassed.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Joyce Carol Oates","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46992950395092,"sku":"9780345484406","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_28e2bc79-caf6-4a4d-8f9d-cd5ed3f34900.jpg?v=1759443554","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780345484406","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}