Belle Fleur by Joyce Carol Oates Paperback Book

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Author: Joyce Carol Oates

Format: Quality Paperback

Publisher: Ecco Press

Published: Jun 2013

Genre: Fiction - Literary

Retail Price: $16.99

Pages: 320

Synopsis

A wealthy and notorious clan, the Bellefleurs live in a region not unlike the Adirondacks, in an enormous mansion on the shores of mythic Lake Noir. They own vast lands and profitable businesses, they employ their neighbors, and they influence the government. A prolific and eccentric group, they include several millionaires; a mass murderer; a spiritual seeker who climbs into the mountains looking for God; a wealthy noctambulist who dies of a chicken scratch; a baby, Germaine - the heroine of the novel - and her parents, Leah and Gideon. Written with a voluptuousness and immediacy unusual even for Oates, "Bellefleur" is widely regarded as one of her masterworks.

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