Ebook {Epub PDF} The Gravediggers Daughter: A Novel by Joyce Carol Oates

 · The Gravedigger’s Daughter is a rather long novel, but it is worth the investment in time, for it is compelling reading. Oates is a writer of such fine gifts and such intense discipline that. The Gravedigger’s Daughter is a novel by American author Joyce Carol Oates, based loosely on the life of her grandmother and maternal grandfather, the latter who attacked his wife, threatened Oates’ grandmother, then killed himself. It explores how the specter of World War II and the Holocaust affected even those who escaped its immediate impact – sometimes fatally so. The Gravedigger’s Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates is a well-written story of Rebecca Swartz, the central character who becomes a young married woman in her mid-twenties. The story captures her youth as a child, along with her Je So, I read some of the reviews prior to listening to this story and was almost tempted to bypass this novel/5.

Author: Joyce Carol Oates Publisher: Ecco Press Year: Pages: In the Schwarts, an immigrant family desperate to escape Nazi Germany, settle in a small town in upstate New York, where the father, a former high school teacher, is demeaned by the only job he can get: gravedigger and cemetery caretaker. And, who is more adept at describing the dark undercurrents of adolescent sexuality than Joyce Carol Oates? Her novel, The Gravedigger's Daughter, centers on Rebecca, who is thrust into the world after her deranged father kills her mother and then himself with a shotgun. Rebecca's two older brothers abandoned the family before the. The Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates is a well-written story of Rebecca Swartz, the central character who becomes a young married woman in her mid-twenties. The story captures her youth as a child, along with her Je So, I read some of the reviews prior to listening to this story and was almost tempted to bypass this novel.

The Gravedigger's Daughter is a novel by Joyce Carol Oates. It is her 36th published novel. The novel was based on the life of Oates's grandmother, whose father, a gravedigger settled in rural America, injured his wife, threatened his daughter, and then committed suicide. In "The Gravedigger's Daughter," Joyce Carol Oates explores the impact of childhood abuse on the development of a woman's identity. Her intricately designed and compelling novel details the brutal early life of Rebbeca Schwart and follows her into adulthood, one in which the grown woman casts off previous sufferings but never escapes their cruel shadow. The Gravedigger’s Daughter is a novel by American author Joyce Carol Oates, based loosely on the life of her grandmother and maternal grandfather, the latter who attacked his wife, threatened Oates’ grandmother, then killed himself. It explores how the specter of World War II and the Holocaust affected even those who escaped its immediate impact – sometimes fatally so.