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Cybele

Cybele

by Joyce Carol Oates

FictionMiddle-aged menAdultery in fictionMiddle-aged men in fictionAdultery
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"In this mordant allegory about deluded obsession, Joyce Carol Oates has transformed the earth goddess Cybele into a goddess of degenerative possession. Edwin Locke, a charming forty-year-old who has never quite found himself, falls easily into his first extramarital affair. When the novelty wanes he seeks to revive his passion with others, submerging himself in a series of increasingly grotesque liaisons"--Cover.

Themes & subjects

FictionMiddle-aged menAdultery in fictionMiddle-aged men in fictionAdulteryFiction, general

About the author

Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates

16 June 1938

American author

Author

Joyce Carol Oates

Pages

204

Read time

≈ 5h

Editions

2

Language

English

Publisher

Plume

ISBN

9780525482543

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