What I Lived For
JOYCE CAROL OATES

What I Lived For by Joyce Carol Oates 19 reviews (1994) (624p) Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Finalist PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist

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Book Description

In a stunning portrait of a powerful man's downward spiral to moral ruin, Jerome ""Corky"" Corcoran's violent act of vengeance precipitates his downfall. Reprint. NYT. PW.

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Lovely, Dark, Deep by Joyce Carol Oates 24 reviews (2014) (432p) (PP) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

THE ACCURSED by Joyce Carol Oates 160 reviews (2013) (p) (NYT100) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Gravediggers Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates 84 reviews (2007) (992p) (NBCCA) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates 183 reviews (2000) (752p) (PP) (NBA) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates 63 reviews (1992) (154p) (PP) (NBCCA) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Because It Is Bitter and Because It Is My Heart by Joyce Carol Oates 25 reviews (1990) (416p) (NBA) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

You Must Remember This by Joyce Carol Oates 20 reviews (1987) (448p) (LATimes) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Bellefleur by Joyce Carol Oates 16 reviews (1980) (592p) (LATimes) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Them by Joyce Carol Oates 25 reviews (1969) (480p) (NBA) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Joyce Carol Oates Award Stats

Major Prize* Nominations 10   Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* 7   Pulitzer Prize Wins 0   Pulitzer Prize Nominations 4 Black Water · Blonde · What I Lived For · Lovely, Dark, Deep ·   National Book Critics Circle Award Wins 0   National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations 2 Black Water · The Gravediggers Daughter ·   National Book Award Wins 1 Them ·   National Book Award Nominations 3 Because It Is Bitter and Because It Is My Heart · Blonde · Them ·   Man Booker Prize Wins 0   Man Booker Prize Nominations 0   PEN/Faulkner Award Wins 0   PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations 1 What I Lived For ·

*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award

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