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Black Water
JOYCE CAROL OATES

Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates
63 reviews (1992) (154p)
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Finalist
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist

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Book Description
A senator seduces young Kelly Kelleher at a Fourth of July picnic, and as they head for his hotel, his rented Toyota swerves off the unnamed road and into the black water. Reprint. NYT.


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Lovely, Dark, Deep by Joyce Carol Oates
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The Gravediggers Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates
84 reviews (2007) (992p) (NBCCA)
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Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
183 reviews (2000) (752p) (PP) (NBA)
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What I Lived For by Joyce Carol Oates
19 reviews (1994) (624p) (PP) (PF)
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Because It Is Bitter and Because It Is My Heart by Joyce Carol Oates
25 reviews (1990) (416p) (NBA)
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You Must Remember This by Joyce Carol Oates
20 reviews (1987) (448p) (LATimes)
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Bellefleur by Joyce Carol Oates
16 reviews (1980) (592p) (LATimes)
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Them by Joyce Carol Oates
25 reviews (1969) (480p) (NBA)
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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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