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From the legendary literary master, winner of the National Book Award and New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates, comes a collection of ten mesmerizing stories that maps the eerie darkness within us all. A piercing and evocative collection, Lovely, Dark, Deep reveals an artist at the height of her creative power.Insightful, disturbing, imaginative, and breathtaking in their lyrical precision, the stories in Lovely, Dark, Deep display Joyce Carol Oates magnificent ability to make visceral the terror, hurt, and uncertainty that lurk at the edges of ordinary lives.In Mastiff, a woman and a man are joined in an erotic bond forged out of terror and gratitude. Sex with Camel explores how a sixteenyearold boy realizes the depth of his love for his grandmother and how vulnerable those feelings make him.