- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Non-Fiction (Aug 15 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0880014407
- ISBN-13: 978-0880014403
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.1 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,651,763 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
In 44 short narratives, "Oates has captured precisely an essential presence and instant in the lives of her characters," commented PW. " Logical as daydreams, with endings similarly as interrupted or unforeseen, these stories reveal a master of the form, writing at her efficient, full-tilt best ."
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
"Vintage Oates...Short, sharp shots (many of them aimed at sensuality and love) from the master of moody foreboding." -- -- Kirkus Reviews
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Assignation,
This review is from: The Assignation: Stories (Paperback)
This book is my all-time favorite Oates book. I've read it years ago and find myself re-reading it from time to time. In this collection of short stories, Oates finds a way to drive home the utter despair of the human condition. "A Touch of the Flu" twisted my insides and gave me that sick feeling I get when I think about death. My favorite story is "In Traction"-- the hopelessness of the character A. is completely beyond help. Oates is absolutely the master of horror when it comes to daily life and she magically transfers those utterly private and personal feelings onto paper and exposes them grotesquely for the world to see. EXCELLENT!
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Assignation,
By "dean@alt-f.com" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Assignation: Stories (Paperback)
This book is my all-time favorite Oates book. I've read it years ago and find myself re-reading it from time to time. In this collection of short stories, Oates finds a way to drive home the utter despair of the human condition. "A Touch of the Flu" twisted my insides and gave me that sick feeling I get when I think about death. My favorite story is "In Traction"-- the hopelessness of the character A. is completely beyond help. Oates is absolutely the master of horror when it comes to daily life and she magically transfers those utterly private and personal feelings onto paper and exposes them grotesquely for the world to see. EXCELLENT!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Typical Oates,
By Nicole - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Assignation (Paperback)
The Assignation is filled with often startling and honest glimpses into the interesting moments of everyday life. Realistic to the point of being grotesque, this collection of stories is typical Oates--beautiful yet piercing. From a woman's yearly physical ("Pinch") to an ironic tour through a fallout shelter ("Shelter") Oates, as always, challenges her readers to think!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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A modern mastermind of the human experience,
By Nicole Guerrero "vagueanomaly" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Assignation: Stories (Paperback)
A small collection of short stories, some even shorter, vignettes, I suppose one could say, always in the vein of a slice of a person's life; however, Oates manages to find those things that really get to the heart of us. The volume has a theme, of secrecy, of trysts, rendezvous; the things one keeps closest to oneself, and does not like to let the too-harsh daylight shine upon them.
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