Because IT is Bitter, And Because IT is my Heart
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Because IT is Bitter, And Because IT is my Heart by Joyce Oates
Joyce Carol Oates adds to her extraordinary body of work with this stunning National Book Award Finalist filled with violence, love, racism, and a shared secret in mid-century New York.In the early 1950s in an industrial town, racial boundaries may keep people apart--or bring them together explosively. Iris Courtney, who is white, is the only witness when handsome Jinx Fairchild, a black basketball player, kills a white man in order to protect her.
The secret link between Iris and Jinx is not only their attraction to each other, but a bond of passion and guilt that has formed between them. This one irrevocable, tragic act shapes their lives and alters their destinies in Joyce Carol Oates's finest, emotion-packed novel--a work critics call a masterpiece, the best work of America's best writer of contemporary realism.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780452265813 |
| ISBN 10 | 0452265819 |
| Title | Because IT is Bitter, And Because IT is my Heart |
| Author | Joyce Oates |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 1991-03-30 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for National Book Awards (Fiction) 1990 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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