by Joyce Carol Oates · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420431680
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Joyce Carol Oates' monumental and controversial novel, "A Book of American Martyrs," is a profound reflection on issues such as abortion and the death penalty, while also addressing the essential problems of today's society. The plot follows the story of two American families connected by an act of violence: the murder of an abortion doctor. Through the lives of Luther Dunphy, the perpetrator, and Augustus Voorhees, the victim, as well as their daughters, Dawn and Naomi, the novel explores the convictions and intertwined destinies in an unflinching portrait of contemporary United States.
Joyce Carol Oates is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Her novels Black Water (1992), What I Lived For (1994), and Blonde (2000), and her short story collection Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories (2014) were each finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. She has won many awards for her writing, including the National Book Award for her novel Them (1969), two O. Henry Awards, the National Humanities Medal, and the Jerusalem Prize (2019).
