A garden of earthly delights
"In A garden of earthly delights, Oates presents one of her most memorable heroines, Clara Walpole, the beautiful daughter of Kentucky-born migrant farmworkers. Desperate to rise above her haphazard existence of violence and poverty, determined not to repeat her mother's life, Clara struggles for independence by way of her relationships with four very different men: her father, a family man turned itinerant laborer, smoldering with resentment; the mysterious Lowry, who rescues Clara as a teenager and offers her the possibility of love; Revere, a wealthy landowner who provides Clara with stability; and Swan, Clara's son, who bears the psychological and spiritual burden of his mother's ambition."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2006
Modern Library pbk. ed View all formats and editions
Modern Library, New York, 2006
Psychological fiction
xxv, 404 pages ; 21 cm.
9780812968347, 0812968344
85846046
"Wonderland quartet."--Cover