| 词条 | The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares |
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| name = The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares | title_orig = | translator = | image = The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares.jpg | caption = | author = Joyce Carol Oates | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = | genre = | publisher = Mysterious Press | release_date = November 1, 2011 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print (hardback & e-book) and audiobook | pages = 264 pp (first edition, hardback) | isbn = 0802126022 | isbn_note = (first edition, hardback) | dewey= | congress= | oclc= | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares is a collection of short stories and novellas by Joyce Carol Oates. Published in 2011 by Mysterious Press, it contains several works that Oates had worked on over a period of fifteen years.[1] SynopsisThe book contains the stories "The Corn Maiden", "Beersheba", "Nobody Knows My Name", "Fossil-Figures", "Death-Cup", "Helping Hands", and "A Hole in the Head". The story contents range from a group of children planning to sacrifice one of their classmates in "The Corn Maiden" to a widow interacting with a second-hand store employee in "Helping Hands". ReceptionCritical reception for The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares has been positive, with Kirkus Reviews calling the book "nightmarish".[2] Publishers Weekly praised the book, calling Oates "a master of psychological dread" but wrote that the audio book's narrator Christine Williams "lacks the emotional punch and range displayed" by the book's other narrator.[3][4] The Star Tribune and Bookreporter all praised the book, with Bookreporter praising the book's palpable anxiety.[5][6] References1. ^[https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2011/11/27/the-corn-maiden-and-other-nightmares-joyce-carol-oates/qkGS0eCTytGmiKORL3PUpN/story.html ‘The Corn Maiden And Other Nightmares’ by Joyce Carol Oates] Boston Globe {{Joyce Carol Oates}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Corn Maiden}}{{2010s-thriller-novel-stub}}2. ^The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares Kirkus Reviews 3. ^Fiction Review: The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares Publishers Weekly 4. ^Audio Review: The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares Publishers Weekly 5. ^The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares Bookreporter 6. ^FICTION REVIEW: "The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares" Star Tribune 3 : 2011 short story collections|Suspense novels|Works by Joyce Carol Oates |
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