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The Gravedigger's Daughter is a 2007 novel by Joyce Carol Oates. It is her 36th published novel. The novel was based on the life of Oates's grandmother, whose father, a gravedigger settled in rural America, injured his wife, threatened his daughter, and then committed suicide.
- Joyce Carol Oates
- 2007
1 de jan. de 2007 · The Gravedigger's Daughter. Joyce Carol Oates. 3.57. 10,805 ratings1,247 reviews. Fleeing Nazi Germany in 1936, the Schwarts immigrate to a small town in upstate New York. Here the father—a former high school teacher—is demeaned by the only job he can get: gravedigger and cemetery caretaker.
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1 de abr. de 2008 · Here the father—a former high school teacher—is demeaned by the only job he can get: gravedigger and cemetery caretaker. When local prejudice and the family's own emotional frailty give rise to an unthinkable tragedy, the gravedigger's daughter, Rebecca heads out into America.
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- Joyce Carol Oates
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- Harper Perennial
29 de mai. de 2007 · The Gravedigger's Daughter Hardcover – Deckle Edge, May 29, 2007. by Joyce Carol Oates (Author)
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7 de jun. de 2007 · At 13 she is cornered by her shotgun-wielding father, the eponymous gravedigger, who has killed a man and blown his wife into a headless heap inside their hovel near the cemetery gates.
