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The novel chronicles the Mulvaneys, a seemingly perfect family living in the small, rural town of Mt. Ephraim, New York, during the latter part of the 20th century. The Mulvaneys own a successful roofing business, and are obsessed with social status.
1 de set. de 1996 · We Were the Mulvaneys is a book that moves over the unwinding and dissolution of a family like a discriminating hand over braille. Joyce Carol Oates introduces a 6 member family at their peak. Maybe even she introduces them past their zenith and onto the shallow downwind slope of the bell curve.
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24 de jan. de 2001 · A powerful and heartbreaking story of a family torn apart by a rape and its aftermath. The novel explores the themes of free will, evolution, gender, class, spirituality, and the American dream through the eyes of the Mulvaneys and their friends.
Explore the plot, characters, themes, and literary devices of Joyce Carol Oates' novel "We Were the Mulvaneys". Learn how the book depicts the impact of a tragic event on a family's life and identity.
24 de jan. de 2001 · A New York Times Notable Book. The Mulvaneys are blessed by all that makes life sweet. But something happens on Valentine’s Day, 1976—an incident that is hushed up in the town and never spoken of in the Mulvaney home—that rends the fabric of their family life...with tragic consequences.
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- Joyce Carol Oates
24 de jan. de 2001 · Moving away from the dark tone of her more recent masterpieces, Joyce Carol Oates turns the tale of a family struggling to cope with its fall from grace into a deeply moving and...
A review of Joyce Carol Oates's novel We Were the Mulvaneys, a saga of a family's unhappiness and tragedy in upstate New York. The review praises Oates's skillful dramatization and her grasp of middle-class culture, and compares her to Dreiser.
