Oates, Joyce Carol
Butcher
- ISBN 13:
- 9780008694876
- author:
- Oates, Joyce Carol
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Fourth Estate Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 248
- Dimensions:
- 24 x 15.9 x 3.5 centimetres (0.5
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
A harrowing and arresting novel about a women's asylum in 19th-century America, "Butcher" by Joyce Carol Oates is based on authentic historical documents. Dr Silas Weir, a pioneering surgeon, takes a position at the New Jersey Asylum for Female Lunatics, where he subjects women to gruesome experimentation. As his career advances, Weir's ambition is fueled by his fascination with a young Irish indentured servant named Brigit, who becomes both his primary experimental subject and the agent of his destruction. Narrated by Silas Weir's eldest son, this unique blend of fiction and fact explores the darkest regions of the American psyche. With its startling conclusion and unexpected romance, "Butcher" is a spellbinding novel that confirms Joyce Carol Oates' position as one of America's celebrated visionaries of the imagination.
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