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What I Lived for
What I Lived for
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
ISBN-13: 9780525938361
ISBN-10: 0525938362
Publication Date: 10/1/1994
Pages: 608
Rating:
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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4.5 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: E P Dutton
Book Type: Hardcover
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Yoni avatar reviewed What I Lived for on + 327 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
I adore Joyce Carol Oates. She is an amazing writer, and this is an amazing book. I couldn't put this one down. It was like a stress dream; the emotions that you live through with Corky are almost tangible. I hated him, I felt sorry for him, I kind of liked him sometimes...all at the same time. That JCO can make this so real to the reader is testimony to the masterpiece that is this book.
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Excellent; best work by Oates in a long time, in my opinion.