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this way is enonnous. The personal test of the classroom is more intense
for them than for most teachers because it cannot be passed by playing
games within the rules established by their institutions. Rather, they
are forced to lay themselves open to the threats posed by all the other
demanding egos in the classroom; they have to earn their respect and
trust.
"One of the finest collections of short fiction ever
written
by
an American."-JOHN ALFRED AVANT*
Joyce
Carol
Oates
Winnerofthe National Book
Award for Fiction
lHE
WiEELOF
LOVE
and Other Stories
"Oates makes her impact in new ways, as did James in
The
Sacred Fount
and Virginia Woolf in
The Waves.
One must call Joyce Carol
Oates a great writer."-*JOHN ALFRED AVANT,
Library Journal
''These 20 moving stories leave an ineradicable after image.
They demonstrate emphatically the special gift of its author for involving
the reader in emotions that are timeless, yet completely of our time."
-MARJORIE M. BITKER,
The Milwaukee Journal
"Each of her stories uses the
materials, metaphor, rhythm and image needed
to make that story strike home, often with an
emotional strength that surprises the reader ...
From a writer of such gifts one wants her best,
because it is so good. This book is full of the
best."-DANIEL STERN,
Book World
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