A Fair Maiden
Author:
Joyce Carol OatesPublisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing CompanyPublication Date:
01-06-2010ISBN:
9780151015160Pages:
176Subjects:
FictionAvailable as:
Hardback, 9780151015160 CD-Audio, 9781609981662 Downloadable audio file, 9780792769088 Electronic book text, 9780547394411 Hardback, 9781847248589 Paperback, 9781847248596 Paperback, 9781849162609 Paperback, 9780547263359Description:
Fifteen-year-old Katya Spivak is out for a walk on the streets of Bayhead Harbor, New Jersey, when she is approached by silver-haired, elegant Marcus Kidder. At first his interest in her seems harmless. The world he inhabits acts as a tonic to her drab existence. And as a children's book writer, he seems to be a man she can trust. His home is beautiful and he lavishes gifts on her. Everything about him is enticing - perhaps too enticing?
Like a moth to the light Katya agrees to pose for a painting. But by degrees something changes. Being Mr Kidder's muse is not the easy endeavour it once was. What does he really want from her? And how far will he go to get it?
This spare, chilling novel shows Joyce Carol Oates at the height of her powers as a literary storyteller.
