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I'll Take You There
I'll Take You There
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
I'll Take You There is told by a woman looking back on her first years of college, at Syracuse in the 1970s. Her story, softened by the gauze of memory and the relief of having survived, nonetheless captures a harrowing ordeal of alienation and despair, heightened by a wrenching interracial love affair and her father's death. — Cursed by ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780060501174
ISBN-10: 0060501170
Publication Date: 10/1/2002
Pages: 304
Rating:
  • Currently 2.9/5 Stars.
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2.9 stars, based on 17 ratings
Publisher: Ecco
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Helpful Score: 2
Didn't like it at all. Stuck with it until I reached about 100 pages and I realized I was just torturing myself.
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Helpful Score: 1
A serious, brooding look at an intellectual college girl. Well crafted in haunting language. Distinctively Oates.
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reviewed I'll Take You There on + 7 more book reviews
I am never disappointed with Joyce Carol Oates books and this was no exception.
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Yhis story is not one of JCO's strongest, but is still a pretty good read.


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