The female of the species (Black Collection)

THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES brings together nine disturbing short stories by Joyce Carol Oates, one of the greatest novelists in contemporary American literature. In the book, several women confront the evil around them and are surprised by the evil they discover within themselves. Possessing a perversely penetrating vision, the author demonstrates why the females of our species—whether six-year-old girls, seemingly devoted wives, or elderly mothers—are by nature more deadly than males. In the first text, "So Help Me God," a young woman is home alone when the phone rings. On the other end, a strange voice flirts with her. Is it a simple prank call, or a jealous husband testing his wife? Why not a stranger who apparently knows too much about her? In "Puppets on the Avenue," an unhappy socialite discovers a secret door in her favorite store and insists that the employees see what's behind it. But not even their feverish imagination could have anticipated the horror that lurks on the other side. Adulteresses, whether from easy lives or families... it doesn't matter: the women in the book suddenly take us hostage and prove that they are anything but fragile. THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES is another moving book from Editora Record's Black Collection.