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Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart
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ISBN 9780452265813
Penguin Publishing Group
Joyce Carol Oates adds to her extraordinary body of work with this stunning novel of violence and love. At the heart of the story are two people, Iris Courtney, who is white, and handsome Jinx Fairchild, the black basketball player who, in protecting Iris, kills a white man.
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BrandPenguin Publishing Group
Pub dateMar 30, 1991
ISBN-100452265819
ISBN-139780452265813
Paperback416.0 pages
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions8 × 0.94 × 5.31 in
Weight1 lb
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