{"product_id":"the-frenzy-stories","title":"The Frenzy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrenzy (noun): a temporary madness; a violent mental or emotional agitation; intense usually wild and often disorderly compulsive or agitated activity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoyce Carol Oates, a master of the short story and a two-time Pulitzer finalist, has earned countless accolades, including the O. Henry and PEN\/Malamud Awards, for her penetrating explorations of human life. In The Frenzy: Stories, Oates plunges readers into the lives of her characters at moments of crisis, when the world they know—and the people they trust—suddenly unravel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA weekend trip to Cape May turns dangerous for a young woman and her older, married lover. A freak bicycle accident on a bridge casts a shadow over a family for decades. Jealousy, longing, and unexpected fortune collide in the lives of a girl and her cousin. A widow waits in vain for her husband’s return, and a hiker confronts a tense, possibly violent encounter in the woods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuspenseful, psychologically astute, and unflinchingly human, these stories reveal the fragility of our perceptions, the unpredictability of fate, and the high stakes of seemingly ordinary choices. As Oates writes, “Literature is a texture of words,” and in The Frenzy, she wields them to evoke life at its most vivid, intense, and perilous.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Offline Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47517400203316,"sku":"9780593978115","price":500.0,"currency_code":"MXN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/7388\/6004\/files\/9780593978115.jpg?v=1771367414","url":"https:\/\/offlinebooks.com\/products\/the-frenzy-stories","provider":"Offline Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}