Four Summers | Critical Overview
The reviews for The Wheel of Love were good, though some reviewers had reservations. Writing for Publishers Weekly, Barbara Bannon is effusive in her praise, claiming The Wheel of Love ‘‘May well be Joyce Carol Oates’s finest collection of short stories yet . . . the effects on the reader are apt to linger long after he has finished the individual stories.’’ A reviewer for Kirkus Reviews writes, ‘‘These rich, intent stories . . . have the supra-reality of the bleak hours before dawn as Miss Oates’...
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