Solstice (Magill Book Reviews)

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Monica Jensen, emerging from marriage at age twenty-nine, wants to establish her own life and discover her own tastes: She teaches in a private school, enjoys the labor of fixing up a house, and likes her privacy and sense of control. The novel’s action traces her friendship with Sheila Trask, a fairly well-known painter and accomplished horsewoman. Sheila’s energy, disorder, and passion add life to Monica’s existence but force her to question her ideal of control and self-sufficiency.

Several recent novels by Joyce Carol Oates imitate (and thus enrich and question) popular...

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