Bellefleur
(Book)

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New York : Ecco, 2013.
ISBN
006226916X, 9780062269164
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - AdultFICTION OATES, J.C.On Shelf
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Published
New York : Ecco, 2013.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xv, 733 pages; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
006226916X, 9780062269164

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A wealthy and notorious clan, the Bellefleurs live in a region not unlike the Adirondacks, in an enormous mansion on the shores of mythic Lake Noir. They own vast lands and profitable businesses, they employ their neighbors, and they influence the government. A prolific and eccentric group, they include several millionaires, a mass murderer, a spiritual seeker who climbs into the mountains looking for God, a wealthy noctambulist who dies of a chicken scratch. Bellefleur traces the lives of several generations of this unusual family. At its center is Gideon Bellefleur and his imperious, somewhat psychic, very beautiful wife, Leah, their three children (one with frightening psychic abilities), and the servants and relatives, living and dead, who inhabit the mansion and its environs. Their story offers a profound look at the world's changeableness, time and eternity, space and soul, pride and physicality versus love. Bellefleur is an allegory of caritas versus cupiditas, love and selflessness versus pride and selfishness. It is a novel of change, baffling complexity, mystery.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Oates, J. C. (2013). Bellefleur (First Ecco paperback edition.). Ecco.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-. 2013. Bellefleur. Ecco.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-. Bellefleur Ecco, 2013.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Oates, Joyce Carol. Bellefleur First Ecco paperback edition., Ecco, 2013.

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