''Bellefleur'' (1980) is a
magic realist novel by American writer
Joyce Carol Oates about the generations of an upstate New York family. It is the first book in Oates' "Gothic Saga" and at the time of publication represented a major departure from the modern-day themes about which Oates had written up to that point.
1980 American novels
Novels by Joyce Carol Oates
American magic realism novels
Novels set in New York (state)
E. P. Dutton books
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