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SUMMARY:Xita Rubert is joined in conversation with Joyce Carol Oates
DESCRIPTION:Nov 11th 2026Events @ Labyrinth Books Wed 11/11 @ 6:00PMLabyr
 inth Books\, 122 Nassau Street Xita Rubert is joined in conversation wit
 h Joyce Carol Oates.The Key Biscayne Affairis a darkly funny coming-of-a
 ge novel where Florida’s sun-drenched strangeness meets the dangers of d
 erelict parenting and misplaced devotion. Save the date and bookmark thi
 s page for more information to come. In this lush\, sharply observed nov
 el\, an unnamed\, unreliable narrator remembers her surreal stay on Key 
 Biscayne\, where nobody lives unless they have something to hide. As the
  narrator is gradually drawn into the island’s morally ambiguous world\,
  putting her innocence at risk\, she begins to overidentify with her fat
 her. She becomes not just witness but also accomplice to his erratic beh
 avior\, acquiescing to his efforts to isolate herself and her brother fr
 om their concerned mother\, whose calls from Spain go unanswered. The Ke
 y Biscayne Affairis a tender\, disorienting\, and deeply disquieting com
 ing-of-age story disguised as a psychological thriller. Xita Rubert deli
 vers a powerful meditation on childhood and the knotty truths that memor
 y leaves behind. Xita Rubertis a Spanish novelist. In 2024\, she won the
  Herralde Novel Prize\, one of the most prestigious prizes for the novel
  in the Spanish language\, forThe Key Biscayne Affair. Her first novel\,
 My Days with the Kopp Family\, was translated into several languages. Sh
 e is based in New York and holds a PhD in comparative literature from Pr
 inceton University. Joyce Carol Oatesis a recipient of a National Humani
 ties Medal awarded by President Barack Obama\, the National Book Critics
  Circle’s Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award\, the National Book Award 
 in Fiction\, the Jerusalem Prize\, the Prix Femina\, the Cino Del Duca W
 orld Prize\, and is a five-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She has
  written some of the most enduring fiction of our time\, including the b
 estsellersBlondeandWe Were the Mulvaneys.She is the Roger S. Berlind ’52
  Distinguished Professor of the Humanities Emerita at Princeton Universi
 ty and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2024 she
  won the Raymond Chandler Lifetime Achievement Award given to “a master 
 of the thriller and noir literary genre.” This event is co-sponsored by 
 the Princeton Public Library and Labyrinth Books.\n\nMore info: https://
 www.labyrinthbooks.com/events/save-the-date-xita-rubert-in-conversation-
 with-joyce-carol-oates-the-key-biscayne-affair-a-novel/\n\nhttps://findl
 ocal.community/event/ae90179d-3fcd-403f-96d1-3c216c65c671
LOCATION:Bridges Book Center\, 1480 Main Street\, Rahway\, NJ 07065
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/ae90179d-3fcd-403f-96d1-3c216c65c67
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