The Changeling (Joy Williams novel)
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| Author | Joy Williams |
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| Set in | Florida, United States |
| Published | 1978, 2008, 2018 |
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| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Hardcover, Paperback, E-book |
| Pages | 336 |
| ISBN | 9781941040898 |
| OCLC | 990288649 |
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The Changeling is a dark fantasy and fairy tale novel by Joy Williams published in 1978 by Doubleday.[1][2] It was reprinted in a fortieth anniversary edition by Tin House Books with a introduction by Karen Russell.[3][4][5][6] It was also previously republished in 2008 by Fairy Tale Review Press as its 30th anniversary edition with a new preface by Rick Moody.[7]
Plot
The novel opens with Pearl & her infant son, Sam, at a bar in Florida, fleeing her husband, Walker, and his wealthy family who reside on a remote island off the eastern seaboard of the United States.[2] Her husband finds her in the bar & takes her & the child to the Miami airport so they can fly back to their island. The writer Tobias Carroll sums up the plot as ". . . a young woman marries the scion of a wealthy family, attempts to escape, and, after a tragic event, loses her sense of self under the controlling sway of the aforementioned family — as well as copious amounts of alcohol." [3]
References
- ^ "Books of The Times New Joy Williams Novel (Published 1978)". 1978-06-03. Archived from the original on 2025-01-25. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
- ^ a b Staff Review: "THE CHANGELING." Kirkus Reviews, 15 Feb. 2018. Gale Academic OneFile,Gale A527248309 Accessed July 15, 2026.
- ^ a b Carroll, Tobias (2018-04-10). "In Praise of Joy Williams's Tarnished Novel, 'The Changeling'". Chicago Review of Books. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
- ^ Jennings, Hope (January 23, 2020). "Hope Jennings on Joy illiams's The Changeling". The Rambling. Retrieved January 16, 2026.
- ^ Neugebauer, Samantha (2024). "'Storied Matter' & the Human Response in: Joy Williams's the Changeling and Samantha Hunt's the Seas". Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction. 65 (3): 393–406. doi:10.1080/00111619.2023.2195997.
- ^ Brown, Rosellen (1999). "Rosellen Brown Discovers Joy Williams". The Women's Review of Books. 16 (10/11): 33. doi:10.2307/4023248. JSTOR 4023248.
- ^ Garner, Dwight (April 21, 2008). "Joy Williams's 30-Year-Old Comeback Novel". Arts Beat. The New York Times. Retrieved January 16, 2026.
Further reading
- Hoy, Janet. "Review: Joy Williams, The Changeling". One Lit Place. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
- Kois, Dan (September 2, 2015). "The Misanthropic Genius of Joy Williams". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved January 16, 2026.
- Michel, Lincoln (April 18, 2018). "Mundanity and Insanity: on Joy Williams's The Changeling". Bomb (magazine). Retrieved January 16, 2026.
- Schuessler, Jennifer (October 22, 2000). "Review: The Quick and the Dead by Joy Williams". The New York times (archive). Retrieved January 16, 2026.
External links
- Official website Tin House
- Official website. Penguin Random House