Shirley Jackson: Four novels of the 1940s-50s

The road through the wall, Hangsaman, The bird's nest, The sundial

Shirley Jackson: Four novels of the 1940s-50s

Jackson, Shirley

Editorial Library Of America
Fecha de edición octubre 2020 · Edición nº 1

Idioma inglés

EAN 9781598536706
850 páginas
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura
Dimensiones 130 mm x 240 mm


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Resumen del libro

Shirley Jackson the beloved author of The Lottery, The Haunting of Hill House, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle is more and more being recognized as one of the finest writers of the American gothic tradition, a true heir of Edgar Allan Poe and Henry James. Now, Jackson's award-winning biographer Ruth Franklin gathers the subtle, chilling, hypnotic novels with which she began her unique career. Her haunting debut tale The Road Through the Wall (1948) explores the secret desires, petty hatreds, and ultimate terrors that lurk beneath the picture-perfect domesticities of a suburban California neighborhood. In Hangsaman (1951) inspired by the real-life disappearance of a Bennington College sophomore the precocious but lonely Natalie Waite grows increasingly dependent on an imaginary friend. The Bird's Nest (1954) has not one but four protagonists: the shy, demure young Elizabeth and, revealed with a series of surprising twists, her other, multiple personalities. At the beginning of The Sundial (1958), the eccentric Halloran clan, gathered at the family manse for a funeral, becomes convinced that the world is about to end and that only those who remain in the house shall be saved. In what is perhaps her most unsettling novel, Jackson follows their crazed, violent preparations for the afterlife.

Biografía del autor

Estudió en la Universidad de Syracuse. En 1948 aparecieron su primera novela, The Road Through the Wall, y el cuento La lotería , ya convertido en un clásico. En 1962 publicó Siempre hemos vivido en el castillo, considerada por la revista Time como una de las diez mejores novelas de ese año.





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