Hangsaman (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Jackson, Shirley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143107046 ISBN 13: 9780143107040

Publisher: Penguin Group, 2013

Synopsis

Hangsaman Seventeen-year-old Natalie Waite longs to escape home for college. Her father is a domineering and egotistical writer who keeps a tight rein on Natalie and her long-suffering mother. When Natalie finally does get away, however, college life doesn't bring the happiness she expected. Little by little, Natalie is no longer certain of anything--even where reality ends and her dark imaginings begin. Ch... Full description

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Review:

"[Hangsaman] confirms the belief that Miss Jackson is an exceptional writer."
--The London Times

"No one can question the author's great ability to do the kind of thing she wants to do. This is as disturbing a story as the shorter 'Lottery' was, and in exactly the same way."
--San Francisco Chronicle

About the Author:

Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) received wide critical acclaim for her short story "The Lottery," which was first published in the New Yorker in 1948. Her works available from Penguin Classics include We Have Always Lived in the Castle, The Haunting of Hill House, and Come Along with Me and Life Among the Savages available from Penguin.

Francine Prose is the bestselling author of more than twenty books and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0143107046
• ISBN 13: 9780143107040
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240