The Lottery: And Other Stories (Modern Library) - Hardcover

Jackson, Shirley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679640398 ISBN 13: 9780679640394

Publisher: Random House Inc, 2000

Synopsis

Twenty-five horror stories feature a town's annual ritual of evil, a woman's search for her fiancee who has disappeared without a trace, a kleptomaniac neighbor, and a tourist living a nightmare in New York City.

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Review:

"The stories remind one of the elemental terrors of childhood."--James Hilton, "Herald Tribune "
"In her art, as in her life, Shirley Jackson was an absolute original. She listened to her own voice, kept her own counsel, isolated herself from all intellectual and literary currents . . . . She was unique."--"Newsweek"

The stories remind one of the elemental terrors of childhood. "James Hilton, Herald Tribune"

In her art, as in her life, Shirley Jackson was an absolute original. She listened to her own voice, kept her own counsel, isolated herself from all intellectual and literary currents . . . . She was unique. "Newsweek""

The stories remind one of the elemental terrors of childhood. James Hilton, Herald Tribune

In her art, as in her life, Shirley Jackson was an absolute original. She listened to her own voice, kept her own counsel, isolated herself from all intellectual and literary currents . . . . She was unique. Newsweek

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"The stories remind one of the elemental terrors of childhood." --James Hilton, Herald Tribune

"In her art, as in her life, Shirley Jackson was an absolute original. She listened to her own voice, kept her own counsel, isolated herself from all intellectual and literary currents . . . . She was unique." --Newsweek

About the Author:

Shirley Jackson (1919-1965) wrote several books, including Hangsaman, Life Among the Savages, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0679640398
• ISBN 13: 9780679640394
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320