New Releases by Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson is the author of Delphi Complete Works of Shirley Jackson (Illustrated) (2026), Alles wie immer (2024), En vanlig dag, med jordnötter (2024), Cuentos oscuros (2024), Piyango ve Diger Öyküler (2022).

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Delphi Complete Works of Shirley Jackson (Illustrated)

release date: Jan 06, 2026
Delphi Complete Works of Shirley Jackson (Illustrated)
The American writer Shirley Jackson is known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. She attracted significant public attention for the controversial short story ‘The Lottery’, presenting the sinister underside of a bucolic American village. Her 1959 horror masterpiece ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ is widely considered one of the best ghost stories ever written. In spite of her untimely death at the age of 48, her works continue to draw critical acclaim and revaluation, having a major impact on the development of the horror genre. This eBook presents Jackson’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Jackson’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All 7 novels, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare short stories available in no other collection * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the stories * Easily locate the tales you want to read * Jackson’s rare children’s books – available in no other collection * Includes Jackson’s two seminal memoirs * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Novels The Road through the Wall (1948) Hangsaman (1951) The Bird’s Nest (1954) The Sundial (1958) The Haunting of Hill House (1959) We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962) Come Along with Me (1968) The Shorter Fiction The Lottery and Other Stories (1949) Stories from ‘Come Along with Me’ (1968) Miscellaneous Stories The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Children’s Books The Bad Children (1958) Nine Magic Wishes (1963) Famous Sally (1966) The Non-Fiction The Witchcraft of Salem Village (1956) Special Delivery (1960) Miscellaneous Essays and Sketches The Memoirs Life among the Savages (1953) Raising Demons (1957)

Alles wie immer

release date: Sep 11, 2024
Alles wie immer
Das humorvolle Meisterwerk einer Kultautorin Grandios erzählt Shirley Jackson in diesem Klassiker von 1957 aus dem Leben ihrer liebenswert-durchgeknallten Familie. Nachdem mit der Ankunft des vierten Kindes das alte Haus zu klein geworden und der nervenaufreibende Umzug geschafft ist, könnte etwas Ruhe einkehren. Aber weit gefehlt! Während der Kühlschrank und ein schiefer Torpfosten machen, was sie wollen, und die älteste Tochter Jannie immer nur Little Women liest, besuchen Sally und der kleine Barry ihren geheimnisvollen Freund Pudge und bleiben über Stunden unauffindbar. Laurie, der Erstgeborene, ist seiner eigenen Ansicht nach schon erwachsen und muss seinem Vater ständig Bußgeld für die Verwendung von Schimpfwörtern zahlen. Unter all diesen heiteren Alltagsszenen lauern auch noch die verkrusteten Geschlechterrollen der Fünfzigerjahre. Natürlich hat sich eine Professorengattin wie die Erzählerin für nichts anderes zu interessieren als ihre Kinder – und die Arbeit ihres Ehemanns. Doch bald darauf schmückt die Familie gemeinsam den Weihnachtsbaum und schließlich gilt: Weihnachten gut, alles gut.

En vanlig dag, med jordnötter

release date: Jun 05, 2024
En vanlig dag, med jordnötter
»En vanlig dag, med jordnötter« är en novell av Shirley Jackson, ursprungligen publicerad 1955. I översättning av Helena Fagertun. SHIRLEY JACKSON [1916-1965] är en av världslitteraturens mest inflytelserika författare i skräckgenren. Hon föddes i San Francisco, men flyttade senare till New York. Shirley Jackson kom att ge ut sex romaner och lika många novellsamlingar. Mest berömda är romanerna Hemsökelsen på Hill House [The Haunting of Hill House, 1959] - som 2018 också adapterades till en hyllad tv-serie av Netflix och Vi har alltid bott på slottet [We Have Always Lived in the Castle, 1962].

Cuentos oscuros

release date: Jan 01, 2024

Piyango ve Diger Öyküler

release date: Dec 01, 2022

Un giorno come un altro

release date: Nov 28, 2022
Un giorno come un altro
Quando Shirley Jackson arrivò in ospedale per la nascita del terzo figlio, l’impiegata all’accettazione le chiese quale professione svolgesse. E alla risposta «Scrittrice», replicò imperturbabile: «Io metterei casalinga». Senza volerlo, quell’impiegata aveva toccato un nervo scoperto – e colto nel segno. L’autrice di uno dei più celebri e disturbanti racconti della letteratura americana moderna era anche, come emerge dagli irriverenti aneddoti familiari, un’eccentrica donna di casa e una madre spassosa e piena d’inventiva. Ed è impossibile non riconoscere qualcosa di lei nelle stravaganti Mary Poppins che popolano questa raccolta, accompagnate da gatti parlanti e in grado di confezionare abiti con le coccinelle e i denti di leone del giardino. Quanto al lato più macabro – quello che la spinge ad affrontare tormenti, aberrazioni, crudeltà, a sondare normalità, follia, soprannaturale e sordido, o ancora a rendere sottilmente inquietante la banalità di «un giorno come un altro», appunto –, il lettore non avrà che l’imbarazzo della scelta. Nessuno meglio di Shirley Jackson conosce «il male incontrollato» che si cela sotto la più linda e ordinata delle superfici. E solo lei sa mescolare assurdo, comico e spaventevole – avvelenata mistura –, portandoli alle estreme conseguenze con un’economia del dettato e un’acutezza del dettaglio del tutto inconfondibili.

A Visit

release date: Oct 25, 2022
A Visit
World-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2022. Margaret visits the lavish home of her friend Carla Rhodes for the summer holidays. But when Carla''s brother arrives with a mysterious friend, strange occurrences cause tensions to rise within the group, and secrets hidden within the house begin to emerge.

Paranoia

release date: Apr 19, 2022
Paranoia
Sepulangnya dari kantor yang nyaman dan ber-AC, dengan hati riang dan berencana makan malam istimewa bersama istri tercinta, Mr. Beresford malahan harus kehilangan “rasa nyaman” yang seharian tadi dinikmatinya sebagaimana halnya dirasakan para pria kantoran di New York pada umumnya, karena kehadiran sebuah gangguan terus-menerus dari seorang pria bertopi yang menguntitnya ke mana pun kakinya melangkah. Celakanya, dia tidak mampu menghilangkan jejak, walaupun jelas-jelas dirinya berada di antara keramaian orang, di tempat umum yang antara satu orang dengan lainnya, sibuk dengan urusan masing-masing. Di pusat bisnis Kota New York. Pria itu selalu bisa menemukannya, menatap setiap pergerakannya. Mr. Beresford merasa mungkin dirinya salah karena menilai aneh pakaian pria asing itu, meskipun tidak mengungkapkannya secara verbal, tapi apa hanya karena alasan itu dirinya dibuat begitu bersalah? Masih dengan kisah-kisah yang kerap membuat kening pembaca berkerut, mau tidak mau mempertanyakan kaitan antara satu hal dengan hal lainnya, Shirley Jackson dalam antologi Paranoia, menghadirkan 7 cerita pendek yang selalu butuh untuk dibaca berulang-ulang agar dipahami maksud tersiratnya.

The Letters of Shirley Jackson

release date: Jul 13, 2021
The Letters of Shirley Jackson
A bewitchingly brilliant collection of never-before-published letters from the renowned author of “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS • “This biography-through-letters gives an intimate and warm voice to the imagination behind the treasury of uncanny tales that is Shirley Jackson’s legacy.”—Joyce Carol Oates Shirley Jackson is one of the most important American authors of the last hundred years and among our greatest chroniclers of the female experience. This extraordinary compilation of personal correspondence has all the hallmarks of Jackson’s beloved fiction: flashes of the uncanny in the domestic, sparks of horror in the quotidian, and the veins of humor that run through good times and bad. i am having a fine time doing a novel with my left hand and a long story—with as many levels as grand central station—with my right hand, stirring chocolate pudding with a spoon held in my teeth, and tuning the television with both feet. Written over the course of nearly three decades, from Jackson’s college years to six days before her early death at the age of forty-eight, these letters become the autobiography Shirley Jackson never wrote. As well as being a bestselling author, Jackson spent much of her adult life as a mother of four in Vermont, and the landscape here is often the everyday: raucous holidays and trips to the dentist, overdue taxes and frayed lines of Christmas lights, new dogs and new babies. But in recounting these events to family, friends, and colleagues, she turns them into remarkable stories: entertaining, revealing, and wise. At the same time, many of these letters provide fresh insight into the genesis and progress of Jackson’s writing over nearly three decades. The novel is getting sadder. It’s always such a strange feeling—I know something’s going to happen, and those poor people in the book don’t; they just go blithely on their ways. Compiled and edited by her elder son, Laurence Jackson Hyman, in consultation with Jackson scholar Bernice M. Murphy and featuring Jackson’s own witty line drawings, this intimate collection holds the beguiling prism of Shirley Jackson—writer and reader, mother and daughter, neighbor and wife—up to the light.

La meridiana

release date: Jan 01, 2021

La Maison hantée

release date: Nov 03, 2020
La Maison hantée
Construite par un riche industril du XIXe siècle, Hill House est à l''image de son créateur: labyrinthique, monstrueuse, ténébreuse à souhait. De plus, on la dit hantée. Fasciné par les phénomènes paranormaux, le docteur Montagu invite des sujets réceptifs au surnaturel à passer l''été à Hill House afin de mener une enquête. Une enquête qui va tourner au cauchemar...

Shirley Jackson: Four Novels of the 1940s & 50s (LOA #336)

release date: Oct 20, 2020
Shirley Jackson: Four Novels of the 1940s & 50s (LOA #336)
From the author of The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, four classic novels of subtle psychological horror. 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. Here is the perfect companion to Shirley Jackson: Novels & Stories, Library of America''s edition of Jackson''s landmark story collection, The Lottery, and her brilliant late novels The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle.

La luna di miele di Mrs. Smith

release date: Jan 01, 2020

La loterie et autres contes noirs

release date: Mar 12, 2019
La loterie et autres contes noirs
Dans le monde de Shirley Jackson, rien ne paraît sortir de l''ordinaire. De petites villes, des couples, des maisons, des gens qu''on croise dans le bus ou chez l''épicier. Au premier abord, tout est normal. Puis un détail sème le doute. Un autre fait tout déraper vers des zones noires et troubles, qui suscitent une profonde inquiétude chez le lecteur. Voici une douzaine de nouvelles entièrement inédites, toutes plus déstabilisantes les unes que les autres, ainsi que le chef-d''oeuvre de Jackson, La Loterie (adapté par Miles Hyman sous forme de roman graphique), dans une nouvelle traduction.

Casa Bântuită

release date: Jan 03, 2019
Casa Bântuită
„Hill House se înălța singuratică pe fundalul dealurilor, iar înăuntrul ei sălășluia întunericul...“ Patru persoane au sosit la Hill House: doctorul Montague, un savant care caută dovezi solide legate de manifestările supranaturale; Theodora, asistenta sa drăguță și sensibilă; Luke, un aventurier și viitorul moștenitor al Hill House; și Eleanor, o tânără singuratică, fragilă, cu un trecut întunecat. Dar ceea ce la început pare să fie un experiment nevinovat, o întâlnire misterioasă cu niște fenomene inexplicabile, se dovedește rapid a fi o călătorie în cele mai cumplite coșmaruri ale celor patru și o investigație căreia mulți dintre ei s-ar putea să nu-i supraviețuiască. „Unul din cele două mari romane cu subiect supranatural din ultimii o sută de ani.“ Stephen King „Sunt puține cărțile care m-au speriat profund... Dar Casa bântuită de Shirley Jackson le-a întrecut pe toate... M-a speriat pe când eram adolescent și încă mă bântuie.“ Neil Gaiman „Shirley Jackson este unul dintre acei scriitori extrem de speciali, care nu pot fi imitați... și ale căror cărți exercită o vrajă de durată.“ Joyce Carol Oates „Poveștile lui Shirley Jackson sunt printre cele mai înfricoșătoare pe care le-am citit vreodată.“ Donna Tartt „O scriitoare extraordinară... Dacă n-ați citit-o, ați pierdut ceva cu adevărat uimitor.“ Neil Gaiman „O poveste cu o casă bântuită perfectă, așa cum rar mi-a fost dat să citesc.“ Stephen King „Cea mai înspăimântătoare carte pe care am citit-o vreodată.“ Carmen Maria Machado „Shirley Jackson nu are egal când vine vorba să descrie într-o proză frumos scrisă acumularea fiorilor de groază.“ Dorothy Parker „Lumea lui Shirley Jackson este misterioasă și de neuitat.“ A.M. Homes „Unul dintre cei mai străluciți și mai surprinzători scriitori americani ai secolului XX.“ Jonathan Lethem „Cărțile ei pătrund adânc în adevărurile teribile care se ascund uneori în spatele ficțiunilor confortabile, dezvăluie trădarea de sub fețele vesele din cartier și din spatele manierelor simple ale oamenilor de la țară.“ Donna Tartt „Un roman care o așază pe Shirley Jackson, brusc și fără urmă de îndoială, printre marii maeștri ai genului... la fel de înfricoșător... ca orice a visat vreodată Edgar Allan Poe.“ Daily Telegraph „Este cea mai mare maestră... a poveștilor bântuite, criptice.“ The New York Times Book Review „Să pătrunzi în Hill House este ca și cum ai pătrunde în mintea unui nebun; curând devii la rândul tău un excentric.“ Stephen King

Spuk in Hill House

release date: Jan 01, 2019
Spuk in Hill House
Vier Menschen betreten die alte Villa, die als Hill House bekannt ist. Sie wollen die übernatürlichen Phänomene, die sich angeblich darin ereignen, untersuchen. Die vier werden etwas Böses erleben, das sich ihrer Kontrolle und ihrem Verstand entzieht. Sie können unmöglich wissen, dass sie von dem Haus selbst angelockt wurden und welche bösen Pläne es verfolgt ... Das Meisterwerk der ''Queen of Horror'', der wichtigsten Autorin unheimlicher Literatur und Vorbild für Stephen King und viele andere Autoren. Neil Gaiman: ''Was das wirklich Unheimliche betrifft, überragt Shirley Jacksons SPUK IN HILL HOUSE alle anderen Romane. Eine erstaunliche Autorin. Wenn du sie nicht gelesen hast, hast du etwas Wunderbares verpasst.'' Donna Tartt: ''Shirley Jacksons Geschichten gehören zu den schauerlichsten, die je geschrieben wurden.'' Joyce Carol Oates: ''Shirley Jackson ist eine dieser höchst eigenwilligen, unnachahmlichen Schriftstellerinnen, deren Werke einen bleibenden Zauber ausüben.'' Stephen King: ''Einer der wirklich großen unheimlichen Romane der vergangenen hundert Jahre.'' FESTA MUST READ: Große Erzähler ohne Tabus. Muss man gelesen haben. Shirley Jackson ist die ''Queen of Horror'', die wichtigste Autorin unheimlicher Literatur und literarisches Vorbild für Stephen King, Neil Gaiman und viele andere Autoren. Shirley Jackson wurde 1916 in Kalifornien geboren. Als der New Yorker 1948 ihre Kurzgeschichte ?The Lottery? veröffentlichte, waren viele Leser so entsetzt, dass sie ihre Abonnements kündigten und Hassbriefe sendeten. The Union of South Africa verbot die Veröffentlichung dieser Geschichte sogar. Inzwischen gilt sie als eine der berühmtesten Erzählungen Amerikas. Ihre dunklen, brillanten Romane haben viele Autoren beeinflusst. The Haunting of Hill House und We Have Always Lived in the Castle sind ihre Meisterwerke. Shirley Jackson starb 1965. Stephen King: ''The Haunting of Hill House ist einer der wirklich großen, unheimlichen Romane der vergangenen hundert Jahre.''

A assombração da Casa da Colina

release date: Jan 01, 2019
A assombração da Casa da Colina
"Sozinha no mundo, Eleanor fica encantada ao receber uma carta do dr. Montague convidando-a para passar um tempo na Casa da Colina, um local conhecido por suas manifestações fantasmagóricas. O mesmo convite é feito a Theodora, uma alma artística e sensitiva, e a Luke, o herdeiro da mansão. Porém, o que começa como uma exploração bem-humorada de um mito inocente se transforma em uma viagem para os piores pesadelos de seus hóspedes. Com o tempo, fica cada vez mais claro que a sanidade – e a vida – de todos está em risco."--

De geesten van Hill house

release date: Oct 16, 2018
De geesten van Hill house
''De geesten van Hill House'', Shirley Jacksons bekendste roman en een icoon in het horrorgenre, weerspiegelt de kracht van angst op een huiveringwekkende manier. Eleanor Vance, een jonge, getroebleerde vrouw, overnacht in het gezelschap van drie anderen in Hill House, waarvan men zegt dat er paranormale gebeurtenissen plaatsvinden. Langzamerhand krijgt het huis grip op de vier personages, met verregaande consequentie. Jacksons romans worden gekarakteriseerd door een realistische toonzetting met occulte en horrorachtige elementen. ''De geesten van Hill House'' is door Netflix verfilmd.

The Haunting of Hill House (Movie Tie-In)

release date: Oct 09, 2018
The Haunting of Hill House (Movie Tie-In)
The greatest haunted house story ever written and the inspiration for a 10-part Netflix series directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, and Timothy Hutton. First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson''s The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers--and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

release date: Jun 29, 2018
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Enam tahun lalu, semangkuk gula yang dibubuhi racun arsenik menewaskan seluruh anggota keluarga Blackwood kecuali dua orang putri, Constance dan Merricat, serta paman mereka, Julian. Constance, sang putri tertua, lolos dari tuduhan pembunuhan, tapi para penduduk desa tak percaya dan mengucilkan keluarga ini. Dua bersaudari dan sang paman pun hidup dalam isolasi dan kesendirian. Suatu hari datanglah seorang pria bernama Charles yang mengaku sebagai sepupu jauh. Dengan pesona dan karismanya, Charles menjalin keakraban dengan Constance dan Paman Julian. Hanya Merricat yang tetap menjaga jarak dan curiga bahwa dibalik senyum manisnya, Charles hanya ingin menguasai harta keluarga Blackwood. Tapi bagaimana Merricat bisa menyadarkan kakak dan pamannya yang sudah terpesona oleh Charles? Merricat bertekad untuk mengusir Charles meski risikonya adalah Merricat sendiri yang akan tersingkir dari kediaman Blackwood. Setelah The Haunting of Hill House, Qanita mempersembahkan We Have Always Live in the Castle, satu lagi horror thriller dari penulis klasik Shirley Jackson, Ratu Horor Gothik Amerika yang telah memengaruhi banyak penulis modern Amerika, termasuk Neil Gaiman dan Stephen King. Membawa pembaca dalam labirin gelap jiwa, We Have Always Lived in the Castle mengisahkan tentang penyimpangan, isolasi, niat membunuh dan perjuangan untuk keluar dari lingkaran setan tak berkesudahan, tak heran apabila buku ini terpilih sebagai salah satu dari sepuluh novel terbaik versi majalah Time. Setelah diadaptasi menjadi pertunjukan drama pada 1966, kini novel ini akan diangkat ke layar lebar dan dibintangi oleh Sebastian Stan, Taissa Farmiga, Alexandra Daddario, dan Crispin Glover. [Mizan, Mizan Publishing, Qanita, Novel, Fiksi, Horor, Misteri, Remaja, Dewasa, Indonesia]

The Bird's Nest

release date: Jan 28, 2014
The Bird's Nest
Shirley Jackson''s third novel, a chilling descent into multiple personalities Elizabeth is a demure twenty-three-year-old wiling her life away at a dull museum job, living with her neurotic aunt, and subsisting off her dead mother’s inheritance. When Elizabeth begins to suffer terrible migraines and backaches, her aunt takes her to the doctor, then to a psychiatrist. But slowly, and with Jackson’s characteristic chill, we learn that Elizabeth is not just one girl—but four separate, self-destructive personalities. The Bird’s Nest, Jackson’s third novel, develops hallmarks of the horror master’s most unsettling work: tormented heroines, riveting familial mysteries, and a disquieting vision inside the human mind. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Hangsaman

release date: Jun 25, 2013
Hangsaman
Shirley Jackson''s chilling second novel, based on her own experiences and an actual mysterious disappearance 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. Chilling and suspenseful, Hangsaman is loosely based on the real-life disappearance of a Bennington College sophomore in 1946. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

L'incubo di Hill House

release date: Sep 04, 2012
L'incubo di Hill House
Chiunque abbia visto qualche film del terrore con al centro una costruzione abitata da sinistre presenze si sarà trovato a chiedersi almeno una volta perché le vittime di turno (giovani coppie, gruppi di studenti, scrittori alla vana ricerca di ispirazione) non optino, prima che sia troppo tardi, per la soluzione più semplice – e cioè non escano dalla stessa porta dalla quale sono entrati, allontanandosi senza voltarsi indietro. Bene, a tale domanda, meno oziosa di quanto potrebbe parere, questo romanzo di Shirley Jackson – il suo più noto – fornisce una risposta, forse la prima. Non è infatti la fragile, sola, indifesa Eleanor Vance a scegliere la Casa, dilatando l’esperimento paranormale in cui l’ha coinvolta l’inquietante professor Montague molto oltre i suoi presunti limiti. È piuttosto la Casa – con la sua torre buia, le porte che sembrano aprirsi da sole, le improvvise folate di gelo – a scegliere, per sempre, Eleanor Vance. E a imprigionare insieme a lei il lettore, che tenterà invano di fuggire da una costruzione romanzesca senza crepe, in cui – come ha scritto il più celebre discepolo della Jackson, Stephen King – «ogni svolta porta dritta in un vicolo buio». "L’incubo di Hill House" è apparso per la prima volta nel 1959.

Siempre hemos vivido en el castillo

release date: Sep 01, 2012

Just an Ordinary Day

release date: Oct 21, 2009
Just an Ordinary Day
“Jackson at her best: plumbing the extraordinary from the depths of mid-twentieth-century common. [Just an Ordinary Day] is a gift to a new generation.”—San Francisco Chronicle Acclaimed in her own time for her short story “The Lottery” and her novel The Haunting of Hill House—classics ranking with the work of Edgar Allan Poe—Shirley Jackson blazed a path for contemporary writers with her explorations of evil, madness, and cruelty. Soon after her untimely death in 1965, Jackson’s children discovered a treasure trove of previously unpublished and uncollected stories, many of which are brought together in this remarkable collection. Here are tales of torment, psychological aberration, and the macabre, as well as those that display her lighter touch with humorous scenes of domestic life. Reflecting the range and complexity of Jackson’s talent, Just an Ordinary Day reaffirms her enduring influence and celebrates her singular voice, rich with magic and resonance. Praise for Shirley Jackson “[Jackson’s] work exerts an enduring spell.”—Joyce Carol Oates “Shirley Jackson’s stories are among the most terrifying ever written.”—Donna Tartt “An amazing writer . . . If you haven’t read [Jackson] you have missed out on something marvelous.”—Neil Gaiman “Shirley Jackson is unparalleled as a leader in the field of beautifully written, quiet, cumulative shudders.”—Dorothy Parker “An author who not only writes beautifully but who knows what there is, in this world, to be scared of.”—Francine Prose “The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable.”—A. M. Homes “Jackson enjoyed notoriety and commercial success within her lifetime, and yet it still hardly seems like enough for a writer so singular. When I meet readers and other writers of my generation, I find that mentioning her is like uttering a holy name.”—Victor LaValle

The Lottery and Other Stories

release date: Jul 01, 2009

The Lottery

release date: Jan 01, 2008
The Lottery
A seemingly ordinary village participates in a yearly lottery to determine a sacrificial victim.

My Tick Tock Day

release date: Jan 01, 2003
My Tick Tock Day
The Start School series is designed to help children feel confident about their first days at big school. Being able to tell the time is an important early skill and a big help to children when they start school. This book gives a basic introduction to time, and lots of practice in using a clock. Turn the hands to say what time you do the things on each page.
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