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?The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable,? writes A. M. Homes. ?It is a place where things are not what they seem; even on a morning that is sunny and clear there is always the threat of darkness looming, of things taking a turn for the worse.? Jackson?s characters?mostly unloved daughters in search of a home, a career, a family of their own?chase what appears to be a harmless dream until, without warning, it turns on its heel to seize them by the throat. We are moved by these characters? dreams, for they are the dreams of love and acceptance shared by us all. We are shocked when their dreams become nightmares, and terrified by Jackson?s suggestion that there are unseen powers??demons? both subconscious and supernatural?malevolently conspiring against human happiness.In this volume Joyce Carol Oates, our leading practitioner of the contemporary Gothic, presents the essential works of Shirley Jackson, the novels and stories that, from the early 1940s through the .

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Author : Shirley Jackson

Pages : pages

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Language : eng

ISBN-10 : 7380083-novels-stories

ISBN-13 : 9781598530728

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