Shirley Jackson

The compelling novel that began Shirley Jackson's legendary career Pepper Street is a really nice, safe California neighborhood. The houses are tidy and the lawns are neatly mowed. Of course, the country club is close by, and lots of pleasant folks live there. The only problem is they knocked down the wall at the end of the street to make way for a road to a new housing development. Now, that's not good--it's just not good at all. Satirically exploring what happens when a smug suburban neighborhood is breached by awful, unavoidable truths, The Road Through the Wall is the tale that launched Shirley Jackson's heralded career. 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.

'Shirley Jackson's stories are among the most terrifying ever written' Donna TarttThis is the definitive collection of Shirley Jackson's short stories, including 'The Lottery' - one of the most terrifying and iconic stories of the twentieth century, and an influence on writers such as Stephen King. In these stories an excellent host finds himself turned out of home by his own guests; a woman spends her wedding day frantically searching for her husband-to-be; and in Shirley Jackson's best-known story, a small farming village comes together for a terrible annual ritual. The creeping unease of lives squandered and the bloody glee of lives lost is chillingly captured in these tales of wasted potential and casual cruelty by a master of the short story. Shirley Jackson's chilling tales have the power to unsettle and terrify unlike any other. She was born in California in 1916. When her short story The Lottery was first published in The New Yorker in 1948, readers were so horrified they sent her hate mail; it has since become one of the greatest American stories of all time. Her first novel, The Road Through the Wall, was published in the same year and was followed by five more: Hangsaman, The Bird's Nest, The Sundial, The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, widely seen as her masterpiece. Shirley Jackson died in her sleep at the age of 48.'Her stories are stunning, timeless - as relevant and terrifying now as when they were first published ... 'The Lottery' is so much an icon in the history of the American short story that one could argue it has moved from the canon of American twentieth-century fiction directly into the American psyche, our collective unconscious' A. M. Homes

Writer Shirley Jackson's shocking tale of an American village and its annual tradition--a town lottery in which the winner must face the community's collective brutality.

Dr. Montague, an occult scholar, and his team--Theodora, his assistant; Eleanor, a fragile young woman with a close acquaintance with the paranormal; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House--conduct an unusual research project in a reputedly haunted house. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

One of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker in 1948. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. Today it is considered a classic work of short fiction, a story remarkable for its combination of subtle suspense and pitch-perfect descriptions of both the chilling and the mundane. The Lottery and Other Stories, the only collection of stories to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery" with twenty-four equally unusual short stories. Together they demonstrate Jackson's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the horrible, the unsettling to the ominous--and her power as a storyteller.

Stories of magic, superstition, and witchcraft were strictly forbidden in the little town of Salem Village. But a group of young girls ignored those rules, spellbound by the tales told by a woman named Tituba. When questioned about their activities, the terrified girls set off a whirlwind of controversy as they accused townsperson after townsperson of being witches. Author Shirley Jackson examines in careful detail this horrifying true story of accusations, trials, and executions that shook a community to its foundations.

90 Classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksIt’s terribly important that I get in touch with a gentleman who may have stopped in here to buy flowers this morning. Terribly important. Sometimes, the person you think you love isn’t who they seem. And sometimes, you can be your own deception. Spanning Shirley Jackson's entire career, these devilish tales of love, death, and despair show us how all that keeps us safe in suburbia can strike up, leave, and instantly disappear.

Shirley Jacksoni "Kummituslik Hilli maja" (1959) on 20. sajandi üks silmapaistvamaid gooti õudusromaane. See on lugu õpetlasest dr Montague'st, kes otsib "kummitustele" põhjendusi, ja tema kolmest kaaslasest, kelle ta on erinevatel põhjustel Hilli majja kutsunud. Eleanorist, kes on veetnud senise elu haiget ema hooldades; elurõõmsast Theodorast ja Luke'ist, kes peaks ühel päeval Hilli maja pärima. Samas võib seda raamatut lugeda nii see, kes otsib õuduslugu, kui see, kes kummitusi veendunult usub, kui ka see, kes otsib kummitustele ratsionaalseid seletusi - paljugi selles tekstis, kaasa arvatud lähenemisnurk, on jäetud lugeja enda otsustada." Kummituslikust Hilli majast" on tehtud kaks filmi ja Netflixi sari. See on mõjutanud paljusid tunnustatud õuduskirjanikke nagu Richard Matheson, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman jpt.

A beautifully designed clothbound edition of Shirley Jackson’s chilling tale of power and fearHunting for evidence of the occult, Dr Montague invites three participants to Hill House: Theodora, his lovely assistant; Luke, set to inherit the estate; and Eleanor a fragile young woman with a troubled past. As The House takes hold, Jackson plumbs the depths of the human condition, asking the electric question: will any of them make it out? This definitive horror novel blurs the lines between reality and imagination, between dream and nightmare. Beautiful, atmospheric and utterly terrifying, Jackson’s magnum opus examines the shadows that lurk not just in cobwebbed corners, but in the facets of our very minds.'The Haunting of Hill House rewrote horror’s rules' Guardian

»I rollen som mor tager jeg nu og da mig selv i at sidde måbende og rædselsslagen over for mine egne børn.« Shirley Jackson er bredt anerkendt for sin underspillede horror og uhyggelige sans for menneskesindets skyggesider, og klassikerne Lotteriet og Mørket i Hill House er blevet genopdaget i hele verden. Samtidig med at hun var det makabres mester, var Shirley Jackson en skarpsynet portrættør af hverdagens familieliv. Livet blandt de vilde er en samling ætsende morsomme og stærkt selvbiografiske fortællinger om at være forfatter på deltid og hjemmegående husmor på fuldtid – en jobbeskrivelse, der kunne være lige så frygtindgydende som hendes mørkeste gyserhistorier. I bogens fortællinger slås hun med fyret i kælderen, børnenes løbske fantasi, en lykkeligt uvidende ægtemand og et evigt voksende husligt kaos. Det hele beskrives med stor humor og kærlighed – men også altid med bid. Bogen er af The New York Times omtalt som »overraskende moderne – primært fordi hun nægter at sentimentalisere eller idealisere moderskabet«, mens Joyce Carol Oates har fremhævet, hvordan »en husmorkones frustrationer forvandles med et kyndigt vrid i håndleddet, ikke til en dyster beskrivelse af galskab og opløsning, ej heller til en historie om at forgifte sin familie, men til munter komedie.« Det er første gang, Livet blandt de vilde udkommer på dansk. Cecilie Lind har skrevet forord. Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) betegnes ofte som dronningen af moderne gotisk litteratur. Hun har inspireret en lang række forfattere i det 20. og 21. århundrede. På dansk er tidligere udkommer Vi har altid boet på slottet, Mørket i Hill House, Fuglereden og Lotteriet og andre noveller.

Mästerliga noveller för första gången i svensk översättning»Suverän novellsamling.« Yukiko Duke, Vi läser »Mycket välkomponerade och spännande noveller.« Betyg: 5 av 5 - Jonas Herrlin, BTJ»Jackson utforskar mänskliga skräckelement - skillnaden mellan skenet vi vill upprätthålla och vad som sker under ytan. En fin balans mellan det välkända och det okända.« Lisa Marques Jagemark, Ystads AllehandaShirley Jacksons novell »Lotteriet« [The Lottery] - om ett litet amerikanskt samhälle på landsbygden vars invånare alla medverkar i ett dödligt lotteri - blev en sensation när den först publicerades i The New Yorker 1948, och har kommit att räknas till 1900-talets främsta skräcknoveller. Denna utgåva innehåller hela Shirley Jacksons första och mest berömda novellsamling The Lottery and Other Stories. En av de centrala novellerna, »Demonälskaren« [The Daemon Lover, 1949], har av Joyce Carol Oates beskrivits som »djupare, mer mystisk och ännu mer oroande« än »Lotteriet«. Här finns också de bästa av Jacksons senare berättelser, som »Ett besök« [A Visit, 1950] och »Ondskans eventualitet« [The Possibility of Evil, 1965], varav den sistnämnda belönades med en Edgar Allan Poe Award. Novellerna visar upp Shirley Jacksons anmärkningsvärda bredd som författare och samlas här för första gången på svenska, 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].» Shirley Jackson har en häpnadsväckande förmåga att illustrera de skräckinjagande ovissheter som omgärdar verklighetens grundlagar.« Ottessa Moshfegh»En av 1900-talets märkvärdigaste och mest självlysande amerikanska författare.« Jonathan Letham »Shirley Jackson saknar motstycke inom litteraturen vad gäller utsökt författade, långsamt framväxande rysningar.« Dorothy Parker »Jag tyckte mycket om denna samling!« Betyg: 4 av 5 - Mias bok

Eighteen-year-old Merricat may, or may not be, a mass murdererSix years ago everyone in the Blackwood family was poisoned by sugar laced with arsenic – everyone, that is, apart from Merricat and her elder sister Constance. They live in peaceful, ordered isolation, away from prying eyes in the nearby village, until one day boorish cousin Charles arrives with designs on their father’s fortune. Whether by practical or magical means, Merricat will do whatever is necessary to protect their home.

V roskoshnom osobnjake semejstva Khelloran, vladelets kotorogo nedavno skonchalsja pri dovolno podozritelnykh obstojatelstvakh, proiskhodjat strannye sobytija. Staruju devu tetju Fanni snova i snova poseschaet dukh davno umershego ottsa, kotoryj soobschaet o grjaduschem kontse sveta, perezhit ego smogut tolko obitateli doma. Khellorany i ikh druzja prinimajut videnija vserez, poetomu nachinaetsja odnovremenno smeshnaja i strashnaja podgotovka k grjaduschemu apokalipsisu...

Sbornik "Obychnyj den" - eto koktejl iz razlichnykh form i stilej. V nem soedinilis istorii, napisannye Dzhekson esche v kolledzhe, i raboty, sozdannye v poslednie gody zhizni. Smeshalis romanticheskie istorii, ledenjaschie dushu rasskazy ob ubijstvakh i prizrakakh i jumoristicheskie zarisovki o seme, gde za shirmoj bytovykh kartinok prjachutsja vechnye temy. Sbornik raskroet chitatelju Shirli Dzhekson s raznykh storon i pokazhet protsess stanovlenija ee pisatelskogo masterstva.

Now celebrating its 75th anniversary, a trove of iconic horror stories from the legendary Shirley Jackson, "the master of the haunted tale" (The New York Times Book Review). Featuring an introduction by A. M. Homes. One of the darkest, most nightmarish stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" created a sensation when it was first published in 1948. This lucid tale of a sleepy town's annual lottery--and the monstrous desires it awakens--endures as an essential classic of American fiction. The Lottery and Other Stories unites "The Lottery" with twenty-four wonderfully strange and equally terrifying short stories from the legendary Shirley Jackson. Together they demonstrate Jackson's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the horrible, the unsettling to the ominous--and showcase a true master at the height of her haunting powers.

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil. Step into the unsettling world of Shirley Jackson with a collection of her finest, creepiest short stories, revealing the queen of American gothic at her mesmerising best. This selection includes 'The Lottery', Jackson's masterpiece and one of the most terrifying and iconic stories of the twentieth century.'An amazing writer ... If you haven't read her you have missed out on something marvellous' Neil Gaiman