Hangsaman
Author: Jackson, Shirley
ISBN: 9780141391984
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2014
Pages: 240
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 14mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
An unsettling story of a teenage girl's self-destruction from the author of The Lottery
Natalie Waite, daughter of a mediocre writer and a neurotic housewife, is increasingly unsure of her place in the world. In the midst of adolescence she senses a creeping darkness in her life, which will spread among nightmarish parties, poisonous college cliques and the manipulations of the intellectual men who surround her, as her identity gradually crumbles.Inspired by the unsolved disappearance of a female college student near Shirley Jackson's home, Hangsaman is a story of lurking disquiet and haunting disorientation.
ISBN: 9780141391984
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2014
Pages: 240
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 14mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
An unsettling story of a teenage girl's self-destruction from the author of The Lottery
Natalie Waite, daughter of a mediocre writer and a neurotic housewife, is increasingly unsure of her place in the world. In the midst of adolescence she senses a creeping darkness in her life, which will spread among nightmarish parties, poisonous college cliques and the manipulations of the intellectual men who surround her, as her identity gradually crumbles.Inspired by the unsolved disappearance of a female college student near Shirley Jackson's home, Hangsaman is a story of lurking disquiet and haunting disorientation.
