The Lottery and Other Stories
Author: Jackson, Shirley
ISBN: 9780141191430
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2009
Pages: 320
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 18mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
The definitive collection of Shirley Jackson's short stories, including 'The Lottery' - one of the most terrifying and iconic stories of the twentieth century
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 lottery.
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.
ISBN: 9780141191430
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2009
Pages: 320
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 18mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
The definitive collection of Shirley Jackson's short stories, including 'The Lottery' - one of the most terrifying and iconic stories of the twentieth century
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 lottery.
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.
