The lottery and other stories / Shirley Jackson.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Noonday Press : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991.Edition: 1st Farrar, Straus and Giroux pbk. edDescription: 302 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 0374516812
- 0374523177
- Lottery, or, The adventures of James Harris
- 813/.54 20
- PS3519.A392 L6 1991
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Fiction | Jackson, Shirley | Available | 33111003921885 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Lottery , one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker . "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly horrible--and power as a storyteller.
"Author's original title: The lottery, or, The adventures of James Harris)--T.p. verso.
The intoxicated -- The daemon lover -- Like mother used to make -- Trial by combat -- The villager -- My life with R. H. Macy -- The witch -- The renegade -- After you, my dear Alphonse -- Charles -- Afternoon in linen -- Flower garden -- Dorothy and my grandmother -- And the sailors -- Colloquy -- Elizabeth -- A fine old firm -- The dummy -- Seven types of ambiguity -- Come dance with me in Ireland -- Of course -- Pillar of salt -- Men with their big shoes -- The tooth -- Got a letter from Jimmy -- The lottery -- Epilogue.