The lottery and other stories / Shirley Jackson.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.Description: xii, 302 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 0374529531 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780374529536 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lottery [Spine title]
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Fiction | Jackson Shirley | Checked out | pen marking on last page. 11/15/2023 | 06/03/2024 | 33111006011817 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
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.
Collects short stories by Shirley Jackson, including "Like Mother Used to Make," "Afternoon in Linen," "A Fine Old Firm," as well as "The Lottery."