The Lottery and Other Stories
Book formats
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Hardcover No offers
Book short specifications
- Author
- Shirley Jackson
- Pages
- 464
- Publisher
- Picador (Picador Modern Classics)
- Series
- FSG Classics
- Language
- english
- Release date
- September 24, 2019
- ISBN
- 978-1-250-23936-5
- GTIN
- 9781250239365
About
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.