The lottery and other stories
"One of the darkest, most nightmarish stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" created a sensation when it was first published in 1948. Now celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary, this lucid tale of a sleepy town's annual lottery--and the monstrous desires it awakens--end...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Picador / Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2023.
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| Edition: | 75th anniversary paperback edition. |
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| Summary: | "One of the darkest, most nightmarish stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" created a sensation when it was first published in 1948. Now celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary, this lucid tale of a sleepy town's annual lottery--and the monstrous desires it awakens--endures as an essential classic of American fiction. The Lottery and Other Stories unites "The Lottery" with twenty-four wonderfully strange and equally terrifying short stories from the legendary Shirley Jackson. Together they demonstrate Jackson's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the horrible, the unsettling to the ominous--and showcase a true master at the height of her haunting powers"--Back cover. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in 1949 by Farrar, Straus and Company as The Lottery or, The Adventures of James Harris"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 302 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781250910158 1250910153 |
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