Shirley Jackson

The Lottery (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"The Lottery" was originally published in the June 26, 1948 issue of The New Yorker. Although it has gained a well-earned reputation as a classic and become one of the most famous short stories in the history of American literature, it initially received a negative response, which surprised both Shirley Jackson and The New Yorker. After its appearance, readers cancelled subscriptions and sent hate mail throughout the summer. The Union of South Africa even banned the story.

This chilling tale of a lottery in a small town which ends in death remains a powerful piece of literature, however, and is a true classic in every sense of the word.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wildside Press LLC
• Seitenzahl: 9
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781479419579
• Artikelnr.: 56824187

Autorenporträt

Shirley Jackson was born in California in 1916. When her short story, 'The Lottery', was first published in the New Yorker in 1948, readers were so horrified they sent her hate mail; it has since become one of the most iconic American stories of all time. Her first novel, The Road Through the Wall, was published in the same year and was followed by Hangsaman, The Bird's Nest, The Sundial, The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, widely seen as her masterpiece. In addition to her dark, brilliant novels, she wrote lightly fictionalized magazine pieces about family life with her four children and her husband, the critic Stanley Edgar Hyman. Shirley Jackson died in 1965.

Rezensionen

An amazing writer ... if you haven't read any of her short stories ... you have missed out on something marvellous Neil Gaiman