The Tooth
Author(s): Shirley Jackson
'Her tooth, which had brought her here unerringly, seemed now the only part of her to have any identity. It seemed to have had its picture taken without her; it was the important creature which must be recorded and examined and gratified; she was only its unwilling vehicle...' The creeping unease of lives squandered and the bloody glee of lives lost is chillingly captured in these five tales of casual cruelty by a master of the short story. Portraying insanity, disturbing encounters, troubling children and a sinister lottery, Shirley Jackson's work has an unmatched power to unnerve and unsettle. This book includes "The Tooth", "The Witch", "Charles", "The Lottery" and "The Intoxicated".
Product Information
Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco in 1916. She first received wide critical acclaim for her short story 'The Lottery', which was published in 1949. Her novels - which include The Sundial, The Bird's Nest, Hangsaman, The Road through the Wall, We Have Always Lived in the Castle and The Haunting of Hill House - are characterised by her use of realistic settings for tales that often involve elements of horror and the occult. Raising Demons and Life Among the Savages are her two works of nonfiction. Come Along With Me is a collection of stories, lectures, and part of the novel she was working on when she died in 1965.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : Penguin Classics
- : 0.056
- : 01 February 2011
- : 161mm X 111mm X 6mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 April 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Shirley Jackson
- : 80
- : 1
- : Paperback
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