Just an Ordinary Day by Shirley Jackson

Just an Ordinary Day by Shirley Jackson

A remarkable collection of dark, funny and haunting short stories from the inimitable author of 'The Lottery'.

An anxious devil, an elderly writer of poison pen letters and a mid-century Jack the Ripper; a pursuit though a nightmarish city, a small boy's thrilling train ride with a female thief, and a town where the possibility of evil lurks behind perfect rose bushes. This is the world of Shirley Jackson, by turns frightening, funny, strange and unforgettably revealed in this brilliant collection of short stories.

'Jackson at her best: plumbing the extraordinary from the depths of mid-twentieth-century common. [Just an Ordinary Day] is a gift to a new generation' - San Francisco Chronicle

'For Jackson devotees, as well as first-time readers, this is a feast ... A virtuoso collection' - Publishers Weekly

Jackson at her best: plumbing the extraordinary from the depths of mid-twentieth-century common[Just an Ordinary Day] is a gift to a new generation * San Francisco Chronicle *
For Jackson devotees, as well as first-time readers, this is a feast ... A virtuoso collection * Publishers Weekly *
One of the great practitioners of the literature of the darker impulses -- Paul Theroux * The New York Times Book Review *
The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable -- A. M. Homes
A dark, disturbing, wonderful treat ... A collection to press on people and demand they read -- Alison Flood * The Bookseller *

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.

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ISBN 13	9780141983202
ISBN 10	0141983205
Title	Just an Ordinary Day
Author	Shirley Jackson
Series	Penguin Modern Classics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2017-02-02
Number of pages	496
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.