Don't Look Now and Other Stories by Daphne Du Maurier

Don't Look Now and Other Stories by Daphne Du Maurier

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Describes a young couple who travel to Venice to try and escape the pain of their daughter's death.

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Don't Look Now and Other Stories by Daphne Du Maurier

The 1970s was a decade of anger and discontent. Britain endured power cuts and strikes. America pulled out of Vietnam and saw its President resign from office. Feminism and face lifts vied for women's hearts (and minds). And prog rock, punk and disco weren't just music but for some were ways of life. Daphne du Maurier's Don't Look Now was published in 1971 and became a haunting film in 1973. It describes a young couple who travel to Venice to try and escape the pain of their daughter's death. Instead of laying their ghosts to rest, however, they find themselves caught up in a series of increasingly strange and violent events, in a brilliant meditation on loss, fear and fate.
Daphne du Maurier was born in 1907 and died in 1989. Her many successful novels include Frenchman's Creek, My Cousin Rachel and Rebecca, famously filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1940. Susan Hill was born in Scarborough in 1942, and educated at grammar schools there and in Coventry. She read English at King's College, London, of which she is now a Fellow. As well as I'm the King of the Castle, her novels include Strange Meeting, The Bird of Night, In the Springtime of the Year, Air and Angels, The Service of Clouds,The Various Haunts of Men, The Pure in Heart, The Rise of Darkness, The Beacon, The Vows of Silence and The Small Hand. She has written several volumes of short stories, including A Bit of Singing and Dancing; two ghost novels, The Woman in Black and The Mist in the Mirror; and a number of stories for children. Her autobiographical books are The Magic Apple Tree and Family. She is married with two adult daughters and lives in North Norfolk.
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ISBN 13 9780141191133
ISBN 10 0141191139
Title Don't Look Now and Other Stories
Author Daphne Du Maurier
Series Penguin Decades
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2010-04-01
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.