The Lottery and Other Stories av Shirley Jackson

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<p><b>Beautifully repackaged as part of the Picador Modern Classics series, this special edition is small enough to fit in your pocket and bold enough to stand out on your bookshelf.</b><br><br>One of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson¿s ¿The Lottery¿ created a sensation when it was first published in <i>The New Yorker </i>in 1948. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. Today it is considered a classic work of short fiction, a story remarkable for its combination of subtle suspense and pitch-perfect descriptions of both the chilling and the mundane.<br><br><i>The Lottery and Other Stories</i>, the only collection of stories to appear during Shirley Jackson''s lifetime, unites "The Lottery" with twenty-four equally unusual short stories. Together they demonstrate Jackson''s remarkable range¿from the hilarious to the horrible, the unsettling to the ominous¿and her power as a storyteller.</p>