Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson's masterpiece: the deliciously dark and funny story of Merricat, tomboy teenager, beloved sister - and possible lunatic. 'Her greatest book ... at once whimsical and harrowing, a miniaturist's charmingly detailed fantasy sketched inside a mausoleum ... Through depths and depths and bloodwarm depths we fall, until the surface is only an eerie gleam high above, nearly forgotten; and the deeper we sink, the deeper we want to go' Donna Tartt, author of The Goldfinch Living in the Blackwood family home with only her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian for company, Merricat just wants to preserve their delicate way of life. But ever since Constance was acquitted of murdering the rest of the family, the world isn't leaving the Blackwoods alone. And when Cousin Charles arrives, armed with overtures of friendship and a desperate need to get into the safe, Merricat must do everything in her power to protect the remaining family. This Penguin edition includes an afterword by the acclaimed novelist Joyce Carol Oates. All Shirley Jackson's other novels, plus The Lottery and Other Stories, are available in Penguin Modern Classics. Shirley Jackson was born in California in 1916. When her short story The Lotterywas 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 five more: 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 her sleep in 1965 at the age of 48. 'The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable ... She is a true master' A. M. Homes 'A masterpiece of Gothic suspense' Joyce Carol Oates 'If you haven't read We Have Always Lived in the Castle ... you have missed out on something marvellous' Neil Gaiman

Cuatro personajes llegan a un viejo y laberíntico caserón conocido como Hill House. Son el doctor Montague, un estudioso de lo oculto que busca pruebas de fenómenos psíquicos en casas encantadas, y tres personas a quienes el doctor ha reclutado para llevar a cabo un experimento. A pesar de las reticencias de su familia, Eleanor, una joven algo atormentada y de pasado infeliz, acabara formando parte de la singular comitiva. Los otros son Theodora, con quien Eleanor establece un fuerte vinculo inicial, y Luke, el heredero de la casa. Pronto todos deberan enfrentarse a situaciones que estan mas alla de su comprension. Hill House parece estar preparandose para escoger a uno de ellos y hacerlo suyo para siempre. Llevada dos veces al cine e inspiracion de una reciente serie televisiva, "La maldicion de Hill House" es una de las novelas mas famosas de Shirley Jackson y una de las principales obras de terror del siglo XX.

Merricat lleva una vida solitaria en una gran casa apartada del pueblo. Allí pasa las horas recluida con su bella hermana mayor y su anciano tío Julián. En el hogar de los Blackwood los días discurrían apacibles si no fuera porque los otros miembros de la familia murieron envenenados alli mismo, en el comedor, seis años atras.

«Exquisita y poderosa hasta lo letal, como un caramelo venenoso.» Mariana Enriquez Shirley Jackson, autora de obras maestras como La maldición de Hill House y Siempre hemos vivido en el castillo, fir

Publicada per primera vegada als Estats Units el 1959, La maledicció de Hill House està considerada una de les obres mestres de la literatura de terror, una novel•la que ha marcat les trajectòries d'

Por la autora de Siempre hemos vivido en castillo, Cuentos escogidos, Deja que te cuente, Hangsaman y La maldición de Hill House, novela que inspiró una serie de Netflix. ¿Una novela sobre los prepar

Natalie Waite tiene diecisiete años. Nacida en el seno de una familia asfixiante constituida por el padre, escritor mediocre y egocéntrico, y la madre, un ama de casa neurótica, llega el día en que se marcha a estudiar. Es posible que justo antes de irse pasara algo que no quiere o no puede contar. Pronto, ya en la universidad, su vida se transformará en un aterrador juego de espejos. Exploración magistral y perturbadora de la psique de una adolescente atribulada, Hangsaman (1951) se ha descrito como una novela de formación y también como una novela de campus, pero esas definiciones se quedan cortas. Aunque incluye elementos de ambas, además de un toque satírico, las vicisitudes de la protagonista acontecen en el límite con la pesadilla. La narración rezuma ambigüedad. La realidad es esquiva. Tratándose de Shirley Jackson, la oscuridad está siempre al acecho.

"En un pequeño pueblo estaudinense existe una tradición y es el de sortear un premio entre sus habitantes. Este es el marco doméstico en el que nos sumerge Shirley Jackson para contarnos una historia macabra. La adaptacion al comic corre a cargo de su nieto, Miles Hyman que ha creado ha creado una vision fantasmagorica de la aldea donde se desarrolla la historia,sus habitantes y el inolvidable ritual que pusieron en marcha.Publicado por primera vez en 1948, en el New Yorker, recibio por parte de sus lectores una respuesta muy negativa que llevo a muchos de ellos a dar de baja su suscripcion a la revista."

«Shirley Jackson no tiene rival.»Dorothy Parker«Sus cuentos son maravillosos, eternos.»A. M. Homes«Una de los escritoras norteamericanas más luminosas y extrañas del siglo XX.»Jonathan Lethem«Una esc

Por la autora de Siempre hemos vivido en el castilloEn 2016 se celebrará el centenario del nacimiento de Shirley Jackson.Una mujer pasa el día de su boda buscando frenéticamente a su futuro marido, otra hace un extraño viaje nocturno en autobus, un librero satisface la, en apariencia, inofensiva solicitud de un cliente. Y, en el cuento mas celebrado de Shirley Jackson, los pobladores de una aldea se reunen para oficiar un inquietante ritual. La loteria, uno de los relatos mas turbadores que se hayan escrito nunca y un icono en la historia de la literatura norteamericana, encendio la polemica cuando se publico por primera vez, en la revista The New Yorker. Este volumen presenta una seleccion de los cuentos de Shirley Jackson e incluye tres conferencias de la autora, una de las cuales dedicada, precisamente, al escandalo que supuso la publicacion de su texto mas conocido.Una mujer pasa el dia de su boda buscando freneticamente a su futuro marido, otra hace un extraño viaje nocturno en autobus, un librero satisface la, en apariencia, inofensiva solicitud de un cliente. Y, en el cuento mas celebrado de Shirley Jackson, los pobladores de una aldea se reunen para oficiar un inquietante ritual. La loteria, uno de los relatos mas turbadores que se hayan escrito nunca y un icono en la historia de la...

In The Sundial Shirley Jackson, author of We Have Always Lived in the Castle, blends family politics and apocalyptic terror to create a disturbing world of sinister relations and the macabre. "An amazing writer". (Neil Gaiman). Mrs Halloran has inherited the great Halloran house on the death of her son, much to the disgust of her daughter-in-law, the delight of her wicked granddaughter and the confusion of the rest of the household. But when the original owner - long dead - arrives to announce the world is ending and only the house and its occupants will be saved, they find themselves in a nightmare of strange marble statues, mysterious house guests and the beautiful, unsettling Halloran sundial which seems to be at the centre of it all. Shirley Jackson's chilling tales have the power to unsettle and terrify unlike any other. She 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 greatest American stories of all time. Her first novel, The Road Through the Wall, was published in the same year and was followed by five more: 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. Shirley Jackson died in her sleep at the age of 48. "The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable...It is a place where things are not what they seem; even on a morning that is sunny and clear there is always the threat of darkness looming, of things taking a turn for the worse". (A. M. Homes). "Shirley Jackson is unparalleled as a leader in the field of beautifully written, quiet, cumulative shudders". (Dorothy Parker). "Shirley Jackson's stories are among the most terrifying ever written". (Donna Tartt).

Shirley Jackson's Hangsaman is a story of lurking disquiet and haunting disorientation, inspired by the real-life, unsolved disappearance of a female college student. "Shirley Jackson's stories are among the most terrifying ever written". (Donna Tartt, author of The Goldfinch). Natalie Waite, daughter of a mediocre writer and a neurotic housewife, is increasingly unsure of her place in the world. In the midst of adolescence she senses a creeping darkness in her life, which will spread among nightmarish parties, poisonous college cliques and the manipulations of the intellectual men who surround her, as her identity gradually crumbles. Shirley Jackson's chilling tales have the power to unsettle and terrify unlike any other. She 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 greatest American stories of all time. Her first novel, The Road Through the Wall, was published in the same year and was followed by five more: 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. Shirley Jackson died in her sleep at the age of 48. "An amazing writer". (Neil Gaiman). "The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable...It is a place where things are not what they seem; even on a morning that is sunny and clear there is always the threat of darkness looming, of things taking a turn for the worse". (A. M. Homes). "Shirley Jackson is unparalleled as a leader in the field of beautifully written, quiet, cumulative shudders". (Dorothy Parker).

Hill House una mansión solitaria y de siniestra reputación. Montague decide alquilarla y busca ayudantes dispuestos a pasar una temporada en ella. El objetivo tomar notas de cualquier fenómeno paranormal que se presente para documentar el libro sobre casas encantadas que prepara el doctor. Las alucinantes experiencias que vivirán en la casa será mejor que el lector las descubra por sí mismo.

A melhor história de casa assombrada de todos os tempos é agora a inspiração de uma série original Netflix. Considerada a rainha do terror por mestres como Stephen King e Neil Gaiman, Shirley Jackson

Com um humor macabro, Sempre vivemos no castelo conta a história deliciosamente sombria da família Blackwood.Merricat Blackwood vive com a irmã Constance e o tio Julian. Há algum tempo existiam sete

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

Com uma habilidade ímpar, Shirley Jackson vai do hilário ao horripilante para demonstrar seu poder de contar histórias.Única coletânea publicada enquanto Shirley Jackson ainda era viva, A loteria e o