Shirley Jackson

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.

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.

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

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."

«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

First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson''s The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers--and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.

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...

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).

This is the unsettling story of a young woman's descent into mental illness, from the author of The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived at the Castle. "An amazing writer". (Neil Gaiman). Elizabeth Richmond is almost too quiet to be believed, with no friends, no parents, and a job that leaves her strangely unnoticed. But soon she starts to behave in ways she can neither control nor understand, to the increasing horror of her doctor, and the humiliation of her self-centred aunt. As a tormented Elizabeth becomes two people, then three, then four, each wilder and more wicked than the last, a battle of wills threatens to destroy the girl and all who surround her. The Bird's Nest is a macabre journey into who we are, and how close we sometimes come to the brink of madness. Shirley Jackson's chilling tales of creeping unease and casual cruelty 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 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. 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 is one of those highly idiosyncratic, inimitable writers ...whose work exerts an enduring spell". (Joyce Carol Oates).

Último romance publicado pela autora, Sempre Vivemos no Castelo é considerado uma obra fundamental da literatura norte-americana.Considerado pela crítica uma das obras-primas da literatura norte-americana, Sempre Vivemos no Castelo narra a historia da extravagante familia Blackwood ou do que dela restou, apos a morte por envenenamento de quase todos os seus elementos a mesa de jantar. Constance, uma das filhas, e ilibada do crime, passando a viver isolada na grande casa da familia, longe da hostilidade dos habitantes da cidade. Com ela vivem o seu tio invalido, o gato Jonas e a sua irm, Merricat, uma adolescente ingenua e invulgar que acredita em lobisomens, no poder dos objectos e em palavras magicas, e que tudo fara para preservar este pequeno e estranho mundo. Essa fragil harmonia, contudo, e subitamente rompida com a chegada do primo Charles. Na sua presença, os terriveis acontecimentos do passado voltaro para assombrar os Blackwood, revelando a sua verdadeira face.Traduço do ingles de Maria Joo Freire de AndradeOs elogios da critica:Sempre Vivemos no Castelo e uma memoravel dramatizaço da agorafobia levada ao extremo.Rogerio Casanova, LERShirley Jackson foi das que melhor cultivaram este regresso a um terror que se serve de inicio tepido e que vai aquecendo muito lentamente.Rui Lagartinho, Time OutOs seus romances deixaram uma marca em como se le e ve o terror e, sobretudo, na forma como se olha para a familia norte-americana.Andre Santos, SabadoPersonagens bem desenhadas e a escrita excelente, feita de palavras comuns e percepço afinada.Luis M. Faria, ExpressoUma mestre maior do terror e do suspense.The New York Times Book ReviewShirley Jackson e uma escritora inimitavel cujas palavras permanecem connosco durante muito tempo.Joyce Carol OatesShirley Jackson era uma escritora incrivel Se nunca leram Sempre Vivemos no Castelo ou A Maldiço de Hill House, esto a perder uma coisa maravilhosa.Neil GaimanShirley Jackson e impar na criaço de tremores silenciosos, crescentes e excepcionalmente bem escritos.Dorothy Parker

Shirley Jackson is one of the most important American writers of the last hundred years. Since her death in 1965, her place in the landscape of twentieth-century fiction has grown only more exalted.As we approach the centenary of her birth comes this astonishing compilation of fifty-six piecesmore than forty of which have never been published before. Two of Jacksons children co-edited this volume, culling through the vast archives of their mothers papers at the Library of Congress, selecting only the very best for inclusion.Let Me Tell You brings together the deliciously eerie short stories Jackson is best known for, along with frank, inspiring lectures on writing; comic essays about her large, boisterous family; and whimsical drawings. Jacksons landscape here is most frequently domestic: dinner parties and bridge, household budgets and homeward-bound commutes, childrens games and neighborly gossip. But this familiar setting is also her most subversive: She wields humor, terror, and the uncanny to explore the real challenges of marriage, parenting, and communitythe pressure of social norms, the veins of distrust in love, the constant lack of time and space.For the first time, this collection showcases Shirley Jacksons radically different modes of writing side by side. Together they show her to be a magnificent storyteller, a sharp, sly humorist, and a powerful feminist.This volume includes a Foreword by the celebrated literary critic and Jackson biographer Ruth Franklin.

Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by award-winning director Guillermo del Toro Filmmaker and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror series, a new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre. Included here are some of del Toro s favorites, from Mary Shelley s "Frankenstein" and Ray Russell s short story Sardonicus, considered by Stephen King to be perhaps the finest example of the modern Gothic ever written, to Shirley Jackson s "The Haunting of Hill House" and stories by Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, Ted Klein, and Robert E. Howard. Featuring original cover art by Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, these stunningly creepy deluxe hardcovers will be perfect additions to the shelves of horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and paranormal aficionados everywhere. "The Haunting of Hill House" The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre. First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's"The Haunting of Hill House" has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a haunting;' Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers and soon it will choose one of them to make its own."

The perfect read for Hallowe''en, this new hardback volume of Jackson''s finest stories reveals the queen of American gothic at her unsettling, mesmerising best.There''s something nasty in suburbia. In these deliciously dark tales, the daily commute turns into a nightmarish game of hide and seek, the loving wife hides homicidal thoughts and the concerned citizen might just be an infamous serial killer. In the haunting world of Shirley Jackson, nothing is as it seems and nowhere is safe, from the city streets to the country manor, and from the small-town apartment to the dark, dark woods...

From the peerless author of The Lottery and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, this is a spectacular new volume of unpublished and uncollected stories, essays, lectures, letters and drawings. Let Me Tell You brings together the deliciously eerie short stories Jackson is best known for with frank and inspiring lectures on writing; comic essays she wrote about her large, rowdy family; and revelatory personal letters and drawings. Jackson's landscape here is most frequently domestic - dinner parties, children's games and neighbourly gossip - but one that is continually threatened and subverted in her unsettling, inimitable prose. This collection is the first opportunity to see Shirley Jackson's radically different modes of writing side by side, revealing her to be a magnificent storyteller, a sharp, sly humorist and a powerful feminist. 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 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 forty-eight. "An amazing writer." (Neil Gaiman). "The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable...She is a true master." (A. M. Homes). "Shirley Jackson's stories are among the most terrifying ever written." (Donna Tartt).

Publicado originalmente em 1951, este segundo romance de Shirley Jackson é um thriller psicológico macabro que retrata como poucos o medo da solidão e da própria consciência. Natalie Waite tem dezess

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

Estudia cinco obras representativas de este género en América Latina, "Matalaché" (1928), de Enrique López Albújar, "Ecué-Yamba-O" (1933), de Alejo Carpentier, "Juyungo (1940), de Adalberto Ortiz, "Cumboto" (1950), de Ramon Diaz Sanchez, y "Chambacu: Corral de negros" (1967) de Manuel Zapata Olivella. En su conjunto estas novelas no solo abarcan la region del Caribe -donde es mas destacado el aporte africano-, sino que extiende el radio de accion de la presencia negra al continente hispanoamericano. El examen de las cinco novelas ofrece al lector una vision intima y profunda del mundo en que vive el hombre de ascendencia africana en America, a la vez que ahonda en su dura realidad socioeconomica, en las claves de su religion y no elude la investigacion de sus actividades amorosas y sexuales, sin olvidar el singular pensamiento filosofico que ha heredado de Africa. Sin desechar los mitos completamente, este ensayo, no sucumbe sin embargo a la manera pintoresca en que usualmente han sido tratados y examina sus ecos -creencias, costumbres, conformaciones-, rastreando en ellos lo que hay de perdurable en el humanismo universal.

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.