Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
by:
Ruth Franklin (author)
This "historically engaging and pressingly relevant" biography establishes Shirley Jackson as a towering figure in American literature and revives the life and work of a neglected master.Still known to millions primarily as the author of the "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson (1916–1965) has been...
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This "historically engaging and pressingly relevant" biography establishes Shirley Jackson as a towering figure in American literature and revives the life and work of a neglected master.Still known to millions primarily as the author of the "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson (1916–1965) has been curiously absent from the mainstream American literary canon. A genius of literar
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B01BX7S014
Publisher: Liveright
Pages no: 619
Edition language: English
I enjoyed this biography of Shirley Jackson more than I expected, given the intimidating size of it at 19.5 hours of audio (608 pages in the bound version). The author does a fine job of blending a discussion of her life events and influences into summary and critique of her novels and a selection o...
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