Hangsaman
Author(s): Shirley Jackson (Southern Connecticut State University, USA)
Seventeen-year-old Natalie Waite longs to escape home for college. Her father is a domineering and egotistical writer who keeps a tight rein on Natalie and her long-suffering mother. When Natalie finally does get away, however, college life doesn't bring the happiness she expected. Little by little, Natalie is no longer certain of anything--even where reality ends and her dark imaginings begin. Chilling and suspenseful, "Hangsaman "is loosely based on the real-life disappearance of a Bennington College sophomore in 1946.
Product Information
"["Hangsaman"] confirms the belief that Miss Jackson is an exceptional writer." --"The London Times" "No one can question the author's great ability to do the kind of thing she wants to do. This is as disturbing a story as the shorter 'Lottery' was, and in exactly the same way." --"San Francisco Chronicle"
Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) received wide critical acclaim for her short story "The Lottery," which was first published in the "New Yorker" in 1948. Her works available from Penguin Classics include "We Have Always Lived in the Castle," "The Haunting of Hill House," and "Come Along with Me "and "Life Among the Savages "available from Penguin. Francine Prose is the bestselling author of more than twenty books and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in New York.
General Fields
- :
- : Penguin Books
- : Penguin Books
- : 0.181
- : 25 June 2013
- : 193mm X 127mm X 18mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Shirley Jackson (Southern Connecticut State University, USA)
- : Paperback / softback
- : 813.54
- : 218
