The Bird's Nest
Author(s): Shirley Jackson (Southern Connecticut State University, USA)
Elizabeth is a demure twenty-three-year-old wiling her life away at a dull museum job, living with her neurotic aunt, and subsisting off her dead mother's inheritance. When Elizabeth begins to suffer terrible migraines and backaches, her aunt takes her to the doctor, then to a psychiatrist. But slowly, and with Jackson's characteristic chill, we learn that Elizabeth is not just one girl--but four separate, self-destructive personalities. "The Bird's Nest," Jackson's third novel, develops hallmarks of the horror master's most unsettling work: tormented heroines, riveting familial mysteries, and a disquieting vision inside the human mind.
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"Undeniably brilliant . . . superlative entertainment; much the best book Shirley Jackson has written."--New York Herald Tribune "Shirley Jackson's best novel.... The Bird's Nest is brilliant, swift, at times immensely funny, and alternately frightening. Shirley Jackson's portrayal of a personality in disintegration is masterful."--Chicago Tribune
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. Kevin Wilson is the bestselling author of "The Family Fang "and the recipient of a Shirley Jackson Award for his story collection "Tunneling to the Center of the Earth." His writing has appeared in "Tin House," "One""Story," and other publications. He lives in Sewanee, Florida.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Publishing Group
- : Penguin Publishing Group
- : 0.213
- : 01 February 2014
- : 196mm X 136mm X 18mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Shirley Jackson (Southern Connecticut State University, USA)
- : Paperback / softback
- : English
- : 813.54
- : 256
