The Lottery and Other Stories (FSG Classics)

ISBN: 0374529531

Author: Jackson, Shirley

Condition: New

One of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jacksons The Lottery created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker in 1948."Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. Today it is considered a classic work of short fiction, a story remarkable for its combination of subtle suspense and pitch-perfect descriptions of both the chilling and the mundane.The Lottery and Other Stories, the only collection of stories to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery" with twenty-four equally unusual short stories. Together they demonstrate Jackson's remarkable range-from the hilarious to the horrible, the unsettling to the ominous-and her power as a storyteller.