The lottery and other stories / Shirley Jackson ; [introduction by A.M. Homes].

Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965, author.

Homes, A. M., writer of introduction.

2023

xii, 302 pages ; 21 cm

New York : Picador / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.

©1948

75th anniversary paperback edition.

Book

Short stories.

Horror fiction.

"One of the darkest, most nightmarish stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" created a sensation when it was first published in 1948. Now celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary, this lucid tale of a sleepy town's annual lottery--and the monstrous desires it awakens--endures as an essential classic of American fiction. The Lottery and Other Stories unites "The Lottery" with twenty-four wonderfully strange and equally terrifying short stories from the legendary Shirley Jackson. Together they demonstrate Jackson's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the horrible, the unsettling to the ominous--and showcase a true master at the height of her haunting powers"--Back cover.

The intoxicated -- The daemon lover -- Like mother used to make -- Trial by combat -- The villager -- My life with R.H. Macy -- The witch -- The renegade -- After you, my dear Alphonse -- Charles -- Afternoon in linen -- Flower garden -- Dorothy and my grandmother and the sailors -- Colloquy -- Elizabeth -- A fine old firm -- The dummy -- Seven types of ambiguity -- Come dance with me in Ireland -- Of course -- Pillar of salt -- Men with their big shoes -- The tooth -- Got a letter from Jimmy -- The lottery --

9781250910158

1250910153

3845023

19

2