Just an Ordinary Day

Name: Just an Ordinary Day
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
SKU: 9780141983202
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By Shirley Jackson

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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Summary

Just an Ordinary Day is a scintillating collection of short stories by Shirley Jackson, showcasing her ability to weave the ordinary with the bizarre. These tales, both previously published and unreleased, delve into various aspects of human nature, everyday life, and the unexpected twists that hide beneath the surface. Each story reflects her unique talent for blending the mundane with the eerie, capturing the complexity of existence with a distinctive and engaging voice.
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You might enjoy this collection if you appreciate stories that weave together the unexpected and the eerie with the mundane. The author masterfully crafts tales that unsettle and surprise, often with a darkly comic twist. It may appeal to those who admire literary explorations of the strange beneath the surface of everyday life.

Just an Ordinary Day

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A remarkable collection of dark, funny and haunting short stories from the inimitable author of The Lottery.

An anxious devil, a malicious old woman, and a mid-century Jack the Ripper; a pursuit through a nightmarish city, a small boy's thrilling train ride with a female thief, and a town where the possibility of evil lurks behind perfect rose bushes. This is the world of Shirley Jackson, by turns frightening, funny, strange and unforgettably revealed in this collection of brilliant stories from the author of The Lottery.

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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Just an Ordinary Day is highly praised for showcasing Shirley Jackson's ability to uncover the extraordinary within the mundane, making it a cherished offering for both new readers and long-time fans. The collection is celebrated for its dark and eerie undertones, with critics noting its impact and unforgettable nature. Reviewers consider it a masterful representation of Jackson's talent and recommend it as a compelling and disturbing treat.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141983202

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 February 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 340g

Pages: 496

Collections

Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Modern Classics Shirley Jackson

About the Author

Shirley Jackson was born in California in 1916. When her short story, 'The Lottery', was first published in the New Yorker in 1948, readers were so horrified they sent her hate mail; it has since become one of the most iconic American stories of all time. Her first novel, The Road Through the Wall, was published in the same year and was followed by Hangsaman, The Bird's Nest, The Sundial, The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, widely seen as her masterpiece. In addition to her dark, brilliant novels, she wrote lightly fictionalized magazine pieces about family life with her four children and her husband, the critic Stanley Edgar Hyman. Shirley Jackson died in 1965.