Shirley Jackson: 25 books

The greatest haunted house story ever written, the inspiration for a 10-part Netflix series directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, and Timothy Hutton First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving...

Shirley Jackson's chilling second novel, based on her own experiences and an actual mysterious disappearance 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....

Stories of magic, superstition, and witchcraft were strictly forbidden in the little town of Salem Village. But a group of young girls ignored those rules, spellbound by the tales told by a woman named Tituba.  When questioned about their activities, the terrified girls set off a whirlwind of controversy...

It begins on a most unusual day, when a blue sun rises in a green sky and dozens of balloons fly from every tree. And when a magician in a long black coat and a starry hat turns up, the sights become even stranger. The magician grants a lucky child nine wishes, each more marvelous than the last ―...

Il mondo di Shirley Jackson in miniatura: tre superbi racconti, uniti dal brivido di scoprire che l'orrore di cui leggi sta capitando «a te».

In the uproarious sequel to Life Among the Savages, the author of The Haunting of Hill House confronts the most vexing demons yet: her children In the long out-of-print sequel to Life Among the Savages, Jackson’s four children have grown from savages into full-fledged demons. After bursting...

Before there was Hill House, there was the Halloran mansion of Jackson’s stunningly creepy fourth novel, The Sundial When the Halloran clan gathers at the family home for a funeral, no one is surprised when the somewhat peculiar Aunt Fanny wanders off into the secret garden. But then she...

Elizabeth Richmond ha ventitré anni, i tratti insieme eleganti e anonimi di una «vera gentildonna» della provincia americana, e non sembra avere altri progetti che quello di aspettare «la propria dipartita stando il meno male possibile». Sotto un’ingannevole tranquillità, infatti, si agita...

A moving portrait of how black Americans have spoken out against injustice—with speeches by Thurgood Marshall, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, and more. In “full-throated public oratory, the kind that can stir the soul”, this unique anthology collects the transcribed speeches of the...

Eu deveria estar morto (Shoulda been dead, Editora Unipro) é um relato da impressionante história de Damien Jackson, escrita por Dave Jackson (que não é seu parente...). A história de Damien é o eco da vida de muitos jovens atualmente, perdidos, desprezados pelos pais, marginalizados pela sociedade....

Erleben Sie in der zwölfteiligen Danforth Serie die Geschichten des skandalträchtigen und steinreichen Danforth Clans. DER DUFT DIESER FRAU Ihr süßer Duft - eine Mischung aus Vanille und Zimt - ist für ihn Verführung pur. Am liebsten würde Reid die bezaubernde Tina gleich auf...