false <![CDATA[Don't Look Now: Selected Stories of Daphne Du Maurier]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255793659m/2871390.jpg 50242 6 The title novella of this collection features John and Laura who are on holiday in Venice. But it is a dangerous place for them as they are being followed by two old sisters and there is a killer on the loose. 3390929 book 28 5 1973 Don't Look Now and Other Stories total:346|5:78|4:145|3:106|2:14|1:3| 346 1319 556 45 3 6 false false Sat Mar 21 07:15:05 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 07:21:17 -0700 2009 Rebecca for the first time last month, and found it so intriguing that I finished it in just 2 days. I then of course became curious about her other works, and thought I'd give her short stories a try.

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Now finished...

Don't Look Now
A short story, set in Venice, about a recently bereaved couple in a city terrorised by a murderer. Du Maurier portrays the wife (and bereaved mother) as one desperately vulnerable; the father trying to move ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 07:56:46 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 20:49:59 -0800 2008 Don't Look Now reminds readers that du Maurier should be remembered for more than just gothic romances or adapted films. Including gems such as "The Blue Lenses" that tells the story of a woman whose eye surgery leaves her with better sig...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 03 19:59:48 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 15 10:09:31 -0700 2009 Button, Button Uncanny Stories...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 18:24:44 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 18:34:30 -0700 2009 Rebecca had also written the source material for another great Hitchcock film 'The Birds.' If it is possible, the short story may be scarier. Du maurier is a master of the gothic story - the one that scares you out of your pants and ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 07:17:24 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 14:25:17 -0700 2009
Yet she also seems to tap into deeper human fears and her novels and short stories far surpass other writ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 05:48:28 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 05:48:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 15 02:04:31 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 15:47:57 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 02:04:31 -0800 2009
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Daphne du Maurier just rocked my world.

The mood here is chilling. Every story has that edge that creeps up your spine and keeps you gripped. Th...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 10 06:18:39 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 06:32:51 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Aug 17 16:51:41 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 16:57:35 -0700 2009
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Now that I've alienated all the fiction people, I'll say that these short stories are very high quality; they are suspense, with some tinge of the supernatural, which is to be expected from DuMaurier. If you want to read the actual story "The B...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 12 06:25:49 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 06:43:11 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Sep 12 20:26:49 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 14 09:40:21 -0800 2009 Du Maurier repeatedly sets the reader up for a shocking reveal that never comes, only to hit you with an altogether ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 08:04:43 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 08:12:00 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 28 22:20:56 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 22:21:59 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2871390