false 89725 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163516m/89725.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163516s/89725.jpg          Eerie, unforgettable, and by turns terrifying and hilarious, Shirley Jackson's collection of stories plunges us into a unique, brilliantly etched world where the uncanny lurks in the everyday and where nothing is quite what it seems. In "The Lottery," Jackson's most famous work and one of the greatest--and scariest--stories of the twentieth century, a small town gathers for an annual ritual that culminates in a terrible event. In "The Daemon Lover," a woman waits, then searches, for the man she is to marry that day, only to find that he has disappeared as completely as if he had never existed. In "Trial by Combat," a shy woman confronts her kleptomaniac neighbor, and in "Pillar of Salt," a tourist in New York is gradually paralyzed by a city grown nightmarish. Throughout these twenty-five tales, we move through a variety of emotional landscapes full of loneliness and humor, oddity and cruelty, banality and terror, and searing psychological insight. No reader will come away unaffected.
         The only collection to appear during Jackson's lifetime, The Lottery and Other Stories reveals the full breadth and power of this truly original writer.]]> 89723 10 212602 1949 The Lottery: And Other Stories total:3878|5:1170|4:1663|3:825|2:162|1:58| 3878 15359 4857 280 13388 3.97 10821 1387 24628008 667388 834421 0374516812 9780374516819 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178761370m/834421.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178761370s/834421.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/834421.The_Lottery_And_Other_Stories 4.06 144 The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly horrible--and power as a storyteller.
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]]> 1949 4 4 false Sun Feb 18 09:23:38 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 16 16:01:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 66743115 1697111 1826186 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188879533m/1826186.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188879533s/1826186.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1826186.The_Lottery_Adventures_of_the_Demon_Lover 4.22 9 The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jackson's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly horrible--and power as a storyteller.]]> 1949 5 1 false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 10:01:05 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 27 16:12:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 29458635 270269 89723 0374529531 9780374529536 256 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515m/89723.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515s/89723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89723.The_Lottery_And_Other_Stories 3.96 3878 The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly horrible--and power as a storyteller.
]]> 1949 4 2 false Wed Aug 06 16:33:15 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 15:10:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 29627935 1409195 89723 0374529531 9780374529536 256 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515m/89723.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515s/89723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89723.The_Lottery_And_Other_Stories 3.96 3878 The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly horrible--and power as a storyteller.
]]> 1949 5 2 false Thu Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 08 12:23:43 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 13:09:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 45903738 270269 89725 0679640398 9780679640394 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163516m/89725.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163516s/89725.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89725.The_Lottery_and_Other_Stories 3.93 28          Eerie, unforgettable, and by turns terrifying and hilarious, Shirley Jackson's collection of stories plunges us into a unique, brilliantly etched world where the uncanny lurks in the everyday and where nothing is quite what it seems. In "The Lottery," Jackson's most famous work and one of the greatest--and scariest--stories of the twentieth century, a small town gathers for an annual ritual that culminates in a terrible event. In "The Daemon Lover," a woman waits, then searches, for the man she is to marry that day, only to find that he has disappeared as completely as if he had never existed. In "Trial by Combat," a shy woman confronts her kleptomaniac neighbor, and in "Pillar of Salt," a tourist in New York is gradually paralyzed by a city grown nightmarish. Throughout these twenty-five tales, we move through a variety of emotional landscapes full of loneliness and humor, oddity and cruelty, banality and terror, and searing psychological insight. No reader will come away unaffected.
         The only collection to appear during Jackson's lifetime, The Lottery and Other Stories reveals the full breadth and power of this truly original writer.]]> 1949 0 0 false Mon Feb 09 22:24:46 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 22:24:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 73063037 280438 89725 0679640398 9780679640394 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163516m/89725.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163516s/89725.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89725.The_Lottery_and_Other_Stories 3.96 3878          Eerie, unforgettable, and by turns terrifying and hilarious, Shirley Jackson's collection of stories plunges us into a unique, brilliantly etched world where the uncanny lurks in the everyday and where nothing is quite what it seems. In "The Lottery," Jackson's most famous work and one of the greatest--and scariest--stories of the twentieth century, a small town gathers for an annual ritual that culminates in a terrible event. In "The Daemon Lover," a woman waits, then searches, for the man she is to marry that day, only to find that he has disappeared as completely as if he had never existed. In "Trial by Combat," a shy woman confronts her kleptomaniac neighbor, and in "Pillar of Salt," a tourist in New York is gradually paralyzed by a city grown nightmarish. Throughout these twenty-five tales, we move through a variety of emotional landscapes full of loneliness and humor, oddity and cruelty, banality and terror, and searing psychological insight. No reader will come away unaffected.
         The only collection to appear during Jackson's lifetime, The Lottery and Other Stories reveals the full breadth and power of this truly original writer.]]> 1949 5 0 false Wed Sep 30 18:24:28 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 18:43:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 77331725 2499261 89725 0679640398 9780679640394 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163516m/89725.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163516s/89725.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89725.The_Lottery_and_Other_Stories 3.96 3878          Eerie, unforgettable, and by turns terrifying and hilarious, Shirley Jackson's collection of stories plunges us into a unique, brilliantly etched world where the uncanny lurks in the everyday and where nothing is quite what it seems. In "The Lottery," Jackson's most famous work and one of the greatest--and scariest--stories of the twentieth century, a small town gathers for an annual ritual that culminates in a terrible event. In "The Daemon Lover," a woman waits, then searches, for the man she is to marry that day, only to find that he has disappeared as completely as if he had never existed. In "Trial by Combat," a shy woman confronts her kleptomaniac neighbor, and in "Pillar of Salt," a tourist in New York is gradually paralyzed by a city grown nightmarish. Throughout these twenty-five tales, we move through a variety of emotional landscapes full of loneliness and humor, oddity and cruelty, banality and terror, and searing psychological insight. No reader will come away unaffected.
         The only collection to appear during Jackson's lifetime, The Lottery and Other Stories reveals the full breadth and power of this truly original writer.]]> 1949 4 0 true Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 10:38:22 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 20:39:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 76955555 2371729 89723 0374529531 9780374529536 256 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515m/89723.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515s/89723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89723.The_Lottery_And_Other_Stories 3.96 3878 The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly horrible--and power as a storyteller.
]]> 1949 4 0 false Sun Nov 08 09:59:40 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 15:52:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 15:57:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 70847815 1609700 89723 0374529531 9780374529536 256 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515m/89723.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515s/89723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89723.The_Lottery_And_Other_Stories 3.96 3878 The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly horrible--and power as a storyteller.
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Instead, knowing what was going to happen made the mundane opening details even more awful. Even more disturbing. This...more...]]> 59158492 2399875 89723 0374529531 9780374529536 256 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515m/89723.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515s/89723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89723.The_Lottery_And_Other_Stories 3.96 3878 The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly horrible--and power as a storyteller.
]]> 1949 2 0 false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 10:37:14 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 10:47:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 53134147 1209804 89723 0374529531 9780374529536 256 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515m/89723.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515s/89723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89723.The_Lottery_And_Other_Stories 3.96 3878 The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly horrible--and power as a storyteller.
]]> 1949 1 0 false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 11:02:33 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 09:10:01 -0700 2009 Basically what happens is this town of 300 people have a "lottery" every year. The families have their head of the house, which is normally the father, pick a paper from a black box. If one family ge...more...]]> 65904461 1391097 89723 0374529531 9780374529536 256 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515m/89723.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515s/89723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89723.The_Lottery_And_Other_Stories 3.96 3878 The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly horrible--and power as a storyteller.
]]> 1949 5 0 false Sun Aug 02 15:02:22 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 15:11:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 30333620 782886 89723 0374529531 9780374529536 256 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515m/89723.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515s/89723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89723.The_Lottery_And_Other_Stories 3.96 3878 The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly horrible--and power as a storyteller.
]]> 1949 5 1 false Sat Aug 16 16:52:59 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 16:56:31 -0700 2008 25663300 777369 89723 0374529531 9780374529536 256 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515m/89723.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515s/89723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89723.The_Lottery_And_Other_Stories 3.96 3878 The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly horrible--and power as a storyteller.
]]> 1949 5 1 false Fri Jun 27 09:12:32 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 09:14:38 -0700 2008 73344390 1239138 89723 0374529531 9780374529536 256 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515m/89723.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515s/89723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89723.The_Lottery_And_Other_Stories 3.96 3878 The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly horrible--and power as a storyteller.
]]> 1949 5 0 true Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 16:41:18 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 08 15:29:19 -0800 2009
Jackson was new to me, and I am...more...]]> 75025676 753415 89723 0374529531 9780374529536 256 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515m/89723.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515s/89723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89723.The_Lottery_And_Other_Stories 3.96 3878 The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly horrible--and power as a storyteller.
]]> 1949 2 0 false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 10:13:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 10:18:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 67268249 2515031 89723 0374529531 9780374529536 256 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515m/89723.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515s/89723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89723.The_Lottery_And_Other_Stories 3.96 3878 The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly horrible--and power as a storyteller.
]]> 1949 1 0 false Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 12:19:33 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 12:44:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 26587494 1307382 89723 0374529531 9780374529536 256 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515m/89723.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515s/89723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89723.The_Lottery_And_Other_Stories 3.96 3878 The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly horrible--and power as a storyteller.
]]> 1949 3 1 false Mon Jul 07 18:03:34 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 18:05:43 -0700 2008 63516483 2333669 89723 0374529531 9780374529536 256 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515m/89723.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171163515s/89723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89723.The_Lottery_And_Other_Stories 3.96 3878 The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson's lifetime, unites "The Lottery:" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son's remarkable range--from the hilarious to the truly horrible--and power as a storyteller.
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