false 57242914 643916 2871390 1590172884 9781590172889 20 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/28/390/2871390-m-1255793659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/28/390/2871390-s-1255793659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2871390.Don_t_Look_Now_Selected_Stories_of_Daphne_Du_Maurier 3.95 64 A dead child appears in the alleyways of Venice; routine eye surgery reveals the beast within to a meek housewife; nature in revolt against man’s abuse turns a harmless species into a force that threatens humankind; a dalliance with a beautiful stranger offers something more dangerous than a broken heart. In Daphne du Maurier’s stories, the stuff of everyday life–grief, the limits of self-knowledge, battles between the sexes, and environmental degradation–burst through the ordinary into the realm of the uncanny.This new selection of du Maurier stories, chosen from the span of her extraordinarily fruitful career, represents the author at her most chilling and most psychologically astute, looking back to the Gothic masterpieces of the Brontës and forward to the work of Angela Carter and Margaret Atwood. Here novelist Patrick McGrath revisits some of the best-known examples of du Maurier’s output, like “The Birds” and “Don’t Look Now,” and unearths hidden gems–many of which have been unavailable for years. This book is an excellent introduction to one of the greatest storytellers of the twentieth century and a deeper exploration of one of its most prodigious imaginations.]]> 2001717 3.98 30526 3641 1973 5 0 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...]]>