Shirley: A Novel

Shirley: A Novel

Two imposing literary figures are at the center of this captivating novel: the celebrated Shirley Jackson, best known for her short story â€œThe Lottery,â€ and her husband, Stanley Edgar Hyman, a literary critic and professor at Bennington College. When a young graduate student and his pregnant wifeâ€”Fred and Rose Nemserâ€”move into Shirley and Stanleyâ€™s home in the fall of 1964, they are quickly cast under the magnetic spell of their brilliant and proudly unconventional hosts.

While Fred becomes preoccupied with his teaching schedule, Rose forms an unlikely, turbulent friendship with the troubled and unpredictable Shirley. Fascinated by the Hymansâ€™ volatile marriage and inexplicable drawn to the darkly enigmatic author, Rose nonetheless senses something amissâ€”something to do with nightly unanswered phone calls and inscrutable accounts of a long-missing female student. Chillingly atmospheric and evocative of Jacksonâ€™s own classic stories, Shirley is an elegant thriller with one of Americaâ€™s greatest horror writers at its heart.
Country USA
Manufacturer Blue Rider Press
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2014-06-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780399166457

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