{"product_id":"9780141391984-hangsaman","title":"Hangsaman","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNatalie Waite, daughter of a mediocre writer and a neurotic housewife, is increasingly unsure of her place in the world. In the midst of adolescence she senses a creeping darkness in her life, which will spread among nightmarish parties, and the manipulations of the intellectual men who surround her, as her identity gradually crumbles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eShirley Jackson's \u003ci\u003eHangsaman\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of lurking disquiet and haunting disorientation, inspired by the real-life, unsolved disappearance of a female college student.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Shirley Jackson's stories are among the most terrifying ever written'  Donna Tartt, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Goldfinch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNatalie Waite, daughter of a mediocre writer and a neurotic housewife, is increasingly unsure of her place in the world. In the midst of adolescence she senses a creeping darkness in her life, which will spread among nightmarish parties, poisonous college cliques and the manipulations of the intellectual men who surround her, as her identity gradually crumbles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Penguin edition includes a Foreword by Francine Prose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShirley  Jackson's chilling tales have the  power to unsettle and  terrify unlike any other. She was born in  California in 1916. When her  short story \u003ci\u003eThe Lottery \u003c\/i\u003ewas first published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e   in 1948, readers were so horrified they sent her hate mail; it has   since become one of the greatest American stories of all time. Her   first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Road Through the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in the same year and was followed by five more: \u003ci\u003eHangsaman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bird's Nest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sundial\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWe Have Always Lived in the Castle\u003c\/i\u003e, widely seen as her masterpiece. Shirley Jackson died in her sleep at the age of 48.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An amazing writer'  Neil Gaiman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable . It is a place where things are not what they seem; even on a morning that is sunny and clear there is always the threat of darkness looming, of things taking a turn for the worse' A. M. Homes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Shirley Jackson is unparalleled as a leader in the field of beautifully written, quiet, cumulative shudders' Dorothy Parker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31651418341473,"sku":"9780141391984","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32396442.jpg?v=1737224622","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141391984-hangsaman","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}