Friday, August 2, 2013

37.13: We Have Always Lived In the Castle, by Shirley Jackson (iBook, originally published 1962)

Like many people, I've always found "The Lottery" to be a disturbing and fascinating reflection on humans and tradition, and Jackson's mastery of suspense and surprise packs a punch. In a recent articles, the author mentioned this novel--more of a novella, I suppose, at 160 pages in paperback--and I realized I had never read it. I immediately downloaded the book and raced through it, finding all the same Jackson elements present in her short fiction, with the added satisfaction of a (slightly) longer read.

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