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Title: Just an Ordinary Day : The Uncollected Stories Of Shirley Jackson by Shirley Jackson ISBN: 0-553-37833-3 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: just an extraordinary day
Comment: that's how i felt when i saw this book on my library shelf. it helped to quell a hunger that i have had for many years. thank you laurence and sarah for compiling these works. i would love to see the out of print works of shirley jackson back on bookstore's shelves.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Real Shirley Jackson
Comment: There has been tons of controversy over this book about whether or not is should have been published. My personal opinion is that is should not have been published because these stories were private stories and were not published for a reason. However, now it has been published and there is nothing anyone can do about it but enjoy it as a learning experience. The reason I gave the book five stars was because it is a very accurate representation of Shirley Jackson. Writing was always theraputic for her -- she used it to express the other dimensions of her life and her self which no one could understand. Writing was a way of putting everything that went on in her mind down on paper. Therefore, reading these stories is like reading her diary -- she expressed her emotions through fiction, and the variety of characters and plots that can be seen in this collection are a representation of a certain period of her life through her eyes. If you are looking for the edited fiction that made Shirley Jackson famous, this is not the book for you. However, if you are interested in the inner workings of the author's mind, this collection of stories and essays is the closest one can get.
Rating: 4
Summary: Definitely a mixed bag from a master storyteller.
Comment: As much as my friends and myself admire Jackson's classic works, I must agree that this is a pretty mediocre collection of short stories. Because many have not been seen for over 50 years however, they certainly belong in the library of every Shirley Jackson fan. "The Possibility of Evil" is stunning. Sometimes Shirley either tried too hard, had writer's block or simply experimented with the bizarre; whatever the reason, most of her works were ahead of her time and when she was good she was the BEST-there are, unfortunately too many rather dull and uninspired stories in this collection. Shirley was the female Stephen King of her day!
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Title: Come Along With Me: Part of a Novel, Sixteen Stories, and Three Lectures by Shirley Jackson, Stanley E. Hyman ISBN: 0140250379 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Lottery : And Other Stories by Shirley Jackson ISBN: 0374516812 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1982 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson ISBN: 0140267670 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson ISBN: 0140071075 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: June, 1984 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Witchcraft of Salem Village by Shirley Jackson ISBN: 0394891767 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 12 June, 1987 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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