Just an Ordinary Day
Just an Ordinary Day by Shirley Jackson is a first edition collection published by Penguin Books in 2017, featuring 496 pages in English. This remarkable anthology presents a series of dark, funny, and haunting short stories that showcase Jackson’s unique narrative style. The stories explore a range of unsettling scenarios, including an anxious devil, an elderly writer of poison pen letters, and a mid-century Jack the Ripper, all set against the backdrop of a nightmarish city and a seemingly idyllic town.
Readers will find themselves immersed in a world where the ordinary often conceals the extraordinary. The collection delves into themes of horror and psychological tension, revealing the lurking possibilities of evil amidst everyday life. With its blend of fiction and literary depth, Just an Ordinary Day invites both long-time fans and new readers to experience the unsettling charm of Shirley Jackson’s storytelling.
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A remarkable collection of dark, funny and haunting short stories from the inimitable author of ‘The Lottery’.
An anxious devil, an elderly writer of poison pen letters and a mid-century Jack the Ripper; a pursuit though a nightmarish city, a small boy’s thrilling train ride with a female thief, and a town where the possibility of evil lurks behind perfect rose bushes. This is the world of Shirley Jackson, by turns frightening, funny, strange and unforgettably revealed in this brilliant collection of short stories.
‘Jackson at her best: plumbing the extraordinary from the depths of mid-twentieth-century common. [Just an Ordinary Day] is a gift to a new generation’ – San Francisco Chronicle
‘For Jackson devotees, as well as first-time readers, this is a feast … A virtuoso collection’ – Publishers Weekly
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