{"product_id":"the-haunting-of-hill-house-shirley-jackson-9780141191447","title":"The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe best-known of Shirley Jackson's novels and a major inspiration for writers like Neil Gaiman and Stephen King as well as the hit Netflix series, \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House \u003c\/i\u003eis a chilling story of the power of fear\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Shirley Jackson's stories are among the most terrifying ever written'  Donna Tartt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlone in the world, Eleanor is delighted to take up Dr Montague's  invitation to spend a summer in the mysterious Hill House. Joining them  are Theodora, an artistic 'sensitive', and Luke, heir to the house. But  what begins as a light-hearted experiment is swiftly proven to be a trip  into their darkest nightmares, and an investigation that one of their  number may not survive. Twice filmed as \u003ci\u003eThe Hauntin\u003c\/i\u003eg, and the inspiration for a 10-part Netflix series, \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful work of slow-burning psychological horror.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An amazing writer ... If you haven't read her you have missed out on something marvellous'  Neil Gaiman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'As nearly perfect a haunted-house tale as I have ever read'  Stephen King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable'  A. M. Homes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Shirley Jackson is one of those highly idiosyncratic, inimitable  writers...whose work exerts an enduring spell'  Joyce Carol Oates\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eJackson, Shirley\u003cb\u003eShirley Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e was born in California in 1916. When her short story, 'The Lottery'\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ewas first published in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e in 1948, readers were so horrified they sent her hate mail; it has since become one of the most iconic 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 \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. In addition to her dark, brilliant novels, she wrote lightly fictionalized magazine pieces about family life with her four children and her husband, the critic Stanley Edgar Hyman. Shirley Jackson died in 1965.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 256 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65812299055453,"sku":"K022467023","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/2246702300001A.jpg?v=1788531016","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-haunting-of-hill-house-shirley-jackson-9780141191447","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}