{"product_id":"we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle-shirley-jackson-9780241685044","title":"We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEighteen-year-old Merricat may, or may not be, a mass murderer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSix years ago everyone in the Blackwood family was poisoned by sugar laced with arsenic - everyone, that is, apart from Merricat and her elder sister Constance. They live in peaceful, ordered isolation, away from prying eyes in the nearby village, until one day boorish cousin Charles arrives with designs on their father's fortune. Whether by practical or magical means, Merricat will do whatever is necessary to protect their home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\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 paperback, Englisch, 176 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65925595005277,"sku":"K096989539","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9698953900001A.jpg?v=1789450118","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle-shirley-jackson-9780241685044","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}