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Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life in Bloomington, MN
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Winner • National Book Critics Circle Award (Biography) Winner • Edgar Award (Critical/Biographical) Winner • Bram Stoker Award (Nonfiction) A
New York Times
Notable Book A
Washington Post
Notable Nonfiction Pick of the Year Named one of the Best Books of the Year by
Entertainment Weekly
, NPR,
TIME
,
Boston Globe
, NYLON,
San Francisco Chronicle
Seattle Times
Kirkus Reviews
, and
Booklist
In this “thoughtful and persuasive” biography, award-winning biographer Ruth Franklin establishes Shirley Jackson as a “serious and accomplished literary artist” (Charles McGrath,
New York Times Book Review
).
Instantly heralded for its “masterful” and “thrilling” portrayal (
),
Shirley Jackson
reveals the tumultuous life and inner darkness of the literary genius behind such classics as “The Lottery” and
The Haunting of Hill House
. In this “remarkable act of reclamation” (Neil Gaiman), Ruth Franklin envisions Jackson as “belonging to the great tradition of Hawthorne, Poe and James” (
) and demonstrates how her unique contribution to the canon “so uncannily channeled women’s nightmares and contradictions that it is ‘nothing less than the secret history of American women of her era’ ” (
). Franklin investigates the “interplay between the life, the work, and the times with real skill and insight, making this fine book a real contribution not only to biography, but to mid-20th-century women’s history” (
Chicago Tribune
). “Wisely rescu[ing] Shirley Jackson from any semblance of obscurity” (Lena Dunham), Franklin’s invigorating portrait stands as the definitive biography of a generational avatar and an American literary genius.
New York Times
Notable Book A
Washington Post
Notable Nonfiction Pick of the Year Named one of the Best Books of the Year by
Entertainment Weekly
, NPR,
TIME
,
Boston Globe
, NYLON,
San Francisco Chronicle
Seattle Times
Kirkus Reviews
, and
Booklist
In this “thoughtful and persuasive” biography, award-winning biographer Ruth Franklin establishes Shirley Jackson as a “serious and accomplished literary artist” (Charles McGrath,
New York Times Book Review
).
Instantly heralded for its “masterful” and “thrilling” portrayal (
),
Shirley Jackson
reveals the tumultuous life and inner darkness of the literary genius behind such classics as “The Lottery” and
The Haunting of Hill House
. In this “remarkable act of reclamation” (Neil Gaiman), Ruth Franklin envisions Jackson as “belonging to the great tradition of Hawthorne, Poe and James” (
) and demonstrates how her unique contribution to the canon “so uncannily channeled women’s nightmares and contradictions that it is ‘nothing less than the secret history of American women of her era’ ” (
). Franklin investigates the “interplay between the life, the work, and the times with real skill and insight, making this fine book a real contribution not only to biography, but to mid-20th-century women’s history” (
Chicago Tribune
). “Wisely rescu[ing] Shirley Jackson from any semblance of obscurity” (Lena Dunham), Franklin’s invigorating portrait stands as the definitive biography of a generational avatar and an American literary genius.
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