The haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson
Bok · Engelsk · 2013 · Grøssarar
| Utgitt | London : Penguin Classics , 2013
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| Omfang | 235 s.
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| Opplysninger | First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a 'haunting'; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers - and soon it will choose one of them to make its own. Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco in 1919. She first received wide critical acclaim for her short story 'The Lottery', which was published in 1948. Her novels - which include The Sundial, The Bird's Nest, Hangsaman, The Road through the Wall, We Have Always Lived in the Castle and The Haunting of Hill House - are characterised by her use of realistic settings for tales that often involve elements of horror and the occult. Raising Demons and Life Among the Savages are her two works of nonfiction. Come Along With Me is a collection of stories, lectures, and part of the novel she was working on when she died in 1965. - I 1992 kjøpte Olivia and Hugh Crain Hill House, et forfallent kråkeslott med behov for omfattende renovering. Etter å ha flyttet inn med sine fem barn oppdager de at ingenting ved huset er som det først virket, og etter å ha opplevd skrekkelige ting flykter de hals over hode fra eiendommen. Noen år senere gjenforenes familiemedlemmene og innser til fulle hvilken ødeleggende påvirkning Hill House har hatt på livene deres. Netflix har også skapt en grøsserserie basert på boken. Omtalen er utarbeidet av BS.
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| ISBN | 978-01-431-2235-7
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