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1pennwriter
Shirley Jackson wrote some famous and semifamous works: The Lottery, The Haunting of Hill House, and her odd, enchanting books about her four children: Raising Demons and Life Among the Savages.
Not as well known is the fact that she wrote an apocalyptic novel about the end of the world: The Sundial. This very weird book is about a group of people holed up on the grounds of a magnificent estate waiting for the apocalypse, secure in their belief that they alone will survive.
Not as well known is the fact that she wrote an apocalyptic novel about the end of the world: The Sundial. This very weird book is about a group of people holed up on the grounds of a magnificent estate waiting for the apocalypse, secure in their belief that they alone will survive.
2BruceCoulson
Don't forget We Have Always Lived in the Castle.
The Sundial doesn't get reprinted as much, for some reason.
Of course, perhaps the real horror of The Lottery is the aftermath: http://blog.loa.org/2010/12/what-lottery-taught-shirley-jackson.html
The Sundial doesn't get reprinted as much, for some reason.
Of course, perhaps the real horror of The Lottery is the aftermath: http://blog.loa.org/2010/12/what-lottery-taught-shirley-jackson.html
3pennwriter
Bruce: How could I have forgotten CASTLE? Thanks.
I knew Jackson got hate mail after "The Lottery" was published but didn't know the specifics. Wow. It is not surprising people were offended when Jackson located the heart of evil under the skins of upright citizens of a small New England town.
She claimed the story was about anti-Semitism, didn't she? She would have known about that, as her husband was Jewish and she was not.
"People at first were not so much concerned with what the story meant; what they wanted to know was where these lotteries were held, and whether they could go there and watch."
I knew Jackson got hate mail after "The Lottery" was published but didn't know the specifics. Wow. It is not surprising people were offended when Jackson located the heart of evil under the skins of upright citizens of a small New England town.
She claimed the story was about anti-Semitism, didn't she? She would have known about that, as her husband was Jewish and she was not.
"People at first were not so much concerned with what the story meant; what they wanted to know was where these lotteries were held, and whether they could go there and watch."
4BruceCoulson
What's surprising (and horrifying) are not the people who got offended, or the slightly confused people who thought it was real and wanted it stopped; but the people who wanted to a. watch or b. move to that town.
Although Ms. Jackson was hardly the first (or last) New England writer who suggested that real evil lurked in the hearts of the inhabitants of the region, somehow people took her stories more to heart.
Although Ms. Jackson was hardly the first (or last) New England writer who suggested that real evil lurked in the hearts of the inhabitants of the region, somehow people took her stories more to heart.
5pennwriter
"The Lottery" is a mild-seeming story -- it saves its big reveal for the end. Perhaps it was that surface blandness that got readers angry. Style perfectly matched content in that story.
Stephen King, who is a fan, dedicated his book FIRESTARTER, to Jackson's memory: "To Shirley Jackson, who never had to raise her voice."
A great writer the world lost far too young.
Stephen King, who is a fan, dedicated his book FIRESTARTER, to Jackson's memory: "To Shirley Jackson, who never had to raise her voice."
A great writer the world lost far too young.
