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We Have Always Lived in the Castle

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Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate.

Synopsis:

Alone since four members of the family died of arsenic poisoning, Merricat, Constance, and Julian Blackwood spend their days in happy isolation until cousin Charles appears.

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Shirley Jackson (1919-1965), a celebrated writer of horror, wrote many stories as well as six novels and two works of nonfiction.

Jonathan Lethem is the author of numerous acclaimed novels, including Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude.

Thomas Ott is a Swiss artist who makes wordless scratchboard comics that depict the darker side of life with painstaking clarity. His books include Hellville and Tales from the Edge.

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Kristen M, February 7, 2010 (view all comments by Kristen M)
There was such a palpable feeling of sadness during the entire book. I don't think I have ever read something quite like this. Jackson is certainly very good at making one feel while reading. It's somewhat disconcerting. I think this is the sort of book that you read once but are affected by for the rest of your life.
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barbara howe, March 21, 2007 (view all comments by barbara howe)
If you like Shirley Jackson and her grotesque images of humanity, if you're feeling cynical about human society, or just like twisted and stunted characters, Jackson's your gal. Best known for the creepy short story The Lottery, her novel We have Always Lived in the Castle is another story about the cruelty of humankind, the incessant social pressure of small towns to keep their members in line and the temptation it all produces to wall yourself off in a castle and never come out! The story is told by a mentally disturbed narrator which provides the reader with an uncomfortable though thrilling closeness to insanity and neurosis and not a small part of the creepiness of the novel is produced by this technique. Jackson is a genius of the most recessed and hidden parts of the human psyche and this novel is one of her best.

Crossposted at my blog, www.LuckyWhiteGirl.com
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780143039976
Subtitle:
(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Author:
Jackson, Shirley
Introduction by:
Lethem, Jonathan
Introduction:
Lethem, Jonathan
Author:
Ott, Thomas
Author:
Lethem, Jonathan
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - General
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Edition Description:
Mass Market
Series:
Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
Publication Date:
20061031
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Pages:
160
Dimensions:
8.44x5.56x.49 in. .46 lbs.
Age Level:
from 18
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