The Magic of Shirley Jackson

An essential collection of books and short stories from the influential award-winning author. Experience The Magic of Shirley Jackson with this generous selection of the author's greatest work. This collection consists of three complete books:The Bird's Nest, Life Among the Savages, and Raising Demons And eleven short stories: "The Daemon Lover" * "My Life with R. H. Macy" * "Colloquy" * "Pillar of Salt" * "The Renegade" * "Flower Garden" * "Elizabeth" * "Come Dance with Me in Ireland" * "Of Course" * "The Tooth" * "The Lottery" "Jackson's great gift is not to create a world of fantasy and terror, but rather to discover the existence of the grotesque in the ordinary world. The grotesque is so powerful here because it takes off from everyday life and constantly returns there, until we do not know ourselves quite where we are; until we feel that everyday has a little Halloween in it. The Magic of Shirley Jackson was real and powerful, and its spell abides." —The New York Times Book Review