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THE BIRDS AND OTHER STORIES
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Daphne Du Maurier, David Thompson |
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ISBN 10: |
1844080870 |
ISBN 13: |
9781844080878 |
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Publisher: |
LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP |
Pub. date: |
12 July, 2003 |
Series: |
Virago Modern Classics |
Pages: |
256 |
Description: |
This collection of short stories enabled du Maurier's devoted readership to see her, for the first time, in a very different guise -- as an exponent of the sinister and macabre. |
Synopsis: |
How long he fought with them in the darkness he could not tell, but at last the beating of the wings about him lessened and then withdrew . . . 'A classic of alienation and horror, 'The Birds' was immortalised by Hitchcock in his celebrated film. The five other chilling stories in this collection echo a sense of dislocation and mock man's sense of dominance over the natural world. The mountain paradise of 'Monte Verita' promises immortality, but at a terrible price; a neglected wife haunts her husband in the form of an apple tree; a professional photographer steps out from behind the camera and into his subject's life; a date with a cinema usherette leads to a walk in the cemetery; and a jealous father finds a remedy when three's a crowd . . . |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Virago Press Ltd |
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