- Taschenbuch: 448 Seiten
- Verlag: Bantam (1. Dezember 1997)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0553378333
- ISBN-13: 978-0553378337
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 14 x 2,5 x 21,6 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.5 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (2 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 718.894 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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The late Shirley Jackson (1919-65) is the author of the classic short story, "The Lottery," a dark, unforgettable tale of the unthinking and murderous customs of a small New England town. She is also the author of several American Gothic novels, such as We Have Always Lived in the Castle and The Haunting of Hill House. Her atmospheric stories explore themes of psychological turmoil, isolation, and the inequity of fate. Just an Ordinary Day is a posthumous collection of 54 short stories (many of which have never been published), edited and introduced by two of Jackson's children. Jackson penned many of the stories in this volume for the popular press, for titles ranging from Fantasy and Science Fiction and The New Yorker to women's magazines such as Charm and Good Housekeeping. The disparity of the intended audience and the divergent styles result in an uneven collection of short stories, some that are outstanding and will be much appreciated by the reading public, others that hold interest only to the die-hard fan or chronicler of Jackson's work.
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The late author of "The Lottery," a short story found in nearly every anthology and never to be forgotten once read, left behind several published novels and story collections. She also left many unpublished story manuscripts as well as several stories that were published in magazines but never gathered in book form; now her children have selected 54 of these stories for inclusion in this posthumous collection, all of which they believe are "up to Shirley Jackson's finely tuned standards." Artistic development is obvious as we read through her career's worth of writing, from her salad days in college (when she was already demonstrating considerable talent) to the flowering of her mastery of the short story form in the 1960s, the last decade of her life. Not all of them are dark in the fashion of "The Lottery" ; some are light and funny. One of the most delightful is one of the unpublished pieces, "Maybe It Was the Car," about a woman--writer, wife, and mother--who one day walks out on frying the supper hamburgers in a moment of self-assertion. An important addition to fiction collections. Brad Hooper
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A wonderful collection of great short stories from one my best authors. Whoever thinks this collection is mediocre or sometimes dull just had the wrong expectations imho, I just expected some great and witty or sometimes funny short stories, and I got them. If you have read Judy Oppenheimers biography the story "The Possibility of Evil" is even more significant. Ms. Jackson was certainly not a second Stephen King as she is sometimes called imho, since her writing is in no way primitive and simply bloody.
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As much as my friends and myself admire Jackson's classic works, I must agree that this is a pretty mediocre collection of short stories. Because many have not been seen for over 50 years however, they certainly belong in the library of every Shirley Jackson fan. "The Possibility of Evil" is stunning. Sometimes Shirley either tried too hard, had writer's block or simply experimented with the bizarre; whatever the reason, most of her works were ahead of her time and when she was good she was the BEST-there are, unfortunately too many rather dull and uninspired stories in this collection. Shirley was the female Stephen King of her day!
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A mixed bag by a short-story master
30. Januar 1997
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You might be familiar with Shirley Jackson's writing; her novels "Hangsaman" and "The Haunting of Hill House" come to mind, and you would be hard pressed to find someone who had made it through middle and high school in this country without reading Shirley Jackson's short story, "The Lottery," the eerie tale of sinister crowd psychology and tradition gone bad.
Now, we have the first collection of "new" works by Jackson since her death in 1965 at the age of 48. Some published only once thirty or more years ago, many never before published in any form, the stories that make up "Just An Ordinary Day" have been collected by Jackson's heirs from some unlikely sources -- crates at the Library of Congress, forgotten file drawers -- even an old barn in Vermont.
This is an uneven collection. Some of the stories seem unresolved works-in-progress, some mere sketches of ideas still needing to be fleshed out, and several are outright throwaways. But among the 52 pieces here are some remarkable examples of storytelling.
Jackson was a master of the updated gothic horror tale. She could take an everyday situation and inject it full of a sense of unease that would slowly grow into full-blown terror. It's hard to read her work without looking at the world slightly suspiciously. That happily married couple you know - are they thinking murderous thoughts? The quiet clerk in your office with all the cats - what dark secrets does he keep?
In the story "Nightmare," an early bright spot in the book, a young, single woman named Miss Morgan starts her day in the usual fashion: she dresses carefully in her nondescript clothes, goes to her nondescript office and performs her nondescript secretarial work. This day is like any other for her until her boss asks her to run a seemingly simple errand. From there on, it's pure Shirley Jackson. The people on the street, taxi cabs, barking dogs - even a simple supermarket promotional contest - all take on new, menacing overtones.
But while Jackson is known best for her darker work, this compilation shows that she was comfortable working in a broad mix of styles. "My Recollections of S. B. Fairchild" is a humorous story of the troubles of catalog shopping, and several romantic pieces include "The Omen" and "Come To The Fair." And of course, you'll find plenty of simply frightening storytelling here - most notably "The Story We Used To Tell," "The Good Wife" and "Jack The Ripper."
If a few of the offerings are not among Jackson's best (there is a reason, after all, why some stories are never published), this collection is still a lot of fun, and certainly adds to the body of Jackson's known work. She was a gifted, diligent writer, and "Just An Ordinary Day" is a rare chance to see deeper into the writer's strengths and weaknesses as well as a glimpse of an artist developing her craft.
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A Nice Discovery
9. November 2005
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Shirley Jackson was a gem. She was a suburban mom and wife who managed to find the time to crank out loads of short fiction as well as authoring The Haunting of Hill House, easily the greatest haunted house novel yet done. Jackson's uncollected, often unpublished stories are here in this volume that arrives in the world like a late Christmas present. Some of these tales are hilarious, a few are disturbing, many are weird, and a handful are touchingly personal and concern Jackson's life raising her kids in post-War America. (Those last types were the ones I enjoyed most of all.) Shirley Jackson left the world far too soon and her like won't be seen again, but this volume, compiled by her son, is a nice keepsake for her fans, who never knew most of this existed.
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Definitely a mixed bag from a master storyteller.
7. Januar 2000
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As much as my friends and myself admire Jackson's classic works, I must agree that this is a pretty mediocre collection of short stories. Because many have not been seen for over 50 years however, they certainly belong in the library of every Shirley Jackson fan. "The Possibility of Evil" is stunning. Sometimes Shirley either tried too hard, had writer's block or simply experimented with the bizarre; whatever the reason, most of her works were ahead of her time and when she was good she was the BEST-there are, unfortunately too many rather dull and uninspired stories in this collection. Shirley was the female Stephen King of her day!
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