{"product_id":"four-novels-of-shirley-jackson","title":"Jackson: 'Shirley Jackson Four Novels of the 1940s \u0026 50s'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShirley Jackson Four Novels of the 1940s \u0026amp; 50s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Francine Prose has written, Shirley Jackson is an author who \"not only writes beautifully but who knows what there is, in this world, to be scared of\". Here are four spellbinding novels in which Jackson reimagines the American gothic tradition, exploring psychological terrors against the backdrop of a daylit and seemingly conventional postwar world. \u003cem\u003eThe Road Through the Wall\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the hatreds and crimes hidden behind a California suburb's picture-perfect facades. \u003cem\u003eHangsaman\u003c\/em\u003e is a psychological thriller in which a college student's loneliness takes a sinister turn. \u003cem\u003eIn The Bird's Nest\u003c\/em\u003e, a young office worker's multiple personalities battle for predominance. And in \u003cem\u003eThe Sundial\u003c\/em\u003e, perhaps her darkest work, an eccentric clan sheltering at home makes increasingly deranged preparations for the apocalypse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRODUCT DETAILS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Random House\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Shirley Jackson\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003eNumber of Pages: 850\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 5.5 X 8 Inches (US)\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publication year: 2020\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781598536706\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44338971148468,"sku":"BOOK1SJ101","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2187\/2175\/files\/fournovelsbysjcover.jpg?v=1786732857","url":"https:\/\/store.benningtonmuseum.org\/products\/four-novels-of-shirley-jackson","provider":"Bennington Museum STORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}