3.7
Spänningsromaner
Shirley Jackson’s deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family takes readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, macabre humor, and gothic atmosphere.
Six years after four family members died suspiciously of arsenic poisoning, the three remaining Blackwoods—elder, agoraphobic sister Constance; wheelchair-bound Uncle Julian; and eighteen-year-old Mary Katherine, or, Merricat—live together in pleasant isolation. Merricat has developed an idiosyncratic system of rules and protective magic to guard the estate against intrusions from hostile villagers. But one day a stranger arrives—cousin Charles, with his eye on the Blackwood fortune—and manages to penetrate into their carefully shielded lives. Unable to drive him away by either polite or occult means, Merricat adopts more desperate methods, resulting in crisis, tragedy, and the revelation of a terrible secret.
Jackson’s novel emerges less as a study in eccentricity and more—like some of her other fictions—as a powerful critique of the anxious, ruthless processes involved in the maintenance of normalcy itself.
© 2010 Blackstone Publishing (Ljudbok): 9781481553650
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 9 juni 2010
3.7
Spänningsromaner
Shirley Jackson’s deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family takes readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, macabre humor, and gothic atmosphere.
Six years after four family members died suspiciously of arsenic poisoning, the three remaining Blackwoods—elder, agoraphobic sister Constance; wheelchair-bound Uncle Julian; and eighteen-year-old Mary Katherine, or, Merricat—live together in pleasant isolation. Merricat has developed an idiosyncratic system of rules and protective magic to guard the estate against intrusions from hostile villagers. But one day a stranger arrives—cousin Charles, with his eye on the Blackwood fortune—and manages to penetrate into their carefully shielded lives. Unable to drive him away by either polite or occult means, Merricat adopts more desperate methods, resulting in crisis, tragedy, and the revelation of a terrible secret.
Jackson’s novel emerges less as a study in eccentricity and more—like some of her other fictions—as a powerful critique of the anxious, ruthless processes involved in the maintenance of normalcy itself.
© 2010 Blackstone Publishing (Ljudbok): 9781481553650
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 9 juni 2010
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Anna
22 sep. 2015
Underbar och märklig!
Jessica
2 maj 2014
wonderful and enchanting story
Angelica
11 nov. 2019
Gillade den här så mycket! Något med stämningen som gör det. Inläsaren passar också riktigt bra!
Martin R
22 juli 2021
En riktig klassiker - mycket väl gestaltad och inläst av Bernadette Dunne som lyckas med konststycket att addera spänning utan att historien försvinner. Lite som att sitta vid en lägereld och få historien berättad för sig :)
Kjell
31 juli 2020
En besvikelse. Saknade djupare ”beskrivningar” av personligheterna.
M
3 jan. 2022
Mycket speciell och absolut värd att lyssna på. Som att läsa en dröm eller kanske en psykos?
Ellen
25 okt. 2022
Really good, and creepy, perfect for a gloomy day^^
Marlene
26 mars 2016
Ett måste!
Ilse
14 dec. 2022
This book deserves 5 stars. Its mystery that keeps you attentive throughout in a chilling and eerie way was captured so beautifully. Shirley Jackson is a supurb author!
Anna
29 juni 2016
otroligt märklig och oförutsägbar! älskade den!
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