The Lottery and Other Stories

Her books penetrate keenly . . . to the threat that sparkles at the rainbows edge of the sprinkler spray on even the greenest lawnsDonna Tartt An excellent host finds himself turned out of home by his own guests; a woman spends her wedding day frantically searching for her husband-to-be; and in Shirley Jacksons best-known story, a small farming village comes together for a terrible lottery. The creeping unease of lives squandered and the bloody glee of lives lost is chillingly captured in these tales of wasted potential and casual cruelty by a master of the short story. Shirley Jackson is unparalleled as a leader in the field of beautifully written, quiet, cumulative shuddersDorothy Parker