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The Birds And Other Stories

Daphne Du Maurier author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group

Published:1st Oct '15

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'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 ...

Building from an almost pastoral scene of autumnal Cornwall, this carefully realistic story builds into unfathomable horror -- Lisa Allardice The Guardian

ISBN: 9780349006666

Dimensions: 197mm x 132mm x 23mm

Weight: 370g

256 pages