We Have Always Lived In The Castle

Description

Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate.

Reviews

"A marvelous elucidation of life...a story full of craft and full of mystery" --The New York Times Book Review"A witch's brew of eerie power and startling novelty" --The New York Times "I was thrilled by the genuine but meaningful strangeness of Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle." --George Saunders -A marvelous elucidation of life...a story full of craft and full of mystery- --The New York Times Book Review-A witch's brew of eerie power and startling novelty- --The New York Times -I was thrilled by the genuine but meaningful strangeness of Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle.- --George Saunders A marvelous elucidation of life a story full of craft and full of mystery The New York Times Book Review A witch s brew of eerie power and startling novelty The New York Times"

Author description

Shirley Jackson (1919-1965), a celebrated writer of horror, wrote many stories as well as six novels and two works of nonfiction.Jonathan Lethem is the author of numerous acclaimed novels, including Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude.