'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 ...
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780349006666
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 370 g
Dimensions: 197 x 132 x 23 mm
Building from an almost pastoral scene of autumnal Cornwall, this carefully realistic story builds into unfathomable horror -- Lisa Allardice The Guardian
Daphne Du Maurier's writing is so compelling and absorbs you completely from the very first line. Some of these stories are a mere 30 pages long and this shows very clearly the skill she possessed. She was able... More
Birds are gathering, in the sea, in the trees, in the countryside and in the cities. Then they begin to attack, murders of crows, swarms of starlings, a gunning down by gulls. Why are birds attacking and what can be... More
Perhaps because of Hitchcock's 1963 film, The Birds is the most well-known and therefore titular story in this collection of six; however, each one is a gem worthy of similar renown.
From the secretive pull of...
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