An NYRB Original A dead child appears in the alleyways of Venice;
routine eye surgery reveals the beast within to a meek housewife;
nature in revolt against man's abuse turns a harmless species into
a force that threatens humankind; a dalliance with a beautiful
stranger offers something more dangerous than a broken heart. In
Daphne du Maurier's stories, the stuff of everyday life-grief, the
limits of self-knowledge, battles between the sexes, and
environmental degradation-burst through the ordinary into the realm
of the uncanny.This new selection of du Maurier stories, chosen
from the span of her extraordinarily fruitful career, represents
the author at her most chilling and most psychologically astute,
looking back to the Gothic masterpieces of the Brontes and forward
to the work of Angela Carter and Margaret Atwood. Here novelist
Patrick McGrath revisits some of the best-known examples of du
Maurier's output, like The Birds and Don't Look Now, and unearths
hidden gems-many of which have been unavailable for years. This
book is an excellent introduction to one of the greatest
storytellers of the twentieth century and a deeper exploration of
one of its most prodigious imaginations.
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