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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 Verità' 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 . . .
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The Birds and Other Stories, Daphne du Maurier
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2004
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- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Daphne du Maurier
- Verlag
- Virago Press
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2004
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 320
- ISBN10
- 1844080870
- ISBN13
- 9781844080878
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Krimi & Thriller, Thriller, Klassiker, Familie, Kurzgeschichten, Horror, Spannung, Morde, England, Verfilmt, Englische Literatur, Horror-Kurzgeschichten, Angst, Verlust, Gotik, Vögel, Gothischer Horror, Erzählung, Schrecken, Grusel, Wildtiere, Venedig, Tiermörder, Witwer, Englische Kurzgeschichten
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 1987
- Originaltitel
- Classics of the Macabre
- Bewertung
- 3,95 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- 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 Verità' 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 . . .