- Paperback: 346 pages
- Publisher: New York Review of Books (28 Oct 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1590172884
- ISBN-13: 978-1590172889
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 12.8 x 2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,546,617 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Daphne du Maurier wrote some of the most compelling and creepy novels of the twentieth century. In books like Rebecca, My Cousin Rachel, and Jamaica Inn she transformed the small dramas of everyday life—love, grief, jealousy—into the stuff of nightmares. Less known, though no less powerful, are her short stories, in which she gave free rein to her imagination in narratives of unflagging suspense.
Patrick McGrath’s revelatory new selection of du Maurier’s stories shows her at her most chilling and most psychologically astute: a dead child reappears in the alleyways of Venice; routine eye surgery reveals the beast within to a meek housewife; nature revolts against man’s abuse by turning a benign species into an annihilating force; a dalliance with a beautiful stranger offers something more dangerous than a broken heart. McGrath draws on the whole of du Maurier’s long career and includes surprising discoveries together with famous stories like “The Birds.” Don’t Look Now is a perfect introduction to a peerless storyteller.
Daphne du Maurier wrote some of the most compelling and creepy novels of the twentieth century. In books like Rebecca, My Cousin Rachel, and Jamaica Inn she transformed the small dramas of everyday life—love, grief, jealousy—into the stuff of nightmares. Less known, though no less powerful, are her short stories, in which she gave free rein to her imagination in narratives of unflagging suspense.
Patrick McGrath’s revelatory new selection of du Maurier’s stories shows her at her most chilling and most psychologically astute: a dead child reappears in the alleyways of Venice; routine eye surgery reveals the beast within to a meek housewife; nature revolts against man’s abuse by turning a benign species into an annihilating force; a dalliance with a beautiful stranger offers something more dangerous than a broken heart. McGrath draws on the whole of du Maurier’s long career and includes surprising discoveries together with famous stories like “The Birds.” Don’t Look Now is a perfect introduction to a peerless storyteller.
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Brilliant! Literary and creepy...
4 Mar 2009
Format:Paperback
For many years, I'd only known Daphne du Maurier for Rebecca. Even though I loved the aforementioned novel, I hadn't bothered to pick up her other books. Why? I have no idea. But then I rediscovered Rebecca, which compelled me to read Du Maurier's other works. I loved My Cousin Rachel, The Scapegoat and Jamaica Inn, and The House on the Strand has become my favorite. Then I decided to read her short stories. Don't Look Now features a compilation of the creepiest, most haunting and literary work I have read in recent years. I loved "The Birds," and now realize that Hitchcock butchered this wonderful story, turning the film into nothing more than commercial garbage. "Kiss Me Again, Stranger" and "The Escort" have supernatural elements, while "La Sainte-Vierge" and "Indiscretion" show the author's ironic side, with a language that speaks of disdain to marriage and relationships in general. But my favorite story in this book is no doubt "Don't Look Now." This totally creepy tale of clairvoyance and destiny will haunt you long after you've read it.
So, if you loved Rebecca, adored My Cousin Rachel or The House on the Strand, and you're a fan of short fiction, then you will love Don't Look Now. Daphne du Maurier proved that she was much, much more than a commercial bestseller. She was, without a doubt, a gifted writer and a force to be reckoned with.
So, if you loved Rebecca, adored My Cousin Rachel or The House on the Strand, and you're a fan of short fiction, then you will love Don't Look Now. Daphne du Maurier proved that she was much, much more than a commercial bestseller. She was, without a doubt, a gifted writer and a force to be reckoned with.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Gemlike Frisson
26 Dec 2008
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Best known for "Rebecca," du Maurier's short stories elevate a tired genre into something truly literary. The premises for such yarns as "The Birds" and "Don't Look Now" (both available here) are compelling enough to have attracted Hitchcock (who played loose with her story) and Nicholas Roeg (who didn't). Her plotting is precise, her characters believable, her style that of an acerbic Edith Wharton. It is so very good to have these tales of terror assembled between two covers.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Nicely Done
23 Jan 2009
Format:Paperback
Great paper, awesome cover image and the inclusion of the once hard-to-find The Birds short story, basis for the Hitchcock film. Don't miss The Blue Lenses, and Don't Look Now is just a masterpiece. Also a great foreword.
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