{"product_id":"dont-look-now-by-daphne-du-maurier","title":"Don't Look Now by Daphne Du Maurier","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eClassic horror stories by one of masters of the form. Full of bone-chilling tales, this collection includes \"The Birds,\" the basis for the Alfred Hitchcock film of the same title, and other creepy classics. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDaphne du Maurier wrote some of the most compelling and creepy novels of the twentieth century. In books like \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRebecca\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy Cousin Rachel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJamaica Inn \u003c\/i\u003eshe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePatrick 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.” \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDon’t Look Now\u003c\/i\u003e is a perfect introduction to a peerless storyteller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEWS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Don’t Look Now\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning collection of du Maurier’s particular brand of intricately plotted story. The mesmerizing title story was faithfully adapted by Nicholas Roeg, and the volume also includes the creepily riveting tale The Birds,... filmed by Alfred Hitchcock.\"\u003cbr\u003e— \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This new collection of her macabre tales, which features many unavailable for years, is an ideal treat for Halloween.\"— \u003cem\u003eThicket\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"(Du Maurier) was indeed a serious writer, a brilliant innovative practitioner of her craft, as these stories consistently demonstrate...Readers of these wonderful stories will go to places and feelings they never dreamed of—all because Daphne du Maurier possessed such an amazing imagination and such a capacity to make it all seem credible in her sturdy prose.\"\u003cbr\u003e— \u003cem\u003eWashington Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRODUCT DETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: NYRB Classics\u003cbr\u003eISBN: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e978-1590172889\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePages: 368\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Page \u0026 Turner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39644074705104,"sku":"","price":1095.0,"currency_code":"PHP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8000\/5328\/products\/Dont-Look-Now_1024x1024_806af732-e8f4-41d1-bbba-cfdd189dd36e.jpg?v=1628585439","url":"https:\/\/pageandturner.ph\/products\/dont-look-now-by-daphne-du-maurier","provider":"Page \u0026 Turner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}