Lottery. Jackson Sh.

Shirley Jackson was called “the only practitioner among modern writers.”

And in fact, some kind of “drawing” blows from her stories: absurd and puzzle are bizarre in the labyrinths of plots, creating either What is not like a “somnambulic” atmosphere where it is difficult to distinguish reality from fiction. From the first page, there is also the feeling that evil is very close - according to Jackson, it lurks in the souls of people who mired in prejudices and cruelty. The most brightly premonition of horror is manifested in the title story, the “lottery”, which became the classic of the American novelty of the twentieth century and was filmed three times.