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  The Birds and Other Stories (Virago modern classics) (Paperback) By (author) Daphne du Maurier, Introduction by David Thomson

  

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  Short Description for The Birds and Other StoriesA collection of sinister short stories including 'The Birds' which was famously adapted for film by Alfred Hitchcock.
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  • Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
  • Published: 01 May 2004
  • Format: Paperback 256 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Classics
  • ISBN 13: 9781844080878 ISBN 10: 1844080870
  • Sales rank: 36,708

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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 Verita' 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 ...