{"product_id":"the-road-through-the-wall-paperback","title":"The Road Through the Wall - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShirley Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRuth Franklin\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe compelling novel that began Shirley Jackson's legendary career\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePepper Street is a really nice, safe California neighborhood. The houses are tidy and the lawns are neatly mowed. Of course, the country club is close by, and lots of pleasant folks live there. The only problem is they knocked down the wall at the end of the street to make way for a road to a new housing development. Now, that's not good--it's just not good at all. Satirically exploring what happens when a smug suburban neighborhood is breached by awful, unavoidable truths, \u003ci\u003e The Road Through the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e is the tale that launched Shirley Jackson's heralded career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShirley Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (1916-1965) received wide critical acclaim for her short story \"The Lottery,\" which was first published in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e in 1948. Her works available from Penguin Classics include \u003ci\u003eWe Have Always Lived in the Castle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCome Along with Me \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLife Among the Savages \u003c\/i\u003eavailable from Penguin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Franklin\u003c\/b\u003e is currently working on a biography of Shirley Jackson and is a book critic and contributing editor at the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 7.72 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762737676576,"sku":"9780143107057","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/185a5af48392291ef6be38cb4e6322dc.webp?v=1780224777","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-road-through-the-wall-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}