Book

Night side of the river : ghost stories

Call Number

  • FICTION WINT (CEN, OSH)

Edition

First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.

Publication Information

New York : Grove Press, 2023.

Physical Description

viii, 306 pages ; 23 cm

Summary

"A captivating collection of ghost stories, Night Side of the River is as ingeniously provocative as it is downright spooky. In this chilling collection, Jeanette Winterson turns her fearless gaze to the realm of ghosts, interspersing her own encounters with the supernatural alongside hair-raising fictions. Lifting the veil between the living and the dead, Winterson spirits us away to a haunted estate that ensnares a nomadic young couple in its own dark past, a staged immersive ghost tour gone awry, a West Village séance that threatens the bounds between AI and reality, and a vacation home in the metaverse where a widow visits an improved version of her deceased husband. Gloriously gothic and unnervingly contemporary, Night Side of the River examines grief, revenge, and the myriad ways in which technology can disrupt the boundary between life and death"--

Contents

  • Introduction
  • DEVICES. App-arition ; The Old house at home ; Ghost in the machine
  • JW1: strange meetings
  • PLACES. The Spare room ; A Fur coat ; Boots ; The Door
  • JW2: unexplained
  • PEOPLE. No ghost ghost story ; The Undiscovered country ; Canterville and Cock
  • JW3: all the ghosts we cannot see
  • VISITATIONS. Thin air ; Fountain with lions ; Night side of the river
  • JW4: the future of ghosts
  • Acknowledgments.

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