Description
The Birds and Other Stories is a collection of five short stories that explore the themes of alienation and horror. The stories are based in different settings, including a mountain paradise, a neglected wife, a professional photographer, a date with a cinema usherette, and a jealous father. Each story explores the consequences of man's interactions with the natural world. The Birds, the story that has been adapted for the film of the same name, is a classic of alienation and horror that is immortalized by Hitchcock.
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 . . .
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