The author of The Little Stranger, our Monthly Spotlight title for October, talks about using ghosts to embody middle-class fears, and the writers who showed her that queer fiction could be clever and ambitious
Monthly Spotlight: The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Monthly Spotlight: The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
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Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2009, The Little Stranger is Sarah Waters’ chilling and vividly rendered ghost story, set in postwar Britain
Brimming with rich atmosphere and psychological complexity, The Little Stranger builds on Waters’ earlier explorations in the Gothic genre, adding a supernatural twist. Here, against the backdrop of the crumbling Hundreds Hall, Waters draws inspiration from the greats, including Henry James and Shirley Jackson, in a novel that thickens with dread with every page turn. Waters has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times and was awarded an OBE for services to literature in 2019.
From reading guides and extracts to illuminating features an an exclusive interview, find out more about our October Monthly Spotlight here.
The Little Stranger
- By
- Sarah Waters
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- Virago
Sarah Waters’ chilling and vividly rendered ghost story set in postwar Britain, brimming with rich atmosphere and psychological complexity