Once again, he catches sight of the little pixie-hooded figure, but this time sees a man in pursuit. These are stories of suspense – but to a large degree, what we are suspended by is not concern for the characters, but concern for the story itself: the reader is in the position of watching a literary game of three card monte, sometimes not knowing what sort of story they have been reading until the concluding paragraphs. A disparate party from the middle-class village of Little Bletford take a sightseeing cruise to Middle East, led by their local vicar. It is a cosy, Victorian sort of style. This, I think, is because I judged the collection as though it were a novel – but many people will not read it in one sitting. These are stories to thrill, intrigue, and surprise.
In particular, the ending was poor – attempting to unite multiple strands, it lacked sufficient build-up, was far too abrupt, and was too reliant on co-incidences to wholly convince. Not After Midnight Mr Nightingale, of Hindholm, was the last of a great European family, though from where exactly, no one knew. worldofbooks08 has no other items for sale. In 1968, however, she contacted him by letter and he responded with a poem. However, Shelagh may miss the opportunity as she feels obliged to stay with her seriously ill father. Daphne du Maurier (1907 - 89) was born in London, the daughter of the famous actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and granddaughter of George du Maurier, the author and artist. Not After Midnight contains five stories. One morning, Grey follows the couple and discovers that their days are being spent collecting ancient artefacts from a local shipwreck, with Mrs Stoll diving and supplying the finds to her husband on the beach. Du Maurier’s work is… peculiar, to say the least. Will usually dispatch within 1 working day of receiving cleared payment. Grey's fear was that he neither, like Stoll, would escape the clutches of the obsession. He meets the sisters at the police station and escorts them back to their pension, where the psychic sister falls into a trance. The Breakthrough is a weird little story, and the author doesn’t seem to feel entirely comfortable with it. [7], Reviewing the book under its American title Don't Look Now, Margaret Millar of The New York Times was lukewarm. Shelagh is taken back not to the island but to her hotel, and Nick departs. Emotion: 2.
Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Please enter a number less than or equal to 2. Not mind-boggling, however, and may feel a bit dry and archaic to impatient readers. Overall: 4/7. Shelagh finds herself strongly attracted to Nick. View basket for details. Please enter up to 7 characters for the postcode.
So, my new idea is to score the best in each category, and then remove points for how unrepresentative that story is of the collection as a whole. I’ve never read anything by Du Maurier – and to be honest, I doubt I ever would have done, had I not stumbled upon/been given a couple of old editions of her work. It’s also backed up by a rather clever, albeit not entirely original, idea – but unfortunately, the execution was rather too light, not able to take the smug shine off the gimmick. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. The plot doesn’t particularly make much sense. Report item - opens in a new window or tab. As a side-note: I particularly liked the many layers of meaning hidden in the title. It is a jar or rhyton, shaped into the form of a head resembling Stoll, with dancing satyrs above. After a brief glance at some facets of Du Maurier’s (fascinating) life and personality, it’s hard not to read a great deal of her into the strangely two-natured actress heroine of the story – especially when the reader arrives at the final page; on the other hand, given her alleged fondness for fantasising, roleplaying and deceit, I also can’t shake the idea that perhaps this ‘obvious’ self-insertion is a joke told at our expense; the stories she tells about fictional people intersecting with the stories she told, perhaps true, perhaps false, about herself. Beauty: 3/3/3/2/3. Could argue that it’s entirely unrepresentative, but subtracting a further point would be equally unrepresentative, as only one story got 1. In the dark, among the bushes and trees, two people overhear things about themselves that force them to re-evaluate their lives.
I thought the penultimate story bland and obvious, and the final story too nonsensical and farfetched to engage the brain much. [6], The story "Don't Look Now" has been adapted in several media: a 1973 film directed by Nicolas Roeg; a 2001 BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial by Ronald Frame;[10] and a 2007 stage play by Nell Leyshon.
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