2016年11月9日水曜日

The Daemon Lover by Shirley Jackson

  The protagonist looks for her groom, asking several people such as the superintendent, a newspaper dealer, a florist, and a shoeshine man, only to find at the end of the story that he seems to be with a girl without any proof. She sees “it, sitting very close to her, near the wall, its evil face alert, bright eyes watching her.” What is this? Is it a ghost?
   The ending was not worth the suspense the reader undergoes. Shirley seems to have avoided giving a better ending. Why does the bride go to the apartment so often? Why doesn’t she give up visiting it? Is Jamie so important for her? After all, he does not write, call, nor appear before her. He is such a nasty man. The story consists of too long a suspension and too abrupt and unsatisfactory ending.
 

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