Du Maurier, Daphne <br/><br/>
The birds and other stories /  by Daphne du Maurier 

 - Burnt Mill Harlow Essex :  Longman,  1980. 
 - ix, 138 p ,  19 cm. 
<br/><br/> 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 Verità' 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781844080878 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>85672594  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Fiction<br/>Stories
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>823  / MAU