The Shadow-cage, and Other Tales of the Supernatural
- ISBN-10
- 0722652437
- ISBN-13
- 9780722652435
- Category
- Paranormal fiction
- Pages
- 142
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1977
- Publisher
- Viking
- Author
- Philippa Pearce
Description
"Taking the ordinary incidents and objects of daily life, and investing them with a force that overwhelms, threatens, and disturbs, Philippa Pearce weaves into each story happenings that stretch beyond our conventional notions of both the ...
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