The Birds And Other Stories: Maurier Du

`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 Verita` 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 . . .