Ebook {Epub PDF} The Small Hand by Susan Hill

Hill's short fiction is always engrossing - much more than the Simon Seraillier books - and with a short page count, the mood and atmosphere in The Small Hand is crafted with considerable skill. It has a throwback to older times in the way the story is told, and if the plot, ultimately, is a bit easy to predict towards the end, it doesn't really detract from the craft of the book/5(). The Small Hand (Susan Hill's Ghost Stories) Susan Hill. Published by Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London, ISBN ISBN Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom Contact seller. Seller Rating: Used - Softcover Condition: Very.  · The Small Hand novella dates from , but only this year has it been dramatised for television by the the BBC. I made the mistake of watching the dramatisation first. Susan Hill’s ghost stories are traditional fare. The elements are familiar, and common to much of European literature. Perhaps this may even be a clue to their success/5(K).

The Small Hand - A Ghost Story is a book I'd bought but just never got round to reading. I'd studied Susan Hill's The Woman In Black many years ago at college and after watching the Hollywood movie when it was released on DVD, I decided I should finally get round to reading the small, beautifully covered, follow up book sitting on my shelf. The Small Hand by Susan Hill Ghosts are, as a rule, conservative creatures that do not tend to wander much beyond their favoured haunts. That they are also, at least in literature and the traditional ghost story, bound to return to our plane with some form of purpose, to re-enact some past trauma, or to seek retribution, or some form of. A haunting adaptation of Susan Hill's The Small Hand: A Ghost Story is coming to Channel 5. The book by the The Woman In Black author will come to life as a two-hour drama, airing on Channel 5.

The Small Hand: A Ghost Story, is a novel by English author Susan Hill, first published in by Profile Books. A television film adaptation, Susan Hill's Ghost Story, was broadcast by Channel 5 in December Susan Hill is the author of “The Woman in Black”, and so I expected some very creepy ghost stories. With “The Small Hand” she delivers beautifully. A man, lost while driving to a client’s house, accidentally comes across a deserted house and garden in the English countryside and he feels drawn to it; while there, he experiences a small, childlike hand grasping his own- except there is no child there. The Small Hand novella dates from , but only this year has it been dramatised for television by the the BBC. I made the mistake of watching the dramatisation first. Susan Hill’s ghost stories are traditional fare. The elements are familiar, and common to much of European literature. Perhaps this may even be a clue to their success.