The Tooth

A housewife driven mad by toothache is put on a bus to the dentist and undergoes a strange transformation, a disturbing encounter takes place on a train, a little boy tells troubling stories about his violent classmate, and villagers gather to witness a sinister lottery in this collection of short stories. Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco in 1916. She first received wide critical acclaim for her short story 'The Lottery', which was published in 1949.

Titre original : The Tooth (1949)