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Informationen zum Autor Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books! all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes The Institute ! Elevation! The Outsider ! Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King)! and the Bill Hodges trilogy! End of Watch ! Finders Keepers ! and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and an AT&T Audience Network original television series). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower and It are the basis for major motion pictures! with It now the highest grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award! the 2014 National Medal of Arts! and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor! Maine! with his wife! novelist Tabitha King. Klappentext King explores an uncharted corner of the Dark Tower universeNand the early days of the gunslinger RolandNwith the twice-told tale of a murderous shape-shifter! a "skin-man!" who inspires fear and wonder! fantasies and bedtime stories! and one boy's savagely real nightmares. Available in a tall Premium Edition. Zusammenfassung Now a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba The Wind Through the Keyhole is another of Master of Horror Stephen King’s New York Times bestselling installment in the massively popular Dark Tower series! a fabulously satisfying standalone story and a perfect addition to the series for new fans and old fans alike. Roland Deschain and his ka-tet — Jake! Susannah! Eddie! and Oy! the billy-bumbler—encounter a ferocious storm just after crossing the River Whye on their way to the Outer Baronies. As they shelter from the howling gale! Roland tells his friends not just one strange story but two...and in so doing! casts new light on his own troubled past. In his early days as a gunslinger! in the guilt-ridden year following his mother’s death! Roland is sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape-shifter! a “skin-man” preying upon the population around Debaria. Roland takes charge of Bill Streeter! the brave but terrified boy who is the sole surviving witness to the beast’s most recent slaughter. Only a teenager himself! Roland calms the boy and prepares him for the following day’s trials by reciting a story from the Magic Tales of the Eld that his mother often read to him at bedtime. “A person’s never too old for stories!” Roland says to Bill. “Man and boy! girl and woman! never too old. We live for them.” And indeed! the tale that Roland unfolds! the legend of Tim Stoutheart! is a timeless treasure for all ages! a story that lives for us. King began the Dark Tower series in 1974; it gained momentum in the 1980s; and he brought it to a thrilling conclusion when the last three novels were published in 2003 and 2004. The Wind Through the Keyhole is sure to fascinate avid fans of the Dark Tower epic. But this novel also stands on its own for all readers! an enchanting and haunting journey to Roland’s world and testimony to the power of Stephen King’s storytelling magic. ...
