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Zusatztext “Chock-full of spooky stuff…a sprawling scare-fest that defines King’s recurring themes and adds a new set of ambitions to the mix.” Informationen zum Autor Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Never Flinch , the short story collection You Like It Darker ( a New York Times Book Review top ten horror book of 2024), Holly  (a New York Times  Notable Book of 2023), Fairy Tale , Billy Summers , If It Bleeds , 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 a television series streaming on Peacock). 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 , It , Pet Sematary , Doctor Sleep , and Firestarter  are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, 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 They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they were grown-up men and women who had gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But none of them could withstand the force that drew them back to Derry, Maine, to face the nightmare without an end, and the evil without a name. Zusammenfassung It: Chapter Two —now a major motion picture! Stephen King’s terrifying! classic #1 New York Times bestseller! “a landmark in American literature” ( Chicago Sun-Times )—about seven adults who return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first stumbled on as teenagers…an evil without a name: It . Welcome to Derry! Maine. It’s a small city! a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real. They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made twenty-eight years ago calls them reunite in the same place where! as teenagers! they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city’s children. Now! children are being murdered again and their repressed memories of that terrifying summer return as they prepare to once again battle the monster lurking in Derry’s sewers. Readers of Stephen King know that Derry! Maine! is a place with a deep! dark hold on the author. It reappears in many of his books! including Bag of Bones ! Hearts in Atlantis ! and 11/22/63 . But it all starts with It . “Stephen King’s most mature work” ( St. Petersburg Times )! “ It will overwhelm you…to be read in a well-lit room only” ( Los Angeles Times ). ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stephen King
• Editore: Scribner USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9781501142970
• ISBN: 978-1-5011-4297-0
• Pagine: 1168
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 214 mm x 60 mm
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi