Nos4a2
Autor Joe Hillen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 2013
Notăm cu o profundă neliniște cum, în paginile acestui roman, inocența copilăriei este distorsionată până la grotesc. Tensiunea centrală din NOS4A2 se naște din coliziunea a două forțe supranaturale divergente: Victoria McQueen, o tânără capabilă să vizualizeze punți către obiecte pierdute, și Charles Talent Manx, un prădător atemporal care „salvează” copiii din realitate pentru a-i transporta în Christmasland, un loc al distracțiilor eterne și terifiante. Această înfruntare nu este doar una a puterilor, ci a memoriei împotriva uitării, pe măsură ce Vic încearcă să îngroape trauma supraviețuirii în fața lui Manx. La intersecția dintre Heart-Shaped Box și Horns, această operă combină oroarea viscerală a unei vântători de fantome cu explorarea psihologică a unei minți marcate de supranatural. Apreciem modul în care Joe Hill construiește o geografie a imposibilului — drumurile ascunse și vehiculele care devin extensii ale voinței umane — transformând obiecte banale, precum o bicicletă sau un Rolls-Royce Wraith din 1938, în instrumente ale transcendenței sau ale terorii. Față de abordările din The Black Phone and Other Stories sau King Sorrow, unde fantasticul intervine adesea în momente de vulnerabilitate juvenilă, aici autorul extinde miza pe parcursul a decenii, urmărind cum răul refuză să rămână în trecut. Stilul este unul atmosferic, greu de o presimțire sumbră, unde ritmul narativ accelerează pe măsură ce granița dintre lumea noastră și tărâmul coșmăresc al lui Manx începe să se dizolve sub roțile mașinii sale cu numărul de înmatriculare NOS4A2.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0062222996
Pagini: 992
Dimensiuni: 157 x 230 x 72 mm
Greutate: 0.95 kg
Ediția:Text mare
Editura: Harpercollins
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De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această lectură pasionaților de horror atmosferic care caută mai mult decât simple sperieturi. Cititorul va descoperi o mitologie modernă fascinantă despre „peisajele interioare” devenite realitate. Este o poveste despre reziliență și sacrificiu matern, oferind o perspectivă unică asupra modului în care traumele nerezolvate se pot întoarce să ne bântuie sub cele mai neașteptate forme, chiar și sub masca unei sărbători eterne.
Despre autor
Joe Hill (născut Joseph Hillstrom King în 1972) este un scriitor american de renume, fiul celebrului Stephen King, care și-a construit o identitate literară distinctă sub acest pseudonim. Recunoscut ca un maestru modern al suspansului supranatural, Hill a câștigat aprecierea criticilor și a publicului prin romane de succes precum Horns și Heart-Shaped Box. Opera sa se remarcă prin explorarea întunecată a psihicului uman și prin capacitatea de a infuza elemente fantastice în decoruri cotidiene, fiind recompensat cu numeroase premii în domeniul literaturii de gen.
Descriere scurtă
"A masterwork of horror."—Time
Victoria McQueen has an uncanny knack for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions. When she rides her bicycle over the rickety old covered bridge in the woods near her house, she always emerges in the places she needs to be.
Charles Talent Manx has a gift of his own. He likes to take children for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the vanity plate NOS4A2. In the Wraith, he and his innocent guests can slip out of the everyday world and onto hidden roads that lead to an astonishing playground of amusements he calls Christmasland. The journey across the highway of Charlie's twisted imagination transforms his precious passengers, leaving them as terrifying and unstoppable as their benefactor.
Then comes the day when Vic goes looking for trouble...and finds her way to Charlie. That was a lifetime ago. Now, the only kid ever to escape Charlie's evil is all grown up and desperate to forget. But Charlie Manx hasn't stopped thinking about Victoria McQueen. On the road again, he won't slow down until he's taken his revenge. He's after something very special—something Vic can never replace.
As a life-and-death battle of wills builds, Vic McQueen prepares to destroy Charlie once and for all—or die trying.
Textul de pe ultima copertă
Charles Talent Manx has a gift of his own. He takes children for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith, and they slip away to an astonishing playground he calls Christmasland. But the journey through Charlie's twisted imagination transforms his precious passengers, leaving them as terrifying and unstoppable as their benefactor.
And then comes the day when Vic goes looking for trouble . . . and finds Charlie.
That was a lifetime ago. Now, the only kid ever to escape Manx's unmitigated evil is all grown up and desperate to forget.
But Charlie Manx is on the road again, and he won't slow down until he's taken his revenge.
As a life-and-death battle builds—her magic pitted against his—Vic McQueen prepares to destroy Manx once and for all . . .
Disturbing, mesmerizing, and full of twisting thrills, Hill's phantasmagoric, devilishly playful masterpiece is a terrifying high-octane ride.
Recenzii
“Fascinating and utterly engaging, this novel is sure to leave readers wanting more. One thing is for certain, however. After reading this book, readers will never hear Christmas carols in quite the same way again.” — Library Journal (starred review)
“Hill is omnivorous in his appetite for story and character, and here he has created his best.” — Booklist (starred review)
“Quite simply the best horror writer of our generation, Joe Hill’s masterful storytelling is on full display in NOS4A2. It is by turns terrifying and hilarious, horrifying and full of heart, and relentlessly compelling.” — Michael Koryta, New York Times bestselling author of The Prophet on NOS4A2
“[A] new take on the fantasy-horror genre...Highly recommended.” — The Sun Herald (Sydney, Australia)
“[A] lovely, earnest collection of short fiction.” — Village Voice
“[An] inventive collection . . . brave and astute.” — New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice)
“[A]stounding . . . .Though most of the stories have elements of horror, the overall mood of the collection is one of heartbreaking wonderment . . . Highly recommended .” — Library Journal (starred review)
“NOS4A2 is a brilliant exploration of classic and modern monsters and dark fantasties, all cut up, restitched and retooled...With this novel, riveting from beginning to end, Joe Hill has become a master of his craft.” — Publishers Weekly on NOS4A2
“Fascinating and utterly engaging, this novel is sure to leave readers wanting more. One thing is certain, however. After reading this book, readers will never hear Christmas carols in quite the same way again.” — Library Journal (starred review) on NOS4A2
“Hill is so skillful that we don’t know till the very end whether he’ll get away with it. . . Hill’s story is quite original and, for horror fans of a certain ironic bent, it’s an unqualified delight.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on NOS4A2
“NOS4A2 will pull you in from the first pages, and draw you away from your other responsibilities.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Read it with the lights on and your children locked in a closet.” — BookRiot.com on NOS4A2
“[Hill’s] sentences crackle with wit and understated craftsmanship – the kind so skillful it is only visible if you’re paying attention.” — The Globe and Mail on NOS4A2
“Joe Hills NOS4A2 is one of the creepiest books I’ve read in a long time--and I mean that in a good way.” — Tampa Bay Times on NOS4A2
“Hill’s well-stocked bag of narrative tricks keeps the pages moving at a steady clip, and his characters are sufficiently melodramatic to make the book’s scale feel both intimate and operatic. In fact, if you’re an impressionable reader, stick to reading ‘NOS4A2’ during the day. ” — Richmond Times-Dispatch on NOS4A2
“Words of warning for those who pick up this hefty, 704-page saga: You’ll never listen to Christmas carols the same way. Or sleep with the lights off.” — Fort Worth Star-Telegram on NOS4A2
“Like any good novel, no matter the genre, NOS4A2 zips down the streets of its mesmerizing story line not just in the Wraith but also, and more importantly, on the backs of high-octane characters...Hill imbues the pitter-patter of little feet with a terror you won’t soon forget.” — USA Today, 4 stars
“NOS4A2 is a masterwork of horror.” — Lev Grossman, Time magazine
“NOS4A2 and its story of a heroic biker chic going up against an old vampire should grab you by the lapels and give y ou a few good shakes before setting its hooks in--and deep....Hill...puts together a riveting tale.” — St Louis Today on NOS4A2
“Joe Hill can terrify. he can humor. He can sadden. He can shock. His characters are deep and vibrant, his plots mesmerizing, his prose genuine. Simply put, he’s a damn good writer.” — Writer's Digest on NOS4A2
“NOS4A2 is [Hill’s] longest and most ambitious work yet. . . utterly absorbing.” — Seattle Times
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Descriere
'Enthrallingly petrifying' SUNDAY TIMES
'Genuinely scary' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
'A big engine of entertainment' GUARDIAN
'Full of chills and cliffhangers' NEW YORK TIMES
Charlie Manx has the coolest car: a 1939 Rolls-Royce Wraith. AIl the kids love it, especially its NOS4A2 vanity plate. Coolest of all is when they get to ride in it, down the street and far away. Goodbye home, goodbye family.
There's no returning once you've ridden in that Rolls-Royce Wraith.
Those kids are Charlie's children now.
Except for Vic McQueen. She's the only one who ever got away. Now all grown up with a son of her own, Charlie Manx is just a bad memory. Something to be forgotten. But Charlie never forgets. Not ever.
And now, twenty-five years later, he's got his sights on Vic's young boy. He's going to make sure a McQueen will be with him for ever . . .
Praise for Sunday Times bestselling author Joe Hill:
'A tour de force...King Sorrow is huge, sprawling - and absolutely fantastic' THE GUARDIAN
'Original and gripping' GEORGE R. R. MARTIN
'Joe Hill gloriously resurrects the doorstop horror blockbuster for a startling new century' ALAN MOORE
'A soaring epic and painfully intimate. You won't be able to stop burning through the pages' PAUL TREMBLAY
'Perfection from start to finish' DAILY EXPRESS
'A commanding, captivating read' FINANCIAL TIMES
'Epic...a multi-layered, rich response to the horrors and hopes of living today' DAILY MAIL
'A wild, genre-defying journey, packed with all sorts of unexpected twists and turns' DAILY MIRROR
'A glorious, wild ride' NEW YORK TIMES