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The Institute de Stephen King

The Institute

Autor Stephen King
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 iul 2020

Vocea narativă ne aruncă direct în teroarea claustrofobă a unei facilități unde inocența este transformată în resursă militară. Remarcăm cum Stephen King construiește o structură duală, alternând între coșmarul tehnologic din Maine și atmosfera de „small town” american din South Carolina. Tensiunea este palpabilă: Luke Ellis, un geniu de doisprezece ani, se trezește într-o replică sinistră a camerei sale, aflată în inima The Institute. Aici, regulile sunt simple și brutale: te supui experimentelor sau suferi consecințele. La intersecția dintre Firestarter și Linked: Unravel, acest roman combină vulnerabilitatea copiilor în fața autorității abuzive cu explorarea periculoasă a puterilor paranormale. Dacă în Firestarter urmăream fuga de sub microscopul agențiilor guvernamentale, aici suntem martorii mecanismelor interne ale unei instituții care nu a permis niciodată o evadare. Recomandăm atenție la ritmul alert al capitolelor; King nu lasă loc de respiro, trecând de la telepatie la conspirații globale. În contextul operei sale recente, precum Mr. Mercedes sau The Gwendy Trilogy, autorul revine la tema centrală a copilăriei pervertite de forțe oculte, însă cu o precizie de thriller procedural. Totul converge spre o întrebare brutală: cât de mult din umanitatea unui copil poate fi sacrificat pentru „binele comun”?

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781982150785
ISBN-10: 1982150785
Pagini: 676
Dimensiuni: 103 x 170 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: Simon + Schuster LLC
Colecția Scribner

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte cititorilor care caută un thriller intens despre reziliență și curaj în fața imposibilului. Câștigi o experiență de lectură captivantă care explorează limitele eticii guvernamentale și forța prieteniei dintre copii cu abilități telepatice. Este alegerea perfectă dacă vrei să vezi cum un maestru al suspansului transformă o premisă paranormală într-o critică socială tăioasă.

Despre autor

Stephen King este unul dintre cei mai prolifici și premiați autori contemporani, distins cu Medalia pentru Contribuție Distinsă la Literele Americane. Cu peste 60 de romane publicate, King a definit genurile horror și thriller, transformând frica în artă literară. Multe dintre lucrările sale, inclusiv The Institute și The Stand, au devenit fenomene culturale, fiind adaptate pentru cinema și televiziune. Cariera sa de peste cinci decenii reflectă o obsesie constantă pentru lupta dintre bine și rău în decoruri aparent banale.

Recenzii

A terrific book - a flat out pedal to the metal thriller. One of Stephen King's best
Once pigeon-holed as a 'horror-meister', King has become a formidably versatile author, enabling him to pull off a captivating, hybrid novel that shape-shifts through several genres
A testament to the power of resilience and friendship . . . It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one
THE INSTITUTE will delight King's devoted readers and create a whole new generation of lifelong fans. The Master of Storytelling at his very best - which means better than anyone else
Hums and crackles with delicious unease...King is supreme at crafting the building blocks of a story and laying them together in a slick, teasing and apparently simple way
Stephen King has written the most readable and electrifying tale . . . a thrilling, chilling ride
[King] has been a constant literary companion . . . I still look forward as much as I ever did to each new novel or short story collection. The Institute is another winner . . . It's familiar King territory and all the better for it.
This hefty, provocative book will appeal particularly to King's long-standing fans.
King knows what he is doing, and has done for a longtime. His pacing, ear for dialogue and pure storytelling ability are all on display in The Institute

Descriere

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‘It does everything you’d expect of a masterpiece – and it is one’ Sunday Express

‘Hums and crackles with delicious unease’ Independent

‘Captivating’ The Sunday Times

‘An absorbing thriller‘ Mail on Sunday

NO ONE HAS EVER ESCAPED FROM THE INSTITUTE.

Luke Ellis, a super-smart twelve-year-old with an exceptional gift, is the latest in a long line of kids abducted and taken to a secret government facility, hidden deep in the forest in Maine.

Here, kids with special talents – telekinesis and telepathy – like Luke’s new friends Kalisha, Nick and Iris, are subjected to a series of experiments.

There seems to be no hope of escape. Until Luke teams up with an even younger boy whose powers of telepathy are off the scale.

Meanwhile, far away in a small town in South Carolina, former cop Tim Jamieson, looking for the quiet life, has taken a job working for the local sheriff. He doesn’t know he’s about to take on the biggest case of his career . . .

THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY OUT.

‘An epic tale of childhood betrayal and hope regained… an immersive tale full of suspense and thrills that will keep readers up late at night racing towards a heartbreaking yet glorious finale… a dazzling achievement’ – Daily Express

Notă biografică

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 TimesNotable 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 11/22/63was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Reviewand won the Los Angeles TimesBook Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarterare 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.

Descriere scurtă

***NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES FROM MGM+ ***

'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' Sunday Express
'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' Independent
'A captivating, hybrid novel that shape-shifts through several genres' The Sunday Times

Deep in the woods of Maine, there is a dark state facility where kids, abducted from across the United States, are incarcerated. In the Institute they are subjected to a series of tests and procedures meant to combine their exceptional gifts - telepathy, telekinesis - for concentrated effect.

Luke Ellis is the latest recruit. He's just a regular 12-year-old, except he's not just smart, he's super-smart. And he has another gift which the Institute wants to use...

Far away in a small town in South Carolina, former cop Tim Jamieson has taken a job working for the local sheriff. He's basically just walking the beat. But he's about to take on the biggest case of his career.

Back in the Institute's downtrodden playground and corridors where posters advertise 'just another day in paradise', Luke, his friend Kalisha and the other kids are in no doubt that they are prisoners, not guests. And there is no hope of escape.

But great events can turn on small hinges and Luke is about to team up with a new, even younger recruit, Avery Dixon, whose ability to read minds is off the scale. While the Institute may want to harness their powers for covert ends, the combined intelligence of Luke and Avery is beyond anything that even those who run the experiments - even the infamous Mrs Sigsby - suspect.

Thrilling, suspenseful, heartbreaking, THE INSTITUTE is a stunning novel of childhood betrayed and hope regained - and now a major TV series.