The king is not dead
said the king was chosen to write was fouling of the entire system since November 1997, when I finished my hot-off-the-press copy of Wizard and Glass, the fourth book King’s ongoing “Dark Tower” series. I must therefore consider his latest book, Dreamcatcher, as a sort of apology.
I should probably explain. When Stephen King began his career with the publication of Carrie in 1974, for a short time he followed the path of all kinds skilled writer. He added new movements of traditional science fiction and horror themes, hesitated at all pretentious references to literary theory, and splattered blood and guts about - the excitement of fans worldwide, who scarfed his paperbacks such as cocoa blown.
King has also embarked on a much more ambitious work with the publication of the first volume of his “Dark Tower”, The Gunslinger. Based loosely on Robert Browning’s Childe Roland poetic, The Dark Tower-books are in great heart epic, sprawling and intelligent, Wild-West mix myth with the Arthurian legend and embark on a smidgen of Alice in Wonderland start . This is the King of myth, Tolkien its voyage or, as he likes to say, “[the series] overshadows all other worlds I created… it is the Jupiter my solar system.”
At one point the king has decided to launch - opinions vary as to date, but I would put the release of different seasons, a collection of novellas which included stories that inspired the film The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me — And he finally decided he is not content to be pigeonholed as a writer of horror. Throughout the 90 years, King has published works that have little in common with his earlier work, books like Dolores Claiborne, Rose Madder, Bag of Bones, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Hearts in Atlantis, and his recent book suggestions for the king-aspirants, On Writing. The supernatural world is still present in these pages, but in a vague, more ethereal form - albeit a cry from the heart stopping fear that the king terrible capabilities are able to inspire.
Fortunately, with the release of Dreamcatcher, the king paid his fans for their loyalty throughout this period of experimentation. Perhaps its near-death experience after a car accident last year, recalled the king of his true purpose in life - to scare the bejeezus on as many people as possible - or perhaps n That is his way of doing literary work gear.
Dreamcatcher is a deliciously frightening following please King longstanding fans and newcomers as well. The plot is standard King - stick a group of children in a town in Maine alone, the form of bonds within the group by sharing experiences supernatural, then ask them to bring their city / friends / the adult world. Readers familiar with the king of writing find similarities to the latter, Insomnia, The Tommyknockers and throughout the text. The movements are still jolting, and it was not until these last chapters that the reader discovers the true meaning of the title.
Of course, the king could not help but borrow details of his accident with the storm mini-van and its recovery: One of the four main characters, a teacher named Jonesy, was forced to walk again after a car accident who shook his hips. Then there’s Beaver, an eccentric carpenter, wallowing with a broken heart since his wife left him; silent but kindly Pete and Henry is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist with suicidal impulses.
The four men are linked together by an experience during adolescence, when they have saved and befriended Duddits, a young neighbor with Down syndrome. Duddits is a mystique, with paranormal powers that May or May not to take advantage of his condition. It is almost a human version of the Indian talismans, with the possibility to enter and influence of his friends dreams.
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