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Rosemary's Baby #1-2
Ребенок Розмари / Сын Розмари
Дилогия Айры Левина и фильм, снятый одним из наиболее известных американских режиссеров Романом Поланским по роману "Ребенок Розмари", давно стали культовыми. И с каждым годом число их поклонников среди любителей жанра неизменно растет.
Розмари Вудхаус не могла пожаловаться на судьбу: красивый, талантливый и, главное, любящий муж, друзья, новая квартира... Все так... Если бы не одно "но": страстная мечта о ребенке. И вот наконец свершилось!
Но кто мог предположить, что милые соседи по дому окажутся сатанистами, мечтающими о воцарении Антихриста, и что именно в Розмари увидят они ту, которая достойна стать его матерью. Слишком поздно женщина узнала, что стала избранницей Князя Тьмы и что долгожданное дитя отмечено Знаком Зверя. Какое начало победит в тяжелой битве за душу нового обителя мира - человеческое или дьявольское? И какая судьба уготована миру?
Розмари Вудхаус не могла пожаловаться на судьбу: красивый, талантливый и, главное, любящий муж, друзья, новая квартира... Все так... Если бы не одно "но": страстная мечта о ребенке. И вот наконец свершилось!
Но кто мог предположить, что милые соседи по дому окажутся сатанистами, мечтающими о воцарении Антихриста, и что именно в Розмари увидят они ту, которая достойна стать его матерью. Слишком поздно женщина узнала, что стала избранницей Князя Тьмы и что долгожданное дитя отмечено Знаком Зверя. Какое начало победит в тяжелой битве за душу нового обителя мира - человеческое или дьявольское? И какая судьба уготована миру?
464 pages, Hardcover
First published December 10, 2013
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About the author
Ira Levin
76 books1,734 followersLevin graduated from the Horace Mann School and New York University, where he majored in philosophy and English.
After college, he wrote training films and scripts for television.
Levin's first produced play was No Time for Sergeants (adapted from Mac Hyman's novel), a comedy about a hillbilly drafted into the United States Air Force that launched the career of Andy Griffith. The play was turned into a movie in 1958, and co-starred Don Knotts, Griffith's long-time co-star and friend. No Time for Sergeants is generally considered the precursor to Gomer Pyle, USMC.
Levin's first novel, A Kiss Before Dying, was well received, earning him the 1954 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. A Kiss Before Dying was turned into a movie twice, first in 1956, and again in 1991.
Levin's best known play is Deathtrap, which holds the record as the longest-running comedy-thriller on Broadway and brought Levin his second Edgar Award. In 1982, it was made into a film starring Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine.
Levin's best known novel is Rosemary's Baby, a horror story of modern day satanism and the occult, set in Manhattan's Upper West Side. It was made into a film starring Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes. Ruth Gordon won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance. Roman Polanski, who wrote and directed the film, was nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.
Other Levin novels were turned into movies, including The Boys from Brazil in 1978; The Stepford Wives in 1975 and again in 2004; and Sliver in 1993.
Stephen King has described Ira Levin as "the Swiss watchmaker of suspense novels, he makes what the rest of us do look like cheap watchmakers in drugstores." Chuck Palahniuk, in , calls Levin's writing "a smart, updated version of the kind of folksy legends that cultures have always used."
Ira Levin died from a heart attack at his home in Manhattan, on 12 November 2007. He was seventy-eight at the time of his death.
After college, he wrote training films and scripts for television.
Levin's first produced play was No Time for Sergeants (adapted from Mac Hyman's novel), a comedy about a hillbilly drafted into the United States Air Force that launched the career of Andy Griffith. The play was turned into a movie in 1958, and co-starred Don Knotts, Griffith's long-time co-star and friend. No Time for Sergeants is generally considered the precursor to Gomer Pyle, USMC.
Levin's first novel, A Kiss Before Dying, was well received, earning him the 1954 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. A Kiss Before Dying was turned into a movie twice, first in 1956, and again in 1991.
Levin's best known play is Deathtrap, which holds the record as the longest-running comedy-thriller on Broadway and brought Levin his second Edgar Award. In 1982, it was made into a film starring Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine.
Levin's best known novel is Rosemary's Baby, a horror story of modern day satanism and the occult, set in Manhattan's Upper West Side. It was made into a film starring Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes. Ruth Gordon won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance. Roman Polanski, who wrote and directed the film, was nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.
Other Levin novels were turned into movies, including The Boys from Brazil in 1978; The Stepford Wives in 1975 and again in 2004; and Sliver in 1993.
Stephen King has described Ira Levin as "the Swiss watchmaker of suspense novels, he makes what the rest of us do look like cheap watchmakers in drugstores." Chuck Palahniuk, in , calls Levin's writing "a smart, updated version of the kind of folksy legends that cultures have always used."
Ira Levin died from a heart attack at his home in Manhattan, on 12 November 2007. He was seventy-eight at the time of his death.
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October 6, 2021
После возвращения в активное книгочтение в конце 2020 года, это моя первая большая книга в аудио-формате. Был рассказ Пелевина про оборотней, но "Ребенок Розмари" - это не абы что, а роман. Когда я недавно читал книгу Тарантино, то он там рассказывал о том, как Полански взялся экранизировать книгу, и мне захотелось ее прочитать. В итоге - прослушал. В читке Татьяны Карпенко (не без косяков, но голос вполне приятный, слушалось под всякие рутинные компьютерные дела хорошо).
Сразу к главному, к отличиям книги и фильма. Кино я смотрел 12 лет назад, но довольно хорошо его помню. И послушав книгу я будто пересмотрел фильм Полански. Отличий практически нет. Может быть, какие-то дополнительные детали и концовка у Полански менее подробная и инфернальная. Но все кончается одинаково. Никаких дополнительных сюжетных линий и важных персонажей.
Оценка: 8 из 10
Сразу к главному, к отличиям книги и фильма. Кино я смотрел 12 лет назад, но довольно хорошо его помню. И послушав книгу я будто пересмотрел фильм Полански. Отличий практически нет. Может быть, какие-то дополнительные детали и концовка у Полански менее подробная и инфернальная. Но все кончается одинаково. Никаких дополнительных сюжетных линий и важных персонажей.
Оценка: 8 из 10
March 8, 2022
Honestly, I'm confused why this is so famous. I mean, I guess the movie is the famous thing, and I really did not care too much for it, but the book is even worse. So little happens until the very end, and the end is just laughably absurd to the point I had to just shake my head at how ridiculous it was.
Levin is a decent author, but the story itself is kind of a bore. The ending, I knew, so perhaps without knowing the conclusion I would have been shocked? Maybe this was quiet shocking in the 60's. All I know is it was boring to the point it took me 2 weeks to finish and on the last day, I just wanted to get it over with so I could read something, anything else, so long as it was more interesting than this one.
Not even going to bother to read the sequel, especially after the laughable ending of this one.
Levin is a decent author, but the story itself is kind of a bore. The ending, I knew, so perhaps without knowing the conclusion I would have been shocked? Maybe this was quiet shocking in the 60's. All I know is it was boring to the point it took me 2 weeks to finish and on the last day, I just wanted to get it over with so I could read something, anything else, so long as it was more interesting than this one.
Not even going to bother to read the sequel, especially after the laughable ending of this one.
August 3, 2023
I read rosemary’s baby but not the sequel. I expected it to be more shocking and scary than it was - but I’m sure it was both when it was written in the 60’s. It has prompted a lot of similar stories. What shocked me most was something that the author did not intend - the misogyny! Also sadly true of its time. I’ve not seen the film, so had no idea how it would end, but I’d say it ended at the right point. I didn’t need any more.
May 31, 2020
Too short but interesting
Having read and saw rosemarys baby more times than I can count, this was great to finally know what happened to Rosemary and her baby. But it didn’t touch on how guy died or other things that were pertinent in the first book...otherwise it was a good read, short but sweet
Having read and saw rosemarys baby more times than I can count, this was great to finally know what happened to Rosemary and her baby. But it didn’t touch on how guy died or other things that were pertinent in the first book...otherwise it was a good read, short but sweet
December 11, 2018
Okay
Rosemary’s Baby - if you’ve seen the movie, it is very much the same. No surprises. Ending was different.
Son of Rosemary - amazingly had typos. Weird. Pretty good sequel.
Overall, not bad. Not sure this is his greatest work. But will update once I’ve read the others
Rosemary’s Baby - if you’ve seen the movie, it is very much the same. No surprises. Ending was different.
Son of Rosemary - amazingly had typos. Weird. Pretty good sequel.
Overall, not bad. Not sure this is his greatest work. But will update once I’ve read the others
May 2, 2024
Absoluteutter trash. The first was an instant classic. This is just indescribably bad.
September 26, 2016
it was weird and not recommended to others. Did not like the ending.
November 20, 2024
I had to discuss this book with Chat GPT because non of my friends read it.
I’d say if you are searching for a thriller/horror after which you’ll be stuttering this is not the one.
In 2024 when we have tones of different monsters and tricky plots this book may look less impressive.
However it may give you chills.
And if you dig deeper into its meaning and secrets It will become scarier. There are more things to analyse than you can see on the surface
I’d say if you are searching for a thriller/horror after which you’ll be stuttering this is not the one.
In 2024 when we have tones of different monsters and tricky plots this book may look less impressive.
However it may give you chills.
And if you dig deeper into its meaning and secrets It will become scarier. There are more things to analyse than you can see on the surface
October 31, 2023
Wow. This one is truly disappointing. I loved the original novel.A real classic . But this sequel almost feels like bad fan fiction. I stopped reading halfway trough, and skipped to the end. But the ending made the whole set up even worse somehow.
February 1, 2023
Перша половини книги досить цікава. Друга - так собі...
May 4, 2024
Simple but exciting, and with non-trivial end.
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June 5, 2013Decided it was best to leave the story at Rosemary's Baby. I didn't want to be disappointed.
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