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さて「老人版『ＩＴ』」とも呼ぶべき本作、下巻に入ると、物語は一気に加速、町を襲い、膨大な人命を奪わんとする「真紅の王」との死闘へと突入してゆきます。� 上巻に張られていた無数の伏線がここに収束、不眠症の原因、不気味な「医者」の正体などなど、数々の謎がつぎつぎに明かされ、作品世界はキングらしい大スケールに発展します。� 巨大な恐怖。それに立ち向かう勇気。感動の結末。緻密にして壮大。まさにキングの近年の傑作といえるでしょう。（ＮＳ）
329 pages, Paperback
First published September 15, 1994
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Stephen King
2,302 books891k followersStephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged.
Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.
He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.
Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.
Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.
He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.
Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.
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January 13, 2020Pasidaviau ir nebaigiau.
January 1, 2019
Los pocetak knjizevne 2019
Knjiga bi bila dobra, oko 4/5 da se skrati za tri cetvrtine.
Prvih 300 strana King samo opisuje penzionere i njihove dosadnjikave zivote, Nesanicu sam cita iskljucivo po danu jer bi me navecer ironicno uspavala.
Ralph rogers je zanimljiv lik ali King je pretjera sa beznacajnim stranicama, steta.
Najveci "slow burner" sta sam procita do sada.
Knjiga bi bila dobra, oko 4/5 da se skrati za tri cetvrtine.
Prvih 300 strana King samo opisuje penzionere i njihove dosadnjikave zivote, Nesanicu sam cita iskljucivo po danu jer bi me navecer ironicno uspavala.
Ralph rogers je zanimljiv lik ali King je pretjera sa beznacajnim stranicama, steta.
Najveci "slow burner" sta sam procita do sada.
January 17, 2020
Labai savito stiliaus knyga, buvo gan sunku ja pabaigti skaityti. megstantiems fantastika ir siaubo romanus (nors sis labiau is fantastikos srities) turetu patikti.
February 24, 2013
It was a blast to read this story. Specially for that I myself have an insomnia.
August 18, 2016
Кралят отново е сътворил шедьовър! :)
November 28, 2011
最後がなかなか良かった。
人生、イヤなことの方が多いですのぉ。
不眠症は、上の次元に行けるステップかと思うと
楽しめるような、気がしてきました。
人生、イヤなことの方が多いですのぉ。
不眠症は、上の次元に行けるステップかと思うと
楽しめるような、気がしてきました。
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