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Winner for Readers' Favorite Horror (2018)Castle Rock is a small town, where word gets around quickly. That's why Scott Carey wants to confide only in his friend Doctor Bob Ellis about his strange condition: he's losing weight, without getting thinner, and the scales register the same when he is in his clothes or out of them, however heavy they are.
Scott also has new neighbours, who have opened a 'fine dining experience' in town, although it's an experience being shunned by the locals; Deirdre McComb and her wife Missy Donaldson don't exactly fit in with the community's expectations. And now Scott seems trapped in a feud with the couple over their dogs dropping their business on his lawn. Missy may be friendly, but Deirdre is cold as ice.
As the town prepares for its annual Thanksgiving 12k run, Scott starts to understand the prejudices his neighbours face and he tries to help. Unlikely alliances form and the mystery of Scott's affliction brings out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.
From master storyteller Stephen King, our 'most precious renewable resource, like Shakespeare in the malleability of his work' (Guardian), comes this compelling tale about finding common ground despite differences, a story with deep resonance for our time.
Scott also has new neighbours, who have opened a 'fine dining experience' in town, although it's an experience being shunned by the locals; Deirdre McComb and her wife Missy Donaldson don't exactly fit in with the community's expectations. And now Scott seems trapped in a feud with the couple over their dogs dropping their business on his lawn. Missy may be friendly, but Deirdre is cold as ice.
As the town prepares for its annual Thanksgiving 12k run, Scott starts to understand the prejudices his neighbours face and he tries to help. Unlikely alliances form and the mystery of Scott's affliction brings out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.
From master storyteller Stephen King, our 'most precious renewable resource, like Shakespeare in the malleability of his work' (Guardian), comes this compelling tale about finding common ground despite differences, a story with deep resonance for our time.
146 pages, Hardcover
First published October 30, 2018
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Stephen King
2,140 books900k 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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May 31, 2025
Aquesta és la primera novel·la que he llegit de Stephen King. Per què aquesta? Perquè vaig comprar-ho per accident fa molts anys quan Book Depository encara estava viu i ara mateix estic intentant llegir els meus llibres curts en castellà per donar-los a la biblioteca. No vaig llegir senyor King abans per tres raons: Soc un cagat i moltes de les seves novelles són de terror, una mena de prejudici que tinc (malauradament) contra molts autors de Best-Sellers i perquè va ser l’autor preferit d’un dels meus companys de feina que va morir en desembre 2020 i he sigut incapaç de llegir una novel·la de senyor King abans d'ara...
És un llibre entretingut sobre un home de 42 anys, divorciat a Castle Rock, Maine, qui està perdent pes cada dia. Però en aparença encara té sobrepès i no perdre massa muscular. A la manera que va perdent pes, estava entremig d’un conflicte amb les seves veïnes noves, dues dones casades qui han traslladat allà i han obert un restaurant vegetarià de Tex-Mex, perquè els seus gossos agraden cagar a la seva gespa. Al mateix temps, els nadius de Castle Rock rebutjant elles per ser lesbianes. Però potser les coses poden canviar...
No sé per què és classificada com terror, però no passa res. És un llibre de fantasia entretinguda que és una reflexió sobre la intolerància, l’amistat i com no hauries de deixar escapar oportunitats per prejudicis.
Moltes gràcies!
És un llibre entretingut sobre un home de 42 anys, divorciat a Castle Rock, Maine, qui està perdent pes cada dia. Però en aparença encara té sobrepès i no perdre massa muscular. A la manera que va perdent pes, estava entremig d’un conflicte amb les seves veïnes noves, dues dones casades qui han traslladat allà i han obert un restaurant vegetarià de Tex-Mex, perquè els seus gossos agraden cagar a la seva gespa. Al mateix temps, els nadius de Castle Rock rebutjant elles per ser lesbianes. Però potser les coses poden canviar...
No sé per què és classificada com terror, però no passa res. És un llibre de fantasia entretinguda que és una reflexió sobre la intolerància, l’amistat i com no hauries de deixar escapar oportunitats per prejudicis.
Moltes gràcies!
October 26, 2024
Estaré pensant molt de temps en el sentit d'aquesta història, si és que en té algun.
February 2, 2020
Un caramelet.
Quan un veu en portada el nom d'Stephen King s'imagina quelcom de terrorífic, però en aquest cas no ho és pas. Ben el contrari, a ELEVACIÓN, el rey del terror ens demostra que per sobre de tot és un molt bon narrador, que sap tocar la fibra.
Aquesta novel·la ve podria ser el guió d'un capítol de la sèrie THE TWILIGHT ZONE, però el millor de tot es que servint-se d'un fet inexplicable, King ens vol explicar una història d'amistat, convivencia i creixement personal que et deixa amb molt bon regust.
Quan un veu en portada el nom d'Stephen King s'imagina quelcom de terrorífic, però en aquest cas no ho és pas. Ben el contrari, a ELEVACIÓN, el rey del terror ens demostra que per sobre de tot és un molt bon narrador, que sap tocar la fibra.
Aquesta novel·la ve podria ser el guió d'un capítol de la sèrie THE TWILIGHT ZONE, però el millor de tot es que servint-se d'un fet inexplicable, King ens vol explicar una història d'amistat, convivencia i creixement personal que et deixa amb molt bon regust.
May 19, 2024
Encara que tingui menys de 200 pàgines resulta tenir personatges molt bons. Parla sobre l'homofòbia que hi ha a Castle Rock, una de les ciutats fictícies preferides de'n King. Final molt bó, a més d'una edició preciosa.
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