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Profusely illustrated with nearly 200 photos, color illustrations by celebrated "Dark Tower" artist Michael Whelan, and black-and-white drawings by Maine artist Glenn Chadbourne; supplemented with interviews with friends, colleagues, and mentors who knew King well; looking at King's formative years in Durham, when he began writing fiction as a young teen, his college years in the turbulent sixties, his struggles with early poverty, working full-time as an English teacher while writing part-time, the long road to the publication of his first novel, Carrie, and the dozens of bestselling books and major screen adaptations that followed; covering his varied and prodigious output--this book is a comprehensive guide to the imaginative world of Stephen King.… (más)
Difficilmente potremmo trovare una saggio altrettanto completo sulla vita e le opere di uno scrittore. Testo che si legge piacevolmente (...sono più di 600 pagine) fondamentale per gli appassionati di King che vogliono approfondire la genesi delle sue opere e scoprire aneddoti sulla sua carriera. Per chi non lo conosce ancora può essereun buon punto di partenza per accostarsi alla sua produzione letteraria. ( )
Nowhere near as good as I'd hoped it would be. You get an overview of King the man and author in very broad strokes, and a cursory mention of every book he's written up to 2015, but some do little more than give you the title and publication date, so, really who cares?
The book is also in serious need of editing, because on multiple occasions, the same information is delivered multiple times. Sometimes within a few pages of each other. There's absolutely no need for that, and it becomes quite irritating to read after a while.
Finally, there's very little critical review of King's work. Even stuff that King admittedly doesn't like himself, the author seems to fawn over and make excuses for.
I love Stephen King. I love his writing. But I don't like every single thing he's put out. Every once in a while, it'd be nice to see someone be a little more critical of his failures, instead of slavish devotion to the so-called King of Horror. It got a little too sweet for me, and by the end, I pretty much had a toothache and diabetes.
Can't say that I've read it cover to cover, but I've read a lot of it! Beahm really knows his King lore and shares it with the world. Love this book! ( )
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"I think with the best writing you actually feel the writer's joy, the writer's vision, or something like that. God, it's a strange way to make a living. It's a child's activity, really.z" Stephen King
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To our parents, and to Anne Hearth, Don and Jacqueline Wescott, and Howard and Maria Wornom.
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What is King really like?
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Profusely illustrated with nearly 200 photos, color illustrations by celebrated "Dark Tower" artist Michael Whelan, and black-and-white drawings by Maine artist Glenn Chadbourne; supplemented with interviews with friends, colleagues, and mentors who knew King well; looking at King's formative years in Durham, when he began writing fiction as a young teen, his college years in the turbulent sixties, his struggles with early poverty, working full-time as an English teacher while writing part-time, the long road to the publication of his first novel, Carrie, and the dozens of bestselling books and major screen adaptations that followed; covering his varied and prodigious output--this book is a comprehensive guide to the imaginative world of Stephen King.
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Testo che si legge piacevolmente (...sono più di 600 pagine) fondamentale per gli appassionati di King che vogliono approfondire la genesi delle sue opere e scoprire aneddoti sulla sua carriera.
Per chi non lo conosce ancora può essereun buon punto di partenza per accostarsi alla sua produzione letteraria. (