'Salem's Lot

Reprint

King, Stephen D. 저자(글)

Anchor Books · 2011년 12월 27일

책 소개

Stephen Kingis the author of more than forty novels and two hundred short stories. In 2003 he received the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Maine with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
Stephen Kingis the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are Full Dark, No Stars; Under the Dome; Just After Sunset; Duma Key; Lisey's Story; Cell;and the concluding novels inthe Dark Tower saga: Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah,and The Dark Tower.His acclaimed nonfiction book On Writingis also a bestseller. In 2003, he was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2007 he received the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Maine with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
Ben Mears has returned to Jerusalem's Lot in the hopes that living in an old mansion, long the subject of town lore, will help him cast out his own devils and provide inspiration for his new book. But when two young boys venture into the woods and only one comes out alive, Mears begins to realize that there may be something sinister at work and that his hometown is under siege by forces of darkness far beyond his control.
Stephen King's second novel, the classic vampire bestseller 'SALEM'S LOT, tells the story of evil in small-town America. For the first time in a major trade edition, this terrifying novel is accompanied by previously unpublished material from King's archive, two short stories, and eerie photographs that bring King's fictional darkness and evil to vivid life. When Stephen King's classic thriller 'SALEM'S LOThit the stands in 1975, it thrilled and terrified millions of readers with tales of demonic evil in small-town America. Now, thirty years later and still scaring readers witless, 'SALEM'S LOTreemerges in a brilliant new edition, complete with photographs, fifty pages of deleted and alternate scenes, and two short stories related to the events of the novel. While the original edition of 'SALEM'S LOTwill forever be a premier horror classic, 'SALEM'S LOT: ILLUSTRATED EDITION, with the inclusion of material from King's archive, is destined to become a classic in its own right and a must-have for all Stephen King fans. In this edition, the hair-raising story of Jerusalem's Lot, a small town in Maine whose inhabitants succumb to the evil allure of a new resident, is told as the author envisioned it, complete with fifty pages of alternate and deleted scenes. With a new introduction by the author, two short stories related to the events and residents of Jerusalem's Lot, the lavishly creepy photographs of Jerry Uelsmann, and a stunning new page design, this edition brings the story to life in words and pictures as never before. No library will be complete without this ideal collector's item for any King aficionado, the definitive illustrated edition of the great 'SALEM'S LOT.
"Spine-tingling fiction at its best." -- Grand Rapids Press "A master storyteller." -- The Los Angeles Times "An unabashed chiller." -- Austin American Statesman "[The] most wonderfully gruesome man on the planet." - USA Today "A super exorcism...tremendous." - Kirkus Reviews "A novel of chilling, unspeakable evil." - Chattanooga Times "[King is] . . . the guy who probably knows more about scary goings-on in confined, isolated places than anybody since Edgar Allan Poe." - Entertainment Weekly "Stephen King has built a literary genre of putting ordinary people in the most terrifying situations. . . . he's the author who can always make the improbable so scary you'll feel compelled to check the locks on the front door." - The Boston Globe "Peerless imagination." - The Observer(London)

작가정보

저자(글) King, Stephen D.

1947년 메인 주의 포틀랜드에서 태어나 메인주립대학 영문학과를 졸업했다. 발표하는 작품마다 치밀한 구성과 탁월한 기법을 보이는 그는 대중성과 작품성을 동시에 갖춘 작가로 평가받고 있다.1974년 소설 『캐리』로 큰 반향을 불러일으킨 이래 지난 20여 년 동안 무려 50여 편에 가까운 소설을 발표했으며 대부분의 작품이 전세계로 번역되어 수천만 부씩 팔려나가는 초대형 베스트셀러가 되었다. 또한 그의 소설 가운데 40여 편 이상이 영화나 TV 드라마로 만들어졌다. 뉴욕주립대 교수이자 문학평론가인 레슬리 피들러는 스티븐 킹을 인간의 가장 근원적인 공포 의식의 심층을 탐색하는 작가라고 평가했다.

기본정보

ISBN	9780307743671 ( 0307743675 )
발행(출시)일자	2011년 12월 27일
쪽수	672쪽
크기	110 * 185 * 39 mm / 317 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어