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Spare, cool, classical in form and nostalgic.
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Stephen King
- First published
- May 1, 1982
- Pages
- 479
- Publisher
- Everest House, Livre de Poche, Macdonald
- Editions
- 48
- Language
- und, Polish, Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9781439170984
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“FOR ME, the terrorthe real terror, as opposed to whatever demons and boogeys which might have been living in my own mindbegan on an afternoon in October of 1957.”
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and five non-fiction books. He has also written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in book collections. King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, and British Fantasy Society Awards. In 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to A
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