meaty collection with interesting insights into the creative process of a writer who caused many sleepless nights. Well worth keeping on your bedside table for those evenings when, as King puts it: '... sleep is slow to come and you wonder why the closet door is open, when you know perfectly well that you shut it.'-- "Rob Merrill, The Associated Press[King]has always had a wicked (in more ways than one) sense of humor, too, and it'soften on display along with the scary stuff in his new short story collection, THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS...One of the bonuses of Bazaar is that each story is preceded by a note from the author about its genesis... If you're looking for King's paranormal horror side, though, Bazaar has plenty to satisfy you...And if you want King in full funny tall-tale mode, head for Drunken Fireworks.It's the hilarious story of how its narrator, a Maine native named Alden who lives with his mother in a modest cabin on the 'town side' of Abenaki Lake, gets into an ever-escalating Fourth of July arms race with a rich guy on the other shore who's rumored to be 'connected, ' if you know what I mean. One lesson: Never buy a firework called Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind."-- "Collette Bancroft, The Tampa Bay Times[King]serves up a potent mix of stories that land in and around the horror genre. Not surprisingly, most are classic King page-turners, but the choicest finds in this bazaar are the stories behind the stories or, more correctly, in front of them. King introduces each story with an explanation about the motivation for writing it. You don't need to be a writer -- or a King fan -- to find these fascinating.Anyone who's ever wondered about the creative process will find the author's path to each story revelatory...Each story is compelling in its own way, though I'm guessing each reader will have favorites and it's doubtful that any two lists will be the same."-- "Cathy Jakicic, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"A triumph...Stephen King's shorter works have inspired readers, writers, filmmakers and other artists for more than 40 years. His newest short story collection, THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS, continues his tradition of compulsively readable short stories, novellas and narrative poems that will thrill fans looking for scares, surprise critics that write him off as a 'genre' author and inform artists about his personal creative process...[the] introductions are a fascinating look into the mind of one of the most popular writers in the world, and much like his writers' manual "On Writing," he provides readers with concise and insightful observations about the art of the written word...remarkably resonant... The last story of the collection, 'Summer Thunder, ' takes the reader through the last days of two survivors of a worldwide nuclear holocaust... the last lines of the story are some of the most emotionally powerful sentences Mr. King has ever committed to paper -- they will leave readers weepy, uplifted and satisfied...With THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS, Stephen King has achieved something rare: a short story collection with no weak spots. From a woman confronted with the limits of empathy and the reality of pain, to a man who sees the names of the doomed written in sand, the pieces play off of one another to create a cohesive reading experience filled with optimism, sadness and a search for answers to life's unanswerable questions. While these stories may conjure up a few nightmares, they also will delight, inspire and, most importantly, entertain readers willing to make the journey.-- "Wendeline O. Wright, The Pittsburgh Post-GazetteBAD DREAMSpacks plenty of bite into the 20 stories found here... a welcome dose of horror from the modern master. A large helping, too: Dreams weighs in at 495 pages, every one of which whips by as you plunge into one jolting tale after another... in the space of just a few pages, King can leave your nerves thoroughly jangled. As always, King conjures nightmares
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- Editorial: Scribner Book Company
- Autor: King, Stephen
