Boekdetails
Formaat
Hardcover
Pagina's
1,009
Taal
Engels
Gepubliceerd
May 3, 1990
Uitgever
Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN-10
0340358955
ISBN-13
9780340358955
Beschrijving
Regarded by many as King's greatest early novel, this new edition of The Stand features a considerable amount of previously unpublished material which was originally cut from the first edition of the book. The Stand now comes much closer to the author's original intention.
When a man crashes his car into a petrol station just north of Arnette, he brings with him the foul corpses of his wife and daughter. He dies before he reaches the hospital, but it doesn't take long for the appalling plague which killed them to spread across America and the world.
It is a long time before a few stunned survivors emerge, slowly and painfully, to build a new world.
But now the dreams start. Dreams that foretell the coming of the dark man and the strengthening of his empire. His worn-down boots walk the roads; his red eyes pierce the night. Surely he's the apogee of evil, warlord of the charnel house, prince of torture and death.
An ancient woman struggles against the force of evil. But is it by chance that the work of the Trashcan Man, the pyromaniac, evens out the odds? Who is manipulating these people? What powers and forces are behind this horrifying Armageddon where ordinary people are caught in a titanic struggle between good and evil?
The Stand is a brilliant masterpiece of the King canon. For his many devoted readers, and for newcomers alike, it is essential reading.
When a man crashes his car into a petrol station just north of Arnette, he brings with him the foul corpses of his wife and daughter. He dies before he reaches the hospital, but it doesn't take long for the appalling plague which killed them to spread across America and the world.
It is a long time before a few stunned survivors emerge, slowly and painfully, to build a new world.
But now the dreams start. Dreams that foretell the coming of the dark man and the strengthening of his empire. His worn-down boots walk the roads; his red eyes pierce the night. Surely he's the apogee of evil, warlord of the charnel house, prince of torture and death.
An ancient woman struggles against the force of evil. But is it by chance that the work of the Trashcan Man, the pyromaniac, evens out the odds? Who is manipulating these people? What powers and forces are behind this horrifying Armageddon where ordinary people are caught in a titanic struggle between good and evil?
The Stand is a brilliant masterpiece of the King canon. For his many devoted readers, and for newcomers alike, it is essential reading.