The Shining The Shining

Publisher Description

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • In this masterpiece of modern American horror that inspired Stanley Kubrick’s classic film, Jack Torrance takes a job as the caretaker of the remote Overlook Hotel. As the brutal winter sets in, the hotel’s dark secrets begin to unravel.

“An undisputed master of suspense and terror.” —The Washington Post

Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he’ll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote . . . and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2008
June 24
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
464
Pages
PUBLISHER
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House Canada
SIZE
8.1
MB

Customer Reviews

New.Client. ,

A classic

Always a pleasure re-reading this classic.

tomkat1975 ,

The Shining by Stephen King

Book is way better than the movie version .

Magnus Maluco ,

It’s all about the writing!

This was my second time reading this book, but first time in English. I read it in Portuguese, in 1980, when I was 16 years old.
I enjoyed it a lot more than I can remember. It’s a great horror story combining natural and supernatural, complex characters and an eerie atmosphere.
The writing and the storytelling are simply superb!
The story shows that no one is free from the past and the ways we are haunted by it.
Yes, this is more than a horror story.
The development is slow, but the writing is super engaging.

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