The Stand
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#1 BESTSELLER • Stephen King’s apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting—and eerily plausible—as when it was first published.
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years! This edition includes all of the new and restored material first published in The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition.
A patient escapes from a biological testing facility, unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon: a mutated strain of super-flu that will wipe out 99 percent of the world’s population within a few weeks. Those who remain are scared, bewildered, and in need of a leader. Two emerge—Mother Abagail, the benevolent 108-year-old woman who urges them to build a peaceful community in Boulder, Colorado; and Randall Flagg, the nefarious “Dark Man,” who delights in chaos and violence. As the dark man and the peaceful woman gather power, the survivors will have to choose between them—and ultimately decide the fate of all humanity.
"A master storyteller."—Los Angeles Times
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Survivors of a chemical weapon called superflu confront pure evil in this updated and even more massive version of King's 1978 saga. ``The extra 400 or so pages . . . make King's best novel better still,'' said PW. `` A new beginning adds verisimilitude to an already frighteningly believable story, while a new ending opens up possibilities for a sequel . ''
Kundeanmeldelser
A journey with an old friend ...
... is what The Stand feels like. As always, the characters that spring from King’s mind are so well rounded, their flaws so steadily recognizable, that they truly live in your mind’s eye. A true epic, and as such it can almost be forgiven for its length.
The Stand
"The Stand" er et mesterværk, der burde være pligtlæsning for alle inden de forlod folkeskolen.
En mesterlig komposition, der berører alle væsentlige aspekter ved mennesker - deres gode og dårlige egenskaber, deres besynderlige interaktioner og livets absurditet, tomhed og meningsløshed og alligevel ----- måske -----
Torben Herrig.