Revival
An iconic chiller from the No. 1 bestseller
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- 5,99 €
Description de l’éditeur
A spectacularly dark and electrifying novel about addiction, religion, music and what might exist on the other side of life.
In a small New England town, in the early 60s, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Charles Jacobs. Soon they forge a deep bond, based on their fascination with simple experiments in electricity.
Decades later, Jamie is living a nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll. Now an addict, he sees Jacobs again - a showman on stage, creating dazzling 'portraits in lightning' - and their meeting has profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings.
This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. It's a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This spellbinding supernatural thriller from MWA Grand Master King chronicles one man's efforts to, as narrator Jamie Morton phrases it, "tap into the secrets of the universe." Charles Jacobs, a Methodist minister in rural Harlow, Maine, loses his faith when his wife and child die in a hideous car accident, but not his obsessive interest in electricity. Over the next 50 years, Jamie a devoted congregant of Jacobs's when young, but a wary skeptic as he matures crosses paths with his friend as the constantly experimenting Jacobs graduates from carnival huckster, to faith healer, and finally to mad scientist convinced that he can harness a "secret electricity" to get a glimpse of "some unknown existence beyond our lives." King (Mr. Mercedes) is a master at invoking the supernatural through the powerful emotions of his characters, and his depiction of Jacobs as a man unhinged by grief but driven by insatiable scientific curiosity is as believable as it is frightening. The novel's ending one of King's best stuns like lightning.
Avis d’utilisateurs
Great Stephen King’s story
But not his best. I loved the way he wrote about music and guitar, it felt so real, so strong you know he is a loving guitarist and an artist. This part is clearly beautiful.
I loved the part of the detoxification of the junkie too... but it was less sensitive than in «Doctor Sleep » less talkative at my own sensibility. The end was a little strange to me (even for Stephen King) and I didn’t felt the thrill numerous reader talks about. Maybe that’s a matter for taste? The writing is brilliant, very compelling and touching and that’s a great coming of age story.