美国恐怖小说作家斯蒂芬?金是当今世界上读者最多、声誉最高、名气最大的小说家之一."黑暗之塔"是斯蒂芬?金众多小说中的一个小说系列。亚马逊为您奉上这个精彩的系列,为您打开恐怖之门。本书为该系列之四《巫师与玻璃瓶》
Book Description
The fourth novel in Stephen King's magnificent epic tale about the quest to reach the Dark Tower.
The Dark Tower beckons Roland, the Last Gunslinger, and the four companions he has gathered along the road. And, having narrowly escaped one world, they set out on a terrifying journey across the scarred urban wasteland to brave a new world where hidden dangers lie at every junction: a malevolent computer-run monorail hurtling towards self-destruction, Roland's relentlessly cunning old enemy, and the temptation of the wizard's diabolical glass ball, a powerful force in Roland's first love affair. A tale of long-ago love and adventure involving a beautiful and quixotic woman named Susan Delgado. And the Tower is closer...
From Publishers Weekly
'Grim, funny and superbly energetic, it's King as his best' - Mail on Sunday 'This is King's most personal, engaging work' - Express on Sunday 'King at his most ebullient. He's at his best here -- as a resourceful explorer of humanity's shadow side, as a storyteller who can set pages on fire'
More about The Dark Tower (series)
The Dark Tower is a series of seven books by American writer Stephen King that tells the tale of lead character Roland Deschain's quest for the "Dark Tower." The Dark Tower is often described in the novels as a real structure, and also as a metaphor. Part of Roland's fictional quest lies in discovering the true nature of the Tower. The series incorporates themes from multiple genres, including fantasy fiction, science fantasy, horror, and western elements. King has described the series as his magnum opus; beside the seven novels that comprise the series proper, many of his other books are related to the story, introducing concepts and characters that come into play as the series progresses.
The series was mostly inspired by the epic poem "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" by Robert Browning, the full text of which was included in an appendix to the final volume. In the preface to the revised 2003 edition of The Gunslinger, King also identifies The Lord of the Rings, the Arthurian Legend, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as inspirations. He identifies Clint Eastwood's "Man with No Name" character as one of the major inspirations for Roland. King's style of location names in the series, such as Mid-World, and his development of a unique language abstract to our own, are also influenced by J. R. R. Tolkien's work.
Book Dimension
length: (cm)17.8 width:(cm)11.1
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斯蒂芬·金,本名罗伯特·贝茨曼,当今世界读者最多,声名最大的美国小说家之一。一九四七年出生于美国缅因州的波特兰,后在缅因州州立大学学习英国文学。二十世纪七十年代中期,斯蒂芬·金声名鹊起,被《纽约时报》誉为“现代惊悚小说大师”。自二十世纪八十年代以来,在历年的美国畅销书排行榜中,其作品总是名列榜首,居高不下,版税均逾千万美金之巨。
在斯蒂芬·金30年的创作生涯里,他写了200多部短篇小说和40部书,被翻译成33种语言,发行到35个国家,总印数超过3亿册。更值得一提的是,有超过70部电影和电视节目取材自他的作品,因而创下吉尼斯世界纪录。例如《魔女嘉莉》(Carrie)、《闪灵》(The Shining)、《热泪伤痕》(Dolores Claiborne)、《危情十日》(Misery)、《肖申克的救赎》(The Shawshank Redemption)、《绿里奇迹》(The Green Mile)等等。
6次获布莱姆·斯托克奖
6次获国际恐怖文学协会奖
1996年欧·亨利奖
2003年11月19日,美国全国图书基金会美国文学杰出贡献奖
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