ヘッド・ダウン―ナイトメアズ&ドリームスケープス〈2〉 [単行本]

キングの巨大な短篇集、後半は非ホラー作品も多数収録。ホームズ譚、犯罪小説、少年野球──稀代の語り部に翻弄される快感が満載

恐怖だけではありません。ここにはありとあらゆる物語が詰まっています。少年の日の思い出、スリリングな犯罪、ゾンビと戦う母親、密室殺人―徹夜の覚悟はできましたか?キングの大短篇集『ナイトメアズ&ドリームスケープス』、これにて完結。

少年の日の思い出、スリリングな犯罪、ゾンビと戦う母親、密室殺人、ホームズ譚…。ここには恐怖だけではない、ありとあらゆる物語が詰まっています…。「ホラーの帝王」キングの全貌を伝える13の短編を収録した作品集。

Many people who write about horror literature maintain that mood is its most important element. Stephen King disagrees: "My deeply held conviction is that story must be paramount.... All other considerations are secondary--theme, mood, even characterization and language."

These fine stories, each written in what King calls "a burst of faith, happiness, and optimism," prove his point. The theme, mood, characters, and language vary, but throughout, a sense of story reigns supreme. Nightmares & Dreamscapes contains 20 short tales--including several never before published--plus one teleplay, one poem, and one nonfiction piece about kids and baseball that appeared in the New Yorker. The subjects include vampires, zombies, an evil toy, man-eating frogs, the burial of a Cadillac, a disembodied finger, and a wicked stepfather. The style ranges from King's well-honed horror to a Ray Bradbury-like fantasy voice to an ambitious pastiche of Raymond Chandler and Ross MacDonald. And like a compact disc with a bonus track, the book ends with a charming little tale not listed in the table of contents--a parable called "The Beggar and the Diamond." --Fiona Webster
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This is a wonderful cornucopia of 23 Stephen King moments (including a teleplay featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, a poem about Ebbet's Field and a brilliant New Yorker piece on Little League baseball) that even the author, in his introduction, acknowledges make up "an uneven Aladdin's cave of a book." There are no stories fans will want to skip, and some are superb, particularly "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band," in which a husband and wife drive through a town that may literally be rock-and-roll heaven; "The Ten O'Clock People," about unredeemable smokers; and "The Moving Finger," which chronicles a digit's appearance in a drain. Together with Night Shift and Skeleton Crew , this volume accounts for all the stories King has written that he wishes to preserve. The introduction and illuminating notes about the derivation of each piece are invaluable autobiographical essays on his craft and his place in the literary landscape. An illusionist extraordinaire, King peoples all his fiction, long and short, with believable characters. The power of this collection lies in the amazing richness of his fevered imagination--he just can't be stopped from coming up with haunting plots. 1,500,000 first printing; BOMC main selection.
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A terrifying collection of twenty short stories and other writings by the bestselling master of horror.

"Thoroughly exciting...scary and real." (Chicago Tribune)

"Gather around the pages of his literary campfire, and he'll weave you a darn good yarn." (Houston Chronicle)

"A King-sized success." (Columbia Herald)
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STEPHEN KING is a master of the novella and short narrative form. As he describes it: 'A short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger.' King's novellas and stories are among his most popular and some have been turned into celebrated films including STAND BY ME and THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. --このテキストは、 ペーパーバック 版に関連付けられています。

キング,スティーヴン
1947年、アメリカ、メイン州に生まれる。「IT」「ミザリー」「グリーン・マイル」他、数々の名作を発表、現代最高の物語作家として世界的な声価を誇る巨匠。「ザ・スタンド」「ダーク・タワー」など、その語り部としての才能を遺憾なく発揮した大河小説でも知られるが、短篇集も定期的に発表している(本データはこの書籍が刊行された当時に掲載されていたものです) --このテキストは、 文庫 版に関連付けられています。