Bag of Bones - Kirjakasa

digital audio

English language

Published June 10, 2005 by Simon & Schuster Audio.

ISBN:: 978-0-7435-6330-7
OCLC Number:: 441343702

(2 reviews)

Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine

Stephen King's most gripping and unforgettable novel, Bag of Bones, is a story of grief and lost love's enduring bonds, of a new love haunted by the secrets of the past, of an innocent child caught in a terrible crossfire.

Set in the Maine territory King has made mythic, Bag of Bones recounts the plight of forty-year-old bestselling novelist Mike Noonan, who is unable to stop grieving even four years after the sudden death of his wife, Jo, and who can no longer hear to face the blank screen of his word processor.

Now his nights are plagued by vivid nightmares of the house by the lake. Despite these dreams, or perhaps because of them, Mike finally returns to Sara Laughs, the Noonan's isolated summer home.

He finds his beloved Yankee town familiar on its surface, but much changed underneath -- …

Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine

Stephen King's most gripping and unforgettable novel, Bag of Bones, is a story of grief and lost love's enduring bonds, of a new love haunted by the secrets of the past, of an innocent child caught in a terrible crossfire.

Set in the Maine territory King has made mythic, Bag of Bones recounts the plight of forty-year-old bestselling novelist Mike Noonan, who is unable to stop grieving even four years after the sudden death of his wife, Jo, and who can no longer hear to face the blank screen of his word processor.

Now his nights are plagued by vivid nightmares of the house by the lake. Despite these dreams, or perhaps because of them, Mike finally returns to Sara Laughs, the Noonan's isolated summer home.

He finds his beloved Yankee town familiar on its surface, but much changed underneath -- held in the grip of a powerful millionaire, Max Devore, who twists the very fabric of the community to his purpose: to take his three-year-old granddaughter away from her widowed young mother. As Mike is drawn into their struggle, as he falls in love with both of them, he is also drawn into the mystery of Sara Laughs, now the site of ghostly visitations, ever-escalating nightmares, and the sudden recovery of his writing ability. What are the forces that have been unleashed here -- and what do they want of Mike Noonan?

As vivid and enthralling as King's most enduring works, Bag of Bones resonates with what Amy Tan calls "the witty and obsessive voice of King's powerful imagination." It's no secret that King is our most mesmerizing storyteller. In Bag of Bones -- described by Gloria Naylor as "a love story about the dark places within us all" -- he proves to be one of our most moving. source: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Bag-Of-Bones/Stephen-King/9780743563307

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4 stars

Stephen King's novel Bag of Bones won the Bram Stoker Award from horror writers, and then the British Fantasy Society award. This shows the dual nature of this novel, with bits of fantasy and bits of horror.

The entire novel is told from the perspective of the main character, a thriller writer who lives in Maine - an example of "write what you know". Over the first few chapters we learn his recent backstory and meet a large cast of characters. Among these insular Maine residents are a young mother Mattie and her daughter Kyra.

The writer steps in to stick up for the underdog, helping Mattie keep custody of her child, and ends up falling into all the history of this place. At one point this happens literally, with a dream-like time travel sequence back to the turn of the century. Over the rest of the story, he deals …

Stephen King's novel Bag of Bones won the Bram Stoker Award from horror writers, and then the British Fantasy Society award. This shows the dual nature of this novel, with bits of fantasy and bits of horror.

The entire novel is told from the perspective of the main character, a thriller writer who lives in Maine - an example of "write what you know". Over the first few chapters we learn his recent backstory and meet a large cast of characters. Among these insular Maine residents are a young mother Mattie and her daughter Kyra.

The writer steps in to stick up for the underdog, helping Mattie keep custody of her child, and ends up falling into all the history of this place. At one point this happens literally, with a dream-like time travel sequence back to the turn of the century. Over the rest of the story, he deals with corrupt residents, ghosts, and his own haunted cabin on the lake.

This book is not often in the top list of Mr. King's works, but perhaps a really good novel gets lost among many others. Even over 600 pages, this novel didn't ramble. What seemed minor characters were all threads in the historical tapestry that wrapped this story together. In the epilogue, the writer ponders over the nature of writing and killing off characters, an interesting bit that might reflect on earlier works.

I tackled this novel as part of a challenge to read the Grand Masters of Science Fiction and Horror. Looking forward to reading more in the future.

dare

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Jan. 23, 2017