The Missing - Brossura

Langan, Sarah

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0060872918 ISBN 13: 9780060872915

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2007

Riassunto

When schoolteacher Lois Larkin takes her third grade class on a trip to nearby Bedford, a town destroyed by an environmental catastrophe, one of the children unearths an ancient, contagious plague that transforms its victims into something violent, inhuman, and hungry. Original.

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Recensione:

“Langan has the control of a pro....” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

“A genuine creepfest that recalls, in the best way possible, the early work of Stephen King” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

“Langan has crafted a grisly horror story that will keep you out of the woods for years to come.” (BookPage)

“Langan has a sharp eye for the small vivid details of American life, and her characters are utterly believable.” (London Times on The Keeper)

“...innovative, sharp, and absolutely chilling...” (Brian Keene, Bram Stoker Award winning author of Ghoul and Dead Sea)

“THE MISSING is reminiscent of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot with wicked drops of Koontz, Barker, and Straub.” (J.C. Patterson)

“[THE MISSING is] as engrossing as a dagger poised at one’s throat.” (J.C. Patterson)

“An astonishing first novel...chilling, haunting, and so smartly written that the pages fly by like the wind.” (Ray Garton, author of THE LOVELIEST DEAD)

“THE KEEPER kept me up, late into the night...I’m hoping for a whole shelf of novels by Langan.” (Kelly Link, author of MAGIC FOR BEGINNERS)

“[A] brilliant debut, heralding the arrival of a major talent.” (Tim Lebbon, author of DUSK and BERSERK)

L'autore:

Sarah Langan received her MFA in fiction writing from Columbia University. She studied with Michael Cunningham, Nicholas Christopher, Helen Schulman, Susan Kenney, and Maureen Howard, among others, all of whom have been instrumental to her work. The author of The Keeper and the Bram Stoker Award-winning The Missing, she is a master's candidate in environmental medicine at NYU and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0060872918
• ISBN 13: 9780060872915
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 400