The Life Of Chuck

Resumen del libro

It is now available for the first time in a beautiful standalone edition.Originally featured in the acclaimed story collection If It Bleeds, this unforgettable, mind-bending tale unfolds in reverse, taking readers through the extraordinary life of Charles Chuck Krantz.In a crumbling world plagued by natural disasters, collapsing infrastructure, and mass panic, bizarre billboards and advertisements appear throughout town: Charles Krantz. Thirty-nine great years. Thanks, Chuck! Marty Anderson, a schoolteacher, becomes obsessed with these messages as the world, inexplicably linked to Chucks life, seems to be approaching its end.Told in three acts, presented in reverse order, The Life of Chuck explores one mans past. We see him in middle age on a business trip in Boston as he is seduced by a busker into spinning a gorgeous sidewalk dance. And we see him as a child, in a house haunted by a terrible secret, learning to dance with his grandmother. In these pages King reminds us that lifes quotidian pleasures are even more glorious because they are fleeting: the outrageous good fortune of a beautiful blue day after a string of gray ones the delight of dancing when every move feels perfect a serendipitous meeting. Kings ability to describe pure joy rivals his ability to terrify us.Now a major motion picture and winner of the Toronto International Film Festival Peoples Choice Award, The Life of Chuck is a glorious story about community and about humanity at its best, a celebration of joy, mystery, existential wonder, and the multitudes contained in all of us.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P ALIGN=JUSTIFY x{0026}lt;B Stephen Kingx{0026}lt;/B es autor de más de sesenta libros, todos ellos best sellers internacionales. Sus títulos más recientes son x{0026}lt;I Hollyx{0026}lt;/I ,x{0026}lt;I Cuento de Hadasx{0026}lt;/I ,x{0026}lt;I Billy Summersx{0026}lt;/I ,x{0026}lt;I Despuésx{0026}lt;/I ,x{0026}lt;I La sangre mandax{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I El Institutox{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Elevaciónx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I El visitantex{0026}lt;/I (cuya adaptación audiovisual se estrenó en HBO en enero de 2020), x{0026}lt;I La caja de botones de Gwendyx{0026}lt;/I (con Richard Chizmar), x{0026}lt;I Bellas durmientesx{0026}lt;/I (con su hijo Owen King), x{0026}lt;I El bazar de los malos sueñosx{0026}lt;/I , la trilogía Bill Hodges (x{0026}lt;I Mr. Mercedesx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Quien pierde pagax{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I Fin de guardiax{0026}lt;/I ), x{0026}lt;I Revivalx{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I Doctor Sueñox{0026}lt;/I . La novela x{0026}lt;I 22/11/63x{0026}lt;/I (convertida en serie de televisión en Hulu) fue elegida por x{0026}lt;I The New York Times Book Reviewx{0026}lt;/I como una de las diez mejores novelas de 2011 y por x{0026}lt;I Los Angeles Timesx{0026}lt;/I como la mejor novela de intriga del año. Los libros de la serie La Torre Oscura e x{0026}lt;I Itx{0026}lt;/I han sido adaptados al cine, así como gran parte de sus clásicos, desde x{0026}lt;I Miseryx{0026}lt;/I hasta x{0026}lt;I El resplandorx{0026}lt;/I pasando por x{0026}lt;I Carriex{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I El juego de Geraldx{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I La zona muertax{0026}lt;/I .x{0026}lt;/P x{0026}lt;P ALIGN=JUSTIFY x{0026}lt;/P x{0026}lt;P ALIGN=JUSTIFY En reconocimiento a su trayectoria profesional, le han sido concedidos los premios PEN American Literary Service Award en 2018, National Medal of Arts en 2014 y National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters en 2003.x{0026}lt;/P x{0026}lt;P ALIGN=JUSTIFY x{0026}lt;/P x{0026}lt;P ALIGN=JUSTIFY Vive en Bangor, Maine, con su esposa Tabitha King, también novelista.x{0026}lt;/P