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Commentaires clientsCommentaires clients les plus utiles3 internautes sur 3 ont trouvé ce commentaire utile. Not as good as I had hopedPar Dr. Bojan TunguzA few years ago I had read Everything's Eventual : 14 Dark Tales, a collection of 14 short stories by Stephen King. For years I had been a big fan of Stephen King's novels, and I had always enjoyed short stories as a genre. Therefore I was pleasantly surprised to find out that Stephen King is not only able to write book-long narrative thrillers, but was equally if not more at home with the constraints that short story imposes on the writer. I saw that King's writing style is in its own right a very compelling tool that he deftly uses to keep readers interested in the story, even there is nothing supernatural or out of this world in the narrative. This sentiment had led me to look forward to The Best American Short Stories 2007 collection for which Stephen King was a guest editor. However, this collection of short stories proved to be a complete disaster - the stories were some of the most boring and unimaginative that I have ever read in the Best American series of books. It had shaken my impression of King as someone who can truly appreciate a well-crafted short story, but I still believed that it bore no relation to his own writing ability. So when I came across this new collection of his own short stories, I was very eager to give it a try. The first red flag came in the introduction. It turns out that King was inspired to write this collection by his experience as the editor of "Best American Short Stories" collection. As I read through the stories my misgivings got confirmed. The stories, by and large, turned out to be the worst of the two worlds: they had all of the discursive, aimless rambling of some of King's longer works, and none of the shocking potency of immediacy of a short story. The characters find themselves in a variety of supernatural and otherwise strange situations, but for the most part we are not sympathetic enough to their plight to care what happens to them in the end. There were a couple of stories that I genuinely enjoyed, but overall this has been a rather disappointing reading experience. I still believe that Stephen King is a great writer of suspenseful stories that reflect on some of our deepest fears and anxieties, but this collection of short stories doesn't do justice to his talent.1 internautes sur 1 ont trouvé ce commentaire utile. Different storiesPar Audrey BJ'adore quand un livre de King m’entraîne un peu loin de ses romans d'horreurs habituels, car c'est dans ce genre d'oeuvres que l'on mesure l'ampleur de son talent d'écrivain, trop souvent oublié derrière la petite case "auteur d'horreur".Vraiment dommage car pour moi King est un magicien de la langue, vous plongeant dans l'ambiance dès les premières phrases.Ici on retrouve 4 nouvelles qui tiennent plus du court roman.La première est célèbre de par son adaptation à l'écran .La seconde a été pour moi une vraie claque! Un roman d'horreur qui n'en est pas. Aucun élément surnaturel ou horrifique et pourtant j'ai eu le sang glacé d'un bout à l'autre, c'est un exercice magistrale.La troisième nous amène vers un de ses thèmes de prédilection: l'âge béni qui précède juste l'adolescence et l'amitié d'un groupe d'enfants.Enfin la dernière est peut-être la plus surnaturelle des trois et constitue une bonne nouvelle d'horreur.Ne pas bouder son plaisir sur ce recueil!0 internautes sur 0 ont trouvé ce commentaire utile. Très très bon, sans être le meilleur recueil de KingPar Barthel Damien"Juste Avant Le Crépuscule", avec sa couverture à moitié en hologramme (passez le livre près d'une source de lumière, vous verrez !), est le septième recueil de nouvelles de Stephen King (je compte "Minuit 2" et "Minuit 4" comme un seul recueil qui a été scindé en deux tomes en France). Assez court (400 pages, dont 10 consacrées à une intro et à une postface), c'est un recueil contenant 13 histoires alternant entre fantastique, horreur et suspense dénué de fantastique ("La Fille Pain d'épices", seconde histoire du recueil, une des plus longues, est excellente, elle me fait penser à la fois à "", "Jessie" et à une histoire à la Thomas Harris).Toutes ces histoires ne sont pas grandioses (King a raison, dans sa postface/notes sur les nouvelles, de dire que la première, "", bien que touchante, n'est pas la meilleure du lot ; elle est un peu fouillis, surtout au début), mais dans l'ensemble, si "Juste Avant Le Crépuscule" n'est pas le meilleur recueil de l'auteur - "", "Brume" sont indépassables - , ça reste un très bon cru. King déçoit rarement, et depuis quelques années, c'est même de plus en plus rarement ("Cellulaire" étant la dernière déception) que ça arrive.A noter, la traduction du titre est assez erronée, le livre, à la base, s'appelle "Just Past Sunset", il aurait fallu donc le traduire par "Juste Après Le Crépuscule". Mais c'est un détail. La pochette aussi est étonnante, pas d'illustration, on ne retrouve même pas le fameux nom de l'auteur en haut de la tranche, typographie habituelle (l'épaisseur assez relative du recueil y est sans doute pour beaucoup, et là aussi, c'est un détail)."N.", "Un Très Petit Coin", "", "Laissés-pour-compte", "Muet", "La Fille Pain d'épices", autant de nouvelles, courtes ou longues (les plus longues font dans les 60 pages, les plus courtes, une dizaine de pages), qui vous raviront si vous aimez les petites histoires et King, très habile en la matière. Un livre plus court que de coutume pour l'auteur de "Ca", et sans être un sommet, c'est quand même un excellent cru, encore une fois !

Description du produitIn Just After Sunset Stephen King delivers an astonishing collection of short stories, his first since Everything's Eventual six years ago. One of the longer stories in this book, "N." recently broke ground when it was adapted as a graphic digital entertainment and brought to vibrant life through a series of 25 video episodes. Introduced by the author, those episodes are presented on the DVD included in this Collector's Set. A trailer for the video episodes, and a special "Behind the Scenes" segment complete the DVD package available only in this special edition of the book. Who but Stephen King would turn a Port-O-San into a slimy birth canal, or a roadside honky-tonk into a place for endless love? A book salesman with a grievance might pick up a hitchhiker, not knowing the silent man in the passenger seat listens altogether too well. Or an exercise routine on a stationary bicycle, begun to reduce bad cholesterol, might take its rider on a captivating-and then terrifying-journey. Set on a remote key in Florida, "" is a riveting tale featuring a young woman as vulnerable-and resourceful-as Audrey Hepburn's character in Wait Until Dark. In "Ayana," a blind girl works a miracle with a kiss and the touch of her hand. For King, the line between the living and the dead is often blurry, and the seams that hold our reality intact might tear apart at any moment. "N." tells the story of a psychiatrist who falls victim to the same deadly obsession as his patient - an obsession that just might save the world! Just After Sunset-call it dusk, call it twilight, it's a time when human intercourse takes on an unnatural cast, when nothing is quite as it appears, when the imagination begins to reach for shadows as they dissipate to darkness and living daylight can be scared right out of you. It's the perfect time for Stephen King.

Présentation de l'éditeurA stunning collection from international bestseller Stephen King that displays his phenomenally broad readership (stories published in The New Yorker, Playboy, and McSweeney’s and including the 25,000 word story “Gingerbread Girl” published in Esquire).Stephen King—who has written more than fifty books, dozens of number one New York Times bestsellers, and many unforgettable movies—delivers an astonishing collection of short stories, his first since Everything’s Eventual six years ago. As guest editor of the bestselling Best American Short Stories 2007, King spent over a year reading hundreds of stories. His renewed passion for the form is evident on every page of Just After Sunset. The stories in this collection have appeared in The New Yorker, Playboy, McSweeney’s, The Paris , Esquire, and other publications. Who but Stephen King would turn a Port-O-San into a slimy birth canal, or a roadside honky-tonk into a place for endless love? A book salesman with a grievance might pick up a mute hitchhiker, not knowing the silent man in the passenger seat listens altogether too well. Or an exercise routine on a stationary bicycle, begun to reduce bad cholesterol, might take its rider on a captivating—and then terrifying—journey. Set on a remote key in Florida, “The Gingerbread Girl” is a riveting tale featuring a young woman as vulnerable—and resourceful—as Audrey Hepburn’s character in Wait Until Dark. In “Ayana,” a blind girl works a miracle with a kiss and the touch of her hand. For King, the line between the living and the dead is often blurry, and the seams that hold our reality intact might tear apart at any moment. In one of the longer stories here, “N.,” which recently broke new ground when it was adapted as a graphic digital entertainment, a psychiatric patient’s irrational thinking might create an apocalyptic threat in the Maine countryside...or keep the world from falling victim to it. Just After Sunset—call it dusk, call it twilight, it’s a time when human intercourse takes on an unnatural cast, when nothing is quite as it appears, when the imagination begins to reach for shadows as they dissipate to darkness and living daylight can be scared right out of you. It’s the perfect time for Stephen King.Revue de presse'Edgy and haunting' (The Scotsman)'Scary yet satisfying short stories, with the master of at his very best.' (Daily Express)Spooky, mysterious, gripping and satisfyingly scary (Sunday Telegraph)His most accomplished work: 13 beautifully turned tales, no two of which are alike (Daily Express)'Highly visual, darkly comic, exceedingly disturbing' (Observer)King has the ability to capture the reader's imagination from the first page of each tale with his clever and terrifying storytelling. It is impossible to put the book down (Sun)Nobody does it better than the master (Time Out)Présentation de l'éditeurA stunning collection from international bestseller Stephen King that displays his phenomenally broad readership (stories published in The New Yorker, Playboy, and McSweeney’s and including the 25,000 word story “Gingerbread Girl” published in Esquire).Stephen King—who has written more than fifty books, dozens of number one New York Times bestsellers, and many unforgettable movies—delivers an astonishing collection of short stories, his first since Everything’s Eventual six years ago. As guest editor of the bestselling Best American Short Stories 2007, King spent over a year reading hundreds of stories. His renewed passion for the form is evident on every page of Just After Sunset. The stories in this collection have appeared in The New Yorker, Playboy, McSweeney’s, The Paris , Esquire, and other publications. Who but Stephen King would turn a Port-O-San into a slimy birth canal, or a roadside honky-tonk into a place for endless love? A book salesman with a grievance might pick up a mute hitchhiker, not knowing the silent man in the passenger seat listens altogether too well. Or an exercise routine on a stationary bicycle, begun to reduce bad cholesterol, might take its rider on a captivating—and then terrifying—journey. Set on a remote key in Florida, “The Gingerbread Girl” is a riveting tale featuring a young woman as vulnerable—and resourceful—as Audrey Hepburn’s character in Wait Until Dark. In “Ayana,” a blind girl works a miracle with a kiss and the touch of her hand. For King, the line between the living and the dead is often blurry, and the seams that hold our reality intact might tear apart at any moment. In one of the longer stories here, “N.,” which recently broke new ground when it was adapted as a graphic digital entertainment, a psychiatric patient’s irrational thinking might create an apocalyptic threat in the Maine countryside...or keep the world from falling victim to it. Just After Sunset—call it dusk, call it twilight, it’s a time when human intercourse takes on an unnatural cast, when nothing is quite as it appears, when the imagination begins to reach for shadows as they dissipate to darkness and living daylight can be scared right out of you. It’s the perfect time for Stephen King.

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