Книга: Peter Straub «Ghost Story»
Производитель: "Schuster" In life, not every sin goes unpunished. GHOST STORY For four aging men in the terror-stricken town of Milburn, New York, an act inadvertently carried out in their youth has come back to haunt them. Now they are about to learn what happens to those who believe they can bury the past - and get away with murder. Peter Straub`s classic bestseller is a work of superb horror (The Washington Post Book World) that, like any good ghost story, stands the test of time - and conjures our darkest fears and nightmares. Издательство: "Schuster" (1989)
ISBN: 978-0-671-68563-8 |
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Peter Straub
"This article is about Peter Straub the novelist. For the German statesman, see
Peter Francis Straub (born Life and literary career At the age of seven, Straub was struck by a car, sustaining serious injuries.Morgan, John. " [http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlight/2002/02-01-king-spotlight.htm Stephen King scares up support for fallen friend] ", Straub read voraciously from an early age, but his literary interests did not please his parents; his father hoped that he would grow up to be a professional athlete, while his mother wanted him to be a Straub earned an honors B.A. in English at the After mixed success with two attempts at literary mainstream novels in the mid-1970s ("Marriages" and " After a fallow period, Straub re-emerged in 1988 with "Koko", a nonsupernatural (though horrific) Straub followed 1996's ambitious mainstream thriller "The Hellfire Club", which applied the lessons learned in the Blue Rose period to a more overtly gothic plot, with "Mr. X", dealing with a Straub edited the Straub has also published several books of poetry. "My Life in Pictures" appeared in 1971 as part of a series of six poetry pamphlets Straub published with his friend Significant detail about the two collaborations with King may be found at http://www.horrorking.com. A critical essay on Straub's horror work can be found in Rumors continue to circulate that King and Straub may collaborate on a final novel, finishing the tale of Jack Sawyer and the Talisman. King himself has stated in an interview that there will be such a novel sometime in the future. Bibliography *1971: "My Life in Pictures" (Poems) References Additional reading *"Hauntings: The Official Peter Straub Bibliography", ee also * External links * [http://www.peterstraub.net/ Official Web Site] Источник: Peter Straub
*1972: "Ishmael" (Poems)
*1972: "Open Air" (Poems)
*1973: "Marriages"
*1976: "Julia"
*1977: "If You Could See Me Now"
*1979: "Ghost Story"
*1980: "Shadowland"
*1982: "
*1983: "
*1983: "Leeson Park and Belsize Square: Poems 1970 - 1975"
*1984: "The Talisman" (with
*1984: "Wild Animals" (collects "Julia", "If You Could See Me Now", and "Under Venus")
*1985: "Under Venus"
*1988: "Koko"; Winner of
*1990: "Mystery"
*1990: "Houses Without Doors"
*1990: "
*1990: "Mrs. God"
*1993: "The Throat"; Winner of
*1995: "The Hellfire Club"
*1999: "Mr. X"; Winner of
*2000: "Magic Terror"
*2001: "Black House" (with Stephen King)
*2003: "
*2004: "In The Night Room"; Winner of
*2006: "Sides" (collection of non-fiction essays) (
*2007: "5 Stories"
*2008: "POE’S CHILDREN" (upcoming anthology; October 2008)
*2009: "THE SKYLARK" (upcoming novel; Spring 2009)
* [http://wiredforbooks.org/peterstraub/ Audio Interviews] by
* [http://www.king-stephen.com/ Peter Straub/Stephen King]
* [http://www3.isrl.uiuc.edu/~unsworth/courses/bestsellers/search.cgi?title=The+Talisman Database containing descriptive bibliography, publishing history, reviews, and literary criticism of King and Straub's The Talisman]
* [http://wiredforbooks.org/peterstraub/ 1983, 1984, 1990 audio interviews with Peter Straub at Wired for Books.org] by
* [http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/FGS/Stra/StraubPeterFrancis-SusanBenjamin.shtml Genealogy of Peter Francis Straub]
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