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Books : Just After Sunset: Stories |
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List Price: $28.00Amazon.com's Price: $18.48 You Save: $9.52 (34%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781416584087
ISBN: 1416584080
Label: Scribner
Manufacturer: Scribner
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: November 11, 2008
Publisher: Scribner
Sales Rank: 215
Studio: Scribner
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Product Description:
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 Review, Esquire and other publications.
Who but Stephen King would turn a Port-a-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.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - You'll Wish This Sun Had Never Risen!
To begin with, at the risk of sounding like Annie Wilkes from "Misery", I am one of Stephen King's biggest fans and have read & own everything by him. This being said, I am extremely disappointed with his latest release, "Just After Sunset".
This mostly depressing tome of work deals with life and death - coming directly from Mr. King's own battle with mortality a few years back. However, with the exception of 2 stories ('Willa' - a great tale about the afterlife and those not aware ... Read More
Rating:  - Good But Not Great
This book is a collection of short stories by the "Master of Short Stories." Most of these are very good and I wished they were longer. I found only a couple that I didn't get into; hence 4 instead of 5 stars. Must read for all King fans!
Rating:  - Stephen Kings "After Sunset"
Excellent book of short stories. King at his best, and the hits just keep on coming.
Rating: - book
This was a gift. He really seemed to like it especially since it is short stories and can read each one at his leisure.
Rating: - Just After Sunset is right for Just About Anytime
Simply Outstanding! I would say that is my opinion of Mr. Kings newest collection of stories. I could not put this collection down. If you have enjoyed his other short story collections this effort will not let you down AT ALL. Some of my favs were:
Willa (A look at what might happen after we die)
Stationary Bike (A definate thrill ride for acid takers and non acid takers alike)
Graduation Afternoon (My favorite of all is a small glimpse at the moment a nuclear ... Read More
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