20th Century Ghosts (libro En Inglés)

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Nombre: 20th Century Ghosts (Libro en Inglés)
Marca: William Morrow & Company

DESCRIPCIÓN:

Hills best stories veer away from the well-trodden creep shows and back alleys of genre writing into more dangerous territory: suburban basements, ball fields and schoolyards. -- Washington Post[An] inventive collection . . . brave and astute. -- New York Times Book ReviewFully developed characters with complex emotional lives enhance the 14 stories in Joe Hills extraordinary collection,20th Century Ghosts. Theres not a false note or disappointing effort in this volume. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)The collection of short stories ranges from creepy to sweet, with an impressive arsenal of tactics to attack your psyche. -- Boston Globe20th Century Ghosts is Hills first collection of short stories and displays consummate skill in a variety of genres . . . Amusing, moving, horrifyingGhosts runs the full spectrum. -- USA TodayAlternately sad, scary, strange and at times even sweet, these tales will haunt you long after youve read them. -- Parade[A] lovely, earnest collection of short fiction. -- Village Voice[O]ne of the best [horror] collections of the year. Hill is a relative newcomer who consistently creates creepy, very disturbing stories. -- LocusEach tale is unique, and the collection proves that Hills talent is not limited to horror, but extends well into the mainstream. -- Denver Rocky Mountain News[A] new take on the fantasy-horror genre...Highly recommended. -- The Sun Herald (Sydney, Australia) Joe Hills award-winning story collection, featuring The Black Phone, soon to be a major motion picture from Universal Pictures and Blumhouse ProductionsImogene is young, beautiful . . . and dead, waiting in the Rosebud Theater one afternoon in 1945. . . .Francis was human once, but now he's an eight-foot-tall locust, and everyone in Calliphora will tremble when they hear him sing. . . .John is locked in a basement stained with the blood of half a dozen murdered children, and an antique telephone, long since disconnected, rings at night with calls from the dead. . . .Nolan knows but can never tell what really happened in the summer of '77, when his idiot savant younger brother built a vast cardboard fort with secret doors leading into other worlds. . . .The past isn't dead. It isn't even past. . . .The first collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author Joe Hill, 20th Century Ghosts is an inventive and chilling compendium that established this award-winning, critically acclaimed author as a major player in 21st-century fantastic fiction (Washington Post). Contraportada Imogene is young, beautiful . . . and dead, waiting in the Rosebud Theater one afternoon in 1945. . . . Francis was human once, but now he's an eight-foot-tall locust, and everyone in Calliphora will tremble when they hear him sing. . . . John is locked in a basement stained with the blood of half a dozen murdered children, and an antique telephone, long since disconnected, rings at night with calls from the dead. . . .Nolan knows but can never tell what really happened in the summer of '77, when his idiot savant younger brother built a vast cardboard fort with secret doors leading into other worlds. . . .The past isn't dead. It isn't even past. . . . Biografía del autor Joe Hill is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Fireman, NOS4A2, Horns, and Heart-Shaped Box; Strange Weather, a collection of novellas; and the acclaimed story collections Full Throttle and 20th Century Ghosts. He is also the Eisner Awardwinning writer of a seven-volume comic book series, Locke & Key. Much of his work has been adapted for film and TV, including NOS4A2 (AMC), Locke & Key (Netflix), and In the Tall Grass (Netflix).

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-Editorial: William Morrow & Company
-Autor: Hill, Joe

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Tiempo de entrega: 10 días
Peso del paquete: 1 kg
Medidas: 5 cm x 22 cm x 27 cm cm
Material: Papel
Modelo: 9780061147982
Meses de garantía: 1
Garantía: Por defectos de fabricación
Condición: Nuevo
Color: Multicolor
Nombre de color: Multicolor
ASIN: 0061147982
País de producción: United States
Encuadernado: Pasta blanda
Editorial: William Morrow & Company
Titulo del libro: 20th Century Ghosts
Autor: Hill, Joe
Fecha de publicación: 2008
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 336
ISBN-13: 9780061147982
Edad mínima sugerida: 6
Contenido del paquete: 1 pieza
SKU: 9780061147982