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This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death.
And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides – or are chosen. A world in which good rides on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail – and the worst nightmares of evil are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the dark man.
In 1978, Stephen King published The Stand, the novel that is now considered to be one of his finest works. But as it was first published, The Stand was incomplete, since more than 150,000 words had been cut from the original manuscript.
Now Stephen King’s apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil has been restored to its entirety. The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition includes material previously deleted, along with new material that King added as he reworked the manuscript for a new generation. It gives us new characters and endows familiar ones with new depths. It has a new beginning and a new ending. What emerges is a gripping work with the scope and moral complexity of a true epic.
For hundreds of thousands of fans who heard The Stand in its original version and wanted more, this new edition is Stephen King’s gift. And those who are listening to The Stand for the first time will discover a triumphant and eerily plausible work of the imagination that takes on the issues that will determine our survival.
Cover artwork 2020 CBS Interactive Inc.
Valerio Pastore –
Sempre un piacere da rileggere!
Ho finalmente terminato questa ponderosa in lingua, arricchita, tostissima edizione origimale, all-new, all-scarier, arricchita da nuovo materiale mai pubblicato prima e belliFFime illustrazioni.Si tende a dare per scontato che l’opera in lingua presenti un suo fascino, ma mai come in questo caso tendono ad emergere gli aspetti della personalità dei personaggi, quando li senti parlare come King li intendeva. La traduzione aveva un po’ ‘appiattito’ le varie differenze, estrazioni sociali, modi di essere…Valeva proprio la pena rileggerlo e sentire i brividi come e più della prima volta!
Yasmina Pani –
Stupendo
Uno dei libri più belli di King. Classica edizione economica in lingua, molto leggibile calcolando la mole del libro. Ottima.
shadok –
Strana apocalittica commistione di generi
In effetti il libro accoppia due generi di apocalisse: il risveglio del Male e la pestilenza. Il risultato è più che buono: i personaggi sono ben sviluppati, e diversi temi sono intriganti (il fascino di un regno del Male -che sembra- ordinato ed efficiente, la difficoltà del sopravvivere ad una apocalisse, la tendenza dell’uomo ad avvicinarsi a regimi autoritari, la deriva verso il male di personaggi potenzialmente redimibili, ecc). Un po’ lungo ma di lettura piuttosto agevole anche per chi non conosce benissimo l’inglese. Consigliato!
Nicola Strangis –
Un masterpiece senza tempo⦠o forse no?
The Stand è uno dei due libri più importanti di Stephen King, e câè un perché se a distanza di quasi mezzo secolo resta ancora così amato dai suoi lettori. Immergetevi nello stile di questo grande maestro, che vi prenderà per mano mostrandovi unâAmerica desolata e la rinascita e ricostruzione di una società basata su principi che sono parte del nostro DNA. Grazie King.Dal punto di vista del prodotto fisico, non ho trovato nulla da addebitare. à una bella edizione economica, molto maneggevole.
R24 –
Edizione copertina flessibile HODDER
Edizione con copertina flessibile HODDER di ottima qualità . Nulla da aggiungere se non specificare che si tratta della Edizione Integrale “UNCUT”.
Raffaella Benincasa –
Gripping and scary
I am reading The Stand again after the first time many many years ago. I had found it beautiful then but now, after what we have been through in the past 2 years, it has taken on a new, scarier and even more ominous quality. Though King does not consider this his best novel, I think it really is first-rate storytelling, with characters you cannot fail to love (or hate) as if they were real. An unputdownable book that plunges you into a parallel, but not so unlikely, world that you won’t be able to forget afterwards.
Helene Seri –
Ben scritto
Sto leggendo il libro, ad arrivare al dunque ci vuole un pó.. Ma il libro é intrigante e ben scritto.
Maddalena –
ok
Non uno dei suoi migliori, ma lettura adattissima in tempo di COVID!!! 🙂
gradysbaby –
Wow. This is an epic, huge journey! Iâm not sure I can adequately describe and review this book!Society ticks alongPlague is releasedHumanity tries to cover it upBig failure – people die: a lotSociety clings to the fringesProphets rise up, good- evilGood and evil fightNeither prevailsLong ride, fun ride. Memorable characters. Scary as shit considering Covid.. I couldnât have read this during Covid.Some of these characters youâll remember for the rest of your life.Be aware, this is a product of its time and some language, depictions and attitudes may feel distasteful. But it just reflects the time. This book is long 1300 pages, drags hard in places, reads easy in places. There is a lot of stuff that feels dumb to read through. But the book is long enough it begins to reference its self in a big way. So Iâd advise you to read it and just pace.Loved this book, my eyes are glad Iâm done though M-O-O-N that spells eye pain. Laws yes.Also characters whom you love die, and die for real.. RIP!! Also all my homies hate Harold.
Mira –
I am a big Stephen King Fan. I purchased this book here because the prices are very reasonable. I can find the book I want. Thank you.
Rossine –
O produto chegou antes do prazo e sem defeitos.
Shubham jha. –
Take your time and read it it’s fabulous.
AMH –
Solo he leÃdo unos cuantos capÃtulos, pero me parece entretenido, como la gran mayorÃa de libros de stephen king.