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Ladataan... Kalpea aavistus (1998)Tekijä: Stephen King
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Violence, natural and supernatural, ensues as past and present mix, culminating in a torrent of climaxes that bind and illuminate the novel's many mysteries. From his mint-fresh etching of spooky rural Maine to his masterful pacing and deft handling of numerous themes, particularly of the fragility of our constructs about reality and of love's ability to mend rifts in those constructs, this is one of King's most accomplished novels. From Kirkus Reviews Leaving Viking for the storied literary patina of Scribner, current or not, King seemingly strives on the page for a less vulgar gloss. And he eases from horror into romantic suspense, while adding dollops of the supernatural. The probable model: structural echoes of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca do sound forth, although King never writes one paragraph herein to match du Maurier's opening moonscapes of Manderley. What comes through nevertheless is a strong pull to upgrade his style and storytelling in this his 50th year. Yes, he actually does write better if with less energy and power than in Desperation (1996). In fact, attacking the race problem in lily-white Maine, he even assumes an almost Dreiserian seriousness in his final paragraphs. Well, the story: romantic-suspense novelist Michael Noonan, who summers in Castle Rock on Dark Score Lake, falls into a four-year writer's block when his wife Johanna dies of a brain blowout. Now 40 and childless, Mike has salted away four extra novel manuscripts in his safe-deposit box, one of them 11 years old (shades of Richard Bachman!), and keeps up a pretense of productivity by publishing a ``new'' novel each year. Meanwhile, he finds himself falling for Mattie Devore, a widowed mother half his age. Mattie's late husband is the son of still-thriving half-billionaire computer king Max Devore, 85 years old and monstrous, who plans to gain possession of Mattie's three-year-old daughter, the banally drawn Kyra. Mike's first big question: Did Johanna cuckold him during his long hours writing? If so, will her character reverse our understanding of her, as does Rebecca de Winter's? And how can he help Mattie fight off Max and keep Kyra? The supernatural elements, largely reserved for the interracial climax, are Standard King but fairly mild. PalkinnotDistinctionsNotable Lists
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HTML:Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, a powerful tale of grief, of love's enduring bonds, and the haunting secrets of the past. Set in the Maine territory King has made mythic, Bag of Bones recounts the plight of forty-year-old bestselling novelist Mike Noonan, who is unable to stop grieving following the sudden death of his wife Jo, and who can no longer bear to face the blank screen of his computer. Now his nights are plagued by vivid nightmares, all set at the Maine summerhouse he calls Sara Laughs. Despite these dreams, or perhaps because of them, Mike returns to the lakeside getaway. There he finds his beloved Yankee town held in the grip of a powerful millionaire, Max Devore, who will do anything to take his three-year-old granddaughter away from her widowed young mother. As Mike is drawn into their struggle, as he falls in love with both mother and child, he is also drawn into the mystery of Sara Laughs, now the site of ghostly visitations, ever-escalating nightmares, and the sudden recovery of his writing ability. What are the forces that have been unleashed hereâ??and what do they want of Mike Noonan? First published in 1998, Bag of Bones was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller. It was lauded at its publication as "hands down, Stephen King's most narratively subversive fiction" (Entertainment Weekly) and his "most ambitious novel" (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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Alku lähti harvinaisen kankeasti liikkeelle. Ensimmäiset sata sivua kului lähinnä Mike Noonanin sääliessä itseään, eikä sillä tuntunut olevan mitään niin oleellista merkitystä loppukirjan kannalta. Sitä olisi hyvin voinut tiivistää rutkasti.
Sitten kun päästiin kesämökille, Sara Laughsiin, alkoi tapahtua. Ei mitään hillitöntä kyytiä, mutta ovelan koukuttavasti kuitenkin. Lukija pysyttelee Mike Noonanin päässä melkoisen tiukasti, sillä koko kirja on minäkerrontaa. Jokaisessa luvussa on oma juttunsa, joka saa sukeltamaan juttuun entistä syvemmälle.
Mikä sitten oli vikana? Ensinnäkin minua hiukan häiritsi erään oleellisen henkilön liian aikainen kuolema. Se ei tuntunut istuvan kokonaisuuteen ollenkaan. Etenkin kirjan loppuvaiheessa tuntui, että King on sotkeutumassa omaan näppäryyteensä juonikuvionsa kanssa. Sitä väännetään ja käännetään, ravistetaan ja sekoitetaan. Ymmärrän, että on ihan hauskaa hämätä lukijaa, mutta kun se kaikki tapahtuu yhtenä sekametelisoppana viimeisen 150 sivun aikana (kirjan kokonaispituus 569 sivua), ei sen tarkoitus oikein avaudu.
Kokonaisuus on siis varsin keskinkertainen.
Kirjan nimen suomennos on aika hassu. Kalpea aavistus -termi vilahtaa kirjassa, mutta ei ole mitenkään oleellinen. Englanninkielinen nimi, Bag of Bones, on paljon osuvampi, mutta Luusäkki olisi kyllä outo… Ei ole suomentajillakaan helppoa!
-Morre- ( )