Danse Macabre - Stephen King

I'm a huge fan of Stephen King, and a rather big fan of horror writing in general, when it is done well. This book differs from most of his books as it is a history of the genre of history, including many personal insights and a couple of really helpful lists at the back, which I will explain later. From the outset, it is clear to see that King has a real passion for horror. He begins by dedicating his book to six horror writers that at the time ...
...point that the book was written in 1981. According to my copy, it wasn't printed in the UK until 1991. In total, the book has been reprinted around 20 times. It's a popular book, and with reason. He tells us of his discovery of horror - he was a ten year old boy. He even remembers the date for us - the fourth of October (my birthday) 1957 (but way before I was born!) He tells us of the various films he has seen through the ages, and gives his personal ...

abrokenstarr 12.04.2005 · Read full review
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Danse Macabre is an essay of Stephen King that was never published in Italian in its complete form (I just found a French version, and I have no idea if an English edition was ever published in Italy). I read the French complete version ( really a ponderous book!) and the summary in Italian, that is something more than a brochure. In this essay Stephen King tell us why he became a writer, why he choose the to write especially horror stories, what's ...
...when and how he knew this form of expression (both in literature and in the cinema), and he speak about his personal life, fronm youthness up to his affirmation as a writer. The first, interesting thing that it claims is that he never choose horror: the horror choose him. His idea is that a 'story-teller' (not a writer, just a story-teller) is someone who has a lot of stories in his mind to tell: it isn't important how he will tell his stories, ...

shaoli2 31.07.2003 · Read full review
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