Nuit noire, étoiles mortes

496 pages

French language

Published March 6, 2012

ISBN:: 978-2-226-23993-8

(1 review)

Nouvelles. Roman d'épouvante

1922 , Un fermier du Nebraska assassine sa femme avec la complicité de leur fils pour l'empêcher de vendre sa propriété à un éleveur de porcs. Le début d'une véritable descente aux enfers dans un univers de violence et de paranoïa. Big driver. Un auteur de polar se fait violer sauvagement au bord d'une route. Rendue à moitié folle par l'agression, elle décide de se venger elle-même de l'homme et de son effrayante complice... Un homme atteint d'un cancer, fait un pacte faustien avec un inconnu : en échange d'un peu de vie, il vend un ami d'enfance dont il a toujours été jaloux pour souffrir (ô combien !) à sa place... Un mariage parfait. Une femme découvre par hasard qu'elle vit depuis plus de vingt ans aux côtés d'un tueur en série. Que va-t-il se passer maintenant qu'il sait qu'elle sait...

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4 stars

I really enjoyed this anthology. Some of his anthologies are hit and miss, and this selection was mostly hit with me. My two favorites were Big Driver and A Good Marriage. I thought both were pretty traumatizing and harsh, but also entirely realistic, if you look at the world today.

1922 was very bleak, and that fit the story very well, but it mostly left me cold because I didn't like the protagonist. Which was probably on purpose. Last but not least, there was Fair Extension, which had an interesting premise, and played in Derry. I love hints about It's Derry, and this story had them. It was a quick read, but not one of his most memorable stories.

I enjoyed this book, and what more could I ask for? I am a King fan, so this worked for me. People new to King would probably not have as much …

I really enjoyed this anthology. Some of his anthologies are hit and miss, and this selection was mostly hit with me. My two favorites were Big Driver and A Good Marriage. I thought both were pretty traumatizing and harsh, but also entirely realistic, if you look at the world today.

1922 was very bleak, and that fit the story very well, but it mostly left me cold because I didn't like the protagonist. Which was probably on purpose. Last but not least, there was Fair Extension, which had an interesting premise, and played in Derry. I love hints about It's Derry, and this story had them. It was a quick read, but not one of his most memorable stories.

I enjoyed this book, and what more could I ask for? I am a King fan, so this worked for me. People new to King would probably not have as much fun. If fun is even the right term.