Blaze

Paperback, 352 pages

Published Oct. 11, 2007 by Hodder Paperback, Debolsillo.

ISBN:
978-0-340-95224-5
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Blaze is a novel by American writer Stephen King, published under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman. King announced on his website that he "found it" in an attic. As stated in the afterword of Different Seasons, it was written before Carrie. King offered the original draft of the novel to his Doubleday publishers at the same time as 'Salem's Lot; the latter was chosen to be his second novel and Blaze became a "trunk novel." King rewrote the manuscript, editing out much of what he perceived as over-sentimentality in the original text, and offered the book for publication in 2007. The book also contains "Memory", a short story that was first published in 2006 and which King has since worked into Duma Key.

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Lühidalt: erakordselt kurb ja kohutav raamat. Hästi kirjutatud, tõsiselt nauditav lugu... aga nüüd pean järgmist raamatut küll valima, et midagi natukene helgemat vahele võtta.

Richard Bachman on Stephen Kingi alter ego, mille alt ta ilmutas oma karjääri alguses mitmeid raamatuid, mida pidas liiga süngeks ja tumedaks, et Kingina avaldada. Eks neid põhjuseid oli teisigi, aga kirjanduslikult on jah Bachmani raamatud nukramad, mu loetutest on varasemalt kõige "hullem" "Roadwork" ("Teetööd"). Hiljem on arhiividest tulnud välja ka muid Bachmani tekste, seesama aastal 2007 ilmunud “Blaze” on kirjutatud üldse enne “Carried”, mis ilmus 1974. Täpsustan - algne tekst on kirjutatud aastal 1973; kui King mõnikümmend aastat hiljem käsikirja pööningult tolmurullide vahelt üles leidis, siis suure osa kirjutas ta läbi ja ümber, kuna algne versioon oli kirjaniku hinnangul liiga sentimentaalne. Seega on see nüüd noorem või vanem King, raske ütelda.

"Blaze" ei ole eesti keeles ilmunud. Pealkiri on tõlkes "leek", raamatus on Blaze ühe …

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