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Paul Tremblay

    30 giugno 1971

    Paul Tremblay fonde magistralmente l'horror con la suspense psicologica, addentrandosi negli aspetti più oscuri della psiche umana e delle relazioni familiari. Le sue narrazioni sono spesso ambientate in ambienti apparentemente ordinari ma inquietanti, creando un palpabile senso di disagio. Tremblay eccelle nel costruire tensione e ambiguità, trascinando i lettori in un'esplorazione disorientante della realtà e della percezione. La sua prosa è densa e atmosferica, affermandolo come una voce distintiva nella narrativa contemporanea.

    Paul Tremblay
    Cabin at the End of the World
    Isolation: The horror anthology
    Growing Things and Other Stories
    Disappearance at Devil's Rock
    Survivor Song
    A Head Full of Ghosts
    • "The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia. To her parents' despair, the doctors are unable to stop Marjorie's bizarre outbursts and subsequent descent into madness. As their home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help. Father Wanderly suggests an exorcism; he believes the vulnerable teenager is the victim of demonic possession. He also contacts a production company that is eager to document the Barretts plight for a reality television show."-- Provided by publisher

      A Head Full of Ghosts
      3,9
    • Survivor Song

      • 336pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      “Fresh and surprising. Survivor Song may be one of Tremblay’s best—beautifully detailed, viscerally frightening, and deep with emotional resonance.” —Dan Chaon, New York Times bestselling author of Ill Will In a matter of weeks, Massachusetts is devastated by a rabies-like virus spread through saliva, featuring a terrifyingly short incubation period of under an hour. Those infected lose their minds and turn violent, biting others before succumbing to the disease. Hospitals are overwhelmed, and societal order is crumbling under quarantine and curfews. Dr. Ramola "Rams" Sherman, a pediatrician in her mid-thirties, receives a desperate call from her friend Natalie, who is eight months pregnant. After her husband is brutally killed by an infected neighbor, Natalie, bitten in the chaos, faces a race against time to reach a hospital for a rabies vaccine—her only hope for survival. As Rams and Natalie navigate a perilous landscape filled with unimaginable dangers, their journey becomes a frantic struggle for life, pushing them to their limits. Paul Tremblay showcases his talent in this chilling, plausible tale that will keep readers on the edge of their seats and leave them profoundly shaken.

      Survivor Song
      3,6
    • Late one summer night, Elizabeth Sanderson receives the devastating news that every mother fears: her 13-year-old son, Tommy, has vanished in the woods of a local park. Riddled with worry, pain, and guilt, Elizabeth is wholly unprepared for the strange series of events that follow.

      Disappearance at Devil's Rock
      3,6
    • Growing Things and Other Stories

      • 400pagine
      • 14 ore di lettura

      A chilling short story collection by the Bram Stoker Award-winner author, including stories set in the world of A Head Full of Ghosts and Disappearance at Devil's Rock. A thrilling new collection from the award-winning author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Cabin at the End of the World bringing his short stories to the UK for the first time. Unearth nineteen tales of suspense and literary horror, including a new story from the world of A Head Full of Ghosts, that offer a terrifying glimpse into Tremblay's fantastically fertile imagination. See a school class haunted by a life-changing video, the forces at work on four men fleeing the pawn shop they robbed at gunpoint, the meth addict kidnapping her daughter as the town is terrorized by a giant monster, or the woman facing all the ghosts who scare her most in a Choose Your Own Adventure. Intricate, humane, ingenious and chilling, embrace the Growing Things.

      Growing Things and Other Stories
      3,5
    • A chilling anthology of 18 stories about the terrifying fears of isolation, from the modern masters of horror. Featuring Tim Lebbon, Paul Tremblay, Joe R. Lansdale, M.R. Carey, Ken Liu and many more.

      Isolation: The horror anthology
      3,4
    • "The Bram Stoker Award-winning author of A Head Full of Ghosts gives a new twist to the home invasion horror story in a heart-palpitating novel of psychological suspense that recalls Stephen King's Misery, Ruth Ware's In a Dark, Dark Wood, and Jack Ketchum's cult hit The Girl Next Door"-- Provided by publisher

      Cabin at the End of the World
      3,3
    • The Beast You Are

      • 368pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      A haunting collection of short fiction from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club, A Head Full of Ghosts, and The Cabin at the End of the World. Paul Tremblay has won widespread acclaim for illuminating the dark horrors of the mind in novels and stories that push the boundaries of storytelling itself. The fifteen pieces in this brilliant collection, The Beast You Are, are all monsters of a kind, ready to loudly (and lovingly) smash through your head and into your heart. In "The Dead Thing," a middle-schooler struggles to deal with the aftermath of her parents' substance addictions and split. One day, her little brother claims he found a shoebox with "the dead thing" inside. He won't show it to her and he won't let the box out of his sight. In "The Last Conversation," a person wakes in a sterile, white room and begins to receive instructions via intercom from a woman named Anne. When they are finally allowed to leave the room to complete a task, what they find is as shocking as it is heartbreaking. The title novella, "The Beast You Are," is a mini epic in which the destinies and secrets of a village, a dog, and a cat are intertwined with a giant monster that returns to wreak havoc every thirty years. A masterpiece of literary horror and psychological suspense, The Beast You Are is a fearlessly imagined collection from one of the most electrifying and innovative writers working today.

      The Beast You Are
      3,3
    • Horror Movie

      • 341pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      Delving into the chilling backstory of a monster from a cult 90s horror film, this narrative blends slow-building dread with intense confrontations. The author, known for bestselling works like A Head Full of Ghosts and The Cabin at the End of the World, weaves a tale that reveals shocking secrets and explores themes of fear and survival in a gripping horror setting.

      Horror Movie
      3,3
    • The Pallbearers’ Club

      • 282pagine
      • 10 ore di lettura

      "Delightfully morbid and surprisingly emotional" -The New York TimesA chilling and twisty horror of toxic friendships, punk rock and vampire parasites from the Bram Stoker award-winning modern master of horror and author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts.

      The Pallbearers’ Club
      3,1
    • A haunting collection of short fiction from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club, A Head Full of Ghosts, and The Cabin at the End of the World.

      The Beast You Are: Stories