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内容简介

An epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted readers of The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.

King says he wanted to know what happened to Danny Torrance, the boy at the heart of The Shining, after his terrible experience in the Overlook Hotel. The instantly riveting Doctor Sleep picks up the story of the now middle-aged Dan, working at a hospice in rural New Hampshire, and the very special twelve-year old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals.

On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless - mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and tween Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the 'steam' that children with the 'shining' produce when they are slowly tortured to death.

Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father's legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him and a job at a nursing home where his remnant 'shining' power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes 'Doctor Sleep.'

Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan's own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra's soul and survival . .

作者简介

Stephen King has been described by the Guardian as 'one of the greatest storytellers of our time', by the Mirror as a 'genius' and by The Sunday Times as 'one of the most fertile storytellers of the modern novel'. He has written over 50 books including the seminal masterpiece The Shining about which he writes in his introduction: 'I think in every writer's career - usually early in it - there comes "a crossroads novel", where the writer is presented with a choice: either doing what you have done before, or try to reach a little higher'. In 2003, King was given the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives with his wife, the novelist Tabitha King, for most of the year in Maine, USA.

精彩书评

Obviously a masterpiece, probably the best supernatural novel in a hundred years. (Peter Straub on The Shining)

The most remarkable storyteller in modern American literature. (Mark Lawson, Guardian)

前言/序言

《闪灵》（The Shining）是斯蒂芬·金的代表作之一，讲述了杰克·托伦斯一家入住科罗拉多州偏远的观景酒店（Overlook Hotel）担任冬季看守的故事。酒店本身似乎有着邪恶的灵魂和黑暗的历史，逐渐侵蚀着一家人的心智，特别是将杰克推向疯狂的深渊。故事的核心围绕着超自然现象、家庭内部的暴力以及精神崩溃的主题展开。 故事的开端，杰克·托伦斯，一位前教师和有抱负的作家，正在努力戒酒并重建他与妻子温蒂和年幼的儿子丹尼的关系。他接受了在冬季看守观景酒店的工作，这是一个与世隔绝、没有外界干扰的环境，他希望利用这段时间专注于写作并修复家庭。然而，这座酒店并非普通的建筑，它拥有一个可怕的过去，充满了暴力、谋杀和怨灵。 酒店的灵异力量对丹尼产生了巨大的影响。丹尼拥有被称为“闪灵”（The Shining）的强大精神能力，这使他能够看到酒店过去发生的恐怖事件，并与那些被困在那里的灵魂进行心灵感应。他能够预知危险，但同时也成为了酒店恶灵的主要目标。温蒂，杰克的妻子，则是一个充满焦虑的女性，她深爱着自己的儿子，但长期生活在丈夫的阴影和潜在的暴力之下。 随着冬天的深入，大雪封锁了通往外界的道路，托伦斯一家与外界彻底隔绝。观景酒店的邪恶力量开始显现，它利用杰克内心深处的弱点——他对酒精的渴望、他对失败的恐惧以及他隐藏的暴力倾向——来腐蚀他的心智。酒店的鬼魂，尤其是那些在过去犯下滔天罪行的实体，试图控制杰克，让他成为执行他们邪恶意图的工具。 杰克的精神状态急剧恶化。他开始与那些只有他能看见的“人物”交谈，他的言行变得越来越偏执和具有威胁性。他不再是那个试图修复家庭的男人，而是一个被酒店恶灵附身的怪物。他手中的工具——斧头——成为了他施暴的象征，他将目标首先指向了丹尼，因为丹尼的“闪灵”能力是酒店最想摧毁或控制的东西。 丹尼在“闪灵”的指引下，与一位拥有类似能力的酒店前厨师迪克·哈洛兰建立了心灵联系。哈洛兰通过精神感应警告丹尼酒店的危险，并教导他如何用自己的精神力量来抵御和保护自己。当杰克对家庭的威胁达到顶峰时，哈洛兰不顾一切地赶回酒店，试图拯救丹尼和温蒂。 故事的高潮发生在观景酒店的闹鬼中心。杰克在完全被酒店控制的状态下，持斧追杀温蒂和丹尼。温蒂展现出了惊人的求生本能和保护儿子的决心，而丹尼则利用他尚未完全掌握的“闪灵”能力，与酒店的邪恶核心进行了一场精神上的较量。 最终，酒店的锅炉系统，一个潜藏的危险源，成为了解决困局的关键。在极度的压力下，杰克恢复了一丝清醒，意识到自己正在做的事情，但为时已晚。锅炉爆炸，连同酒店的邪恶本质一起被摧毁，也终结了杰克的生命，并将温蒂和丹尼从那座恐怖的建筑中解救出来。 《闪灵》不仅是一个关于鬼屋和超自然力量的故事，更是一部深刻探讨成瘾、家庭暴力、精神疾病以及人类内心黑暗面的心理恐怖小说。它成功地营造了一种令人窒息的幽闭恐惧感，让读者在阅读过程中体验到与书中人物一同被困在那个被诅咒的场所的无助与绝望。斯蒂芬·金以其细腻的心理描写和层层递进的恐怖氛围，将“家”这个本应安全的地方，变成了一个无法逃脱的地狱。