Owen King

SAM DOLAN is a young man coming to terms with his life in the process and aftermath of making his first film. He has a difficult relationship with his father, B-movie actor Booth Dolana boisterous, opinionated, lying lothario whose screen legacy falls somewhere between cult hero and pathetic. Allie, Sams dearly departed mother, was a woman whose only fault, in Sams eyes, was her eternal affection for his father. Also included in the cast of indelible characters: a precocious, frequently violent half-sister; a conspiracy-theorist second wife; an Internet-famous roommate; a contractor who cant stop expanding his house; a happy-go-lucky college girlfriend and her husband, a retired Yankees catcher; the morose producer of a true-crime show; and a slouching indie-film legend. Not to mention a tragic sex monster.Unraveling the tumultuous, decades-spanning story of the Dolan familys friends, lovers, and adversaries, Double Feature is about letting go of everythingregret, resentment, dignity, moving pictures, the deadand taking it again from the top. Against the backdrop of indie filmmaking, college campus life, contemporary Brooklyn, and upstate New York, Owen Kings epic debut novel combines propulsive storytelling with mordant wit and brims with a deep understanding of the trials of ambition and art, of relationships and life, and of our attempts to survive it all.

Half fairy tale and half historical account of a revolution that never was, Owen King's The Curator is full of sly humor, sensuality, and strangeness - Holly BlackFrom Sunday Times bestselling author Owen King comes a Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers the most wonderful criminals.At first glance, the world has not changed: the trams on the boulevards, the grand hotels, the cafes abuzz with conversation. The street kids still play on the two great bridges that divide the city, and the smart set still venture down to the Morgue Ship for an evening's entertainment.Yet it only takes a spark to ignite a revolution.

From Sunday Times bestselling author Owen King comes a Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers the most wonderful criminals.Half fairy tale and half historical account of a revolution that never was, Owen King''s The Curator is full of sly humor, sensuality, and strangeness - Holly BlackFrom Sunday Times bestselling author Owen King comes a Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers the most wonderful criminals.At first glance, the world has not changed: the trams on the boulevards, the grand hotels, the cafes abuzz with conversation. The street kids still play on the two great bridges that divide the city, and the smart set still venture down to the Morgue Ship for an evening''s entertainment.

Un phénomène inexplicable s’empare des femmes à travers la planète : une sorte de cocon les enveloppe durant leur sommeil et si l’on tente de les réveiller, on prend le risque de les transformer en v

From New York Times bestselling author Owen King, who writes with witty verve (Entertainment Weekly) comes a richly imagined (The New York Times) Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers are the most wonderful criminals you can imagine.It begins in an unnamed city nicknamed the Fairest, it is distinguished by many things from the river fair to the mountains that split the municipality in half; its theaters and many museums; the Morgue Ship; and, like all cities, but maybe especially so, by its essential unmappability.Dora, a former domestic servant at the university has a secret desireto understand the mystery of her brothers death, believing that the answer lies within The Museum of Psykical Research, where he worked when Dora was a child. With the city amidst a revolutionary upheaval, where citizens like Robert Barnes, her lover and a student radical, are now in positions of authority, Dora contrives to gain the curatorship of the half-forgotten museum only to find it all but burnt to the ground, with the neighboring museums oddly untouched. Robert offers her one of these, The National Museum of the Worker. However, neither this museum, nor the street it is hidden away on, nor Dora herself, are what they at first appear to be. Set against the backdrop of an oddly familiar and wondrous city on the verge of collapse, Doras search for the truth will unravel a monstrous conspiracy and bring her to the edge of worlds.

Imaginative, gripping stories and a funny, poignant novella set in Maine after the 2000 presidential election make up this exciting literary debut.Owen King is a writer interested in the choices we make when we''re most conflicted. A young husband must decide whether or not to commit a ghoulish crime; a baseball player in a fantastic 1930s Coney Island is assailed by the guilt of an illicit romance; a nineteenth-century itinerant dentist finds himself snowed in with a group of trappers for a long evening of primitive surgery and laughing gas reveries. Whether they''re set in the past or the present, tinged with the macabre, the solemn, or the absurd, all of the stories in this collection carry the weight of real emotion and revelation and showcase King''s impressive versatility.In his novella, King tells the story of George, the teenage son of a single mother, and the only grandson of a family of union organizers in Maine. George''s grandfather Henry, obsessed with the outcome of the 2000 election, has planted a giant billboard of homage to Al Gore in his front yard that he suspects has been defaced by the paperboy, now a sworn enemy. Meanwhile, George''s mother is about to marry Dr. Vic, who, besides being possessed of an almost royal obliviousness, may even have voted for George W. Bush. George is a nervous accomplice to his grandfather''s increasingly unhinged behavior, and a righteous adversary at war with his mother over her marriage. George''s struggle is a funny and moving parallel for our times: How will we fight? All together, or all alone? Funny, insightful, and always entertaining, We''re All in This Together launches the career of an extraordinarily talented writer.

Brillante debut del hijo de Stephen King, con la novela corta que dá título al libro y cuatro relatos. En la primera, una narración divertida y magnética sobre el paso de la adolescencia a la madurez, George ayudara a su abuelo, un viejo sindicalista, acerrimo enemigo de George Bush Jr., a atrapar a un jovenzuelo fascista que les hace la vida imposible. Ademas, su madre pretende casarse con un horrible doctor, y George no esta dispuesto a consentirlo...Este libro comienza con la excelente novela que le da vida: Todos a una. Te sorprende hasta la ultima linea. Tienes la sensacion de que estas ante un escritor muy prometedor. Y es el punto fuerte de este libro. En la manera de escribir, no se parece a Stephen Kin, aunque algunas de las situaciones y personajes extraños puedan recordarlo. Owen Kng es algo mas literario.

One of those books that straddles fantastic and modernist literature in that it seems to be set in our world, seems to be set maybe 100 years ago . . . And its as magical as it is political and beautifully crafted Neil GaimanHalf fairy tale and half historical account of a revolution that never was, Owen Kings The Curator is full of sly humor, sensuality, and strangeness Holly BlackFrom Sunday Times bestselling author Owen King comes a Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers the most wonderful criminals.At first glance, the world has not changed: the trams on the boulevards, the grand hotels, the cafes abuzz with conversation. The street kids still play on the two great bridges that divide the city, and the smart set still venture down to the Morgue Ship for an evenings entertainment.Yet it only takes a spark to ignite a revolution.For young Dora, a maid at the university, the moment brings liberation. She finds herself walking out with one of the student radicals, Robert, free to investigate what her brother Ambrose may have seen at the Institute for Psykical Research before he died.But it is another establishment that Dora is given to look after, The Museum of the Worker. This strange, forgotten edifice is occupied by waxwork tableaux of miners, nurses, shopkeepers and other disturbingly lifelike figures.As the revolution and counter-revolution outside unleash forces of love, betrayal, magic and terrifying darkness, Doras search for the truth behind a mystery that she has long concealed will unravel a monstrous conspiracy and bring her to the very edge of worlds. In The Curator, Owen King has created an extraordinary time and place historical, fantastical, yet compellingly real, and a heroine who is courageous, curious and utterly memorable.The Curator feels a little like Owen King somehow brought a curiosity cabinet to life. There are terrors here, but also marvels and delights, and a set of the most interesting characters Ive met in some time. Put The Curator on the same shelf as other classics of the uncanny and uncategorisable, like Susanna Clarkes Piranesi and Mervyn Peakes Gormenghast. I loved it Kelly LinkOwen Kings The Curator is a rich read. Language, characters, and a fascinating world combine to create an intensely satisfying experience Charlaine Harris

Die Welt sieht sich einem faszinierenden Phänomen gegenüber. Sobald Frauen einschlafen, umhüllt sie am ganzen Körper ein spinnwebartiger Kokon. Wenn man sie weckt oder das unheimliche Gewebe entfernen will, werden sie zu barbarischen Bestien. Sind sie im Schlaf etwa an einem schöneren Ort? Die zurückgebliebenen Männer überlassen sich zunehmend ihren primitiven Instinkten. Eine Frau allerdings, die mysteriöse Evie, scheint gegenüber der Pandemie immun zu sein. Ist sie eine genetische Anomalie, die sich zu Versuchszwecken eignet? Oder ist sie ein Dämon, den man vernichten muss? Schauplatz und Brennpunkt ist ein kleines Städtchen in den Appalachen, wo ein Frauengefängnis den größten Arbeitgeber stellt.

In this spectacular father/son collaboration, Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men?All around the world, something is happening to women when they fall asleep; they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed, the women become feral and spectacularly violent...In the small town of Dooling, West Virginia, the virus is spreading through a womens prison, affecting all the inmates except one. Soon, word spreads about the mysterious Evie, who seems able to sleep - and wake. Is she a medical anomaly or a demon to be slain? The abandoned men, left to their increasingly primal devices, are fighting each other, while Doolings Sheriff, Lila Norcross, is just fighting to stay awake.And the sleeping women are about to open their eyes to a new world altogether...

No las despiertes.En esta espectacular colaboración entre padre e hijo, Stephen King y Owen King nos ofrecen la historia más arriesgada de cuantas han contado hasta ahora: ¿qué pasaría si las mujeres abandonaran este mundo?En un futuro tan real y cercano que podria ser hoy, cuando las mujeres se duermen, brota de su cuerpo una especie de capullo que las aisla del exterior. Si las despiertan, las molestan o tocan el capullo que las envuelve, reaccionan con una violencia extrema. Y durante el sueño se evaden a otro mundo. Los hombres, por su parte, quedan abandonados a sus instintos primarios.La misteriosa Evie, sin embargo, es inmune a esta bendicion o castigo del trastorno del sueño. ¿Se trata de una anomalia medica que hay que estudiar? O ¿es un demonio al que hay que liquidar?Una fabula del siglo XXI sobre la posibilidad de un mundo exclusivamente femenino mas pacifico y mas justo que resulta especialmente relevante hoy en dia.Reseña:La novela nos aboca a una batalla epica (...) con brillantes incursiones en territorios que el padre de los King puede justamente reclamar como propios: el insomnio, la tension con que responde a la violencia una sociedad aislada, la propia idea de la propagacion de una pandemia... (...): puro King en sus mejores pasajes.Enrique de Heriz,El Periodico de CataluñaEn los blogs...Lo que destaca en esta version particular es su brillantez. En un futuro tan real y cercano que podria ser hoy, y con una fantasia espectacular, que en todo momento se apoya en la logica y en la reflexion, los autores convierten la idea de que las mujeres abandonen el mundo para crear otro en un cuento conmovedor, en una aventura emocionante a veces violenta y a veces tierna.BlogTodo literaturaLa historia en definitiva es una parabola sobre la posibilidad de un mundo exclusivamente femenino, mas pacifico y mas justo.BlogLiteratura noticiasLos autores convierten la idea de que las mujeres abandonen el mundo para crear otro en un cuento conmovedor, en una aventura emocionante a veces violenta y a veces tierna.BlogLas lecturas de GuillermoUna historia llena de terror que nos hace pensar y plantearnos muchas cosas, sobre todo, si eres mujer, que habrias hecho tu si estuvieras en el lugar de las protagonistas y, si eres hombre, cual habria sido tu manera de intentar solucionar la tragedia.BlogEl mundo de NayaLa pluma de los autores es exquisita, este par ha sabido mezclar su narrativa de forma magistral.BlogAtrapada en unas hojas de papelLa novela es una satira brutal sobre los hombres, pero tambien sobre los recortes en servicios sociales o sobre el papel de los medios de comunicacion.Zenda libros

Un mal inexplicable touche les femmes dans le monde entier. Cette étrange maladie les plonge dans un sommeil qui semble interminable tandis que leur corps s’entoure d’une sorte de cocon inextricable.

Un mal inexplicable touche les femmes dans le monde entier. Cette étrange maladie les plonge dans un sommeil qui semble interminable alors que leur corps s’entoure d’une sorte de cocon inextricable.

Half fairy tale and half historical account of a revolution that never was, Owen Kings The Curator is full of sly humor, sensuality, and strangeness - Holly BlackFrom Sunday Times bestselling author Owen King comes a Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers the most wonderful criminals.At first glance, the world has not changed: the trams on the boulevards, the grand hotels, the cafes abuzz with conversation. The street kids still play on the two great bridges that divide the city, and the smart set still venture down to the Morgue Ship for an evenings entertainment.Yet it only takes a spark to ignite a revolution.For young Dora, a maid at the university, the moment brings liberation. She finds herself walking out with one of the student radicals, Robert, free to investigate what her brother Ambrose may have seen at the Institute for Psykical Research before he died.But it is another establishment that Dora is given to look after, The Museum of the Worker. This strange, forgotten edifice is occupied by waxwork tableaux of miners, nurses, shopkeepers and other disturbingly lifelike figures.As the revolution and counter-revolution outside unleash forces of love, betrayal, magic and terrifying darkness, Doras search for the truth behind a mystery that she has long concealed will unravel a monstrous conspiracy and bring her to the very edge of worlds.In The Curator, Owen King has created an extraordinary time and place - historical, fantastical, yet compellingly real, and a heroine who is courageous, curious and utterly memorable.The Curator feels a little like Owen King somehow brought a curiosity cabinet to life. There are terrorshere, but also marvels and delights, and a set of the most interesting characters Ive met in some time. Put The Curator on the same shelf as other classics of the uncanny and uncategorisable, like Susanna Clarkes Piranesi and Mervyn Peakes Gormenghast. I loved it - Kelly LinkOwen Kings The Curator is a rich read. Language, characters, and a fascinating world combine to create an intensely satisfying experience - Charlaine Harris

Da parceria de Stephen King com seu filho, Owen, surge uma história provocativa, dramática e corajosa sobre um mundo sem mulheres.Pelo mundo todo, algo de estranho começa a acontecer quando as mulheres adormecem: elas so imediatamente envoltas em casulos. Se despertadas, tornam-se bestiais, reagindo com furia cega antes de voltar a dormir. Em poucos dias, quase cem por cento da populaço mundial feminina pegou no sono.Sozinhos e desesperados, os homens se dividem entre aqueles que fariam de tudo para proteger as mulheres adormecidas e aqueles que querem aproveitar a crise para instaurar o caos. Grupos intitulados "Brigadas do Maçarico" incendeiam casulos, e guerras parecem prestes a eclodir em diversas partes do mundo. Mas na pequena cidade de Dooling as autoridades locais precisam lidar com o unico caso de imunidade a doença do sono: Evie Black, uma mulher misteriosa com poderes inexplicaveis."A primeira parceria epica entre Stephen King e seu filho Owen e ambiciosa, comovente e, da otica de seus horrores centrais, muito atual." USA Today

In this spectacular New York Times bestselling father/son collaboration that barrels along like a freight train (Publishers Weekly), Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men?In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep: they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent. And while they sleep they go to another place, a better place, where harmony prevails and conflict is rare. One woman, the mysterious Eve Black, is immune to the blessing or curse of the sleeping disease. Is Eve a medical anomaly to be studied? Or is she a demon who must be slain?Abandoned, left to their increasingly primal urges, the men divide into warring factions, some wanted to kill Eve, some to save her. Others exploit the chaos to wreak their own vengeance on new enemies. All turn to violence in a suddenly all-male world. Set in a small Appalachian town whose primary employer is a womans prison, Sleeping Beauties is a wildly provocative, gloriously dramatic father-son collaboration that feels particularly urgent and relevant today.

In this spectacular father/son collaboration, Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men? All around the world, something is happening to women when they fall asleep; they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed, the women become feral and spectacularly violent... In the small town of Dooling, West Virginia, the virus is spreading through a women's prison, affecting all the inmates except one. Soon, word spreads about the mysterious Evie, who seems able to sleep - and wake. Is she a medical anomaly or a demon to be slain? The abandoned men, left to their increasingly primal devices, are fighting each other, while Dooling's Sheriff, Lila Norcross, is just fighting to stay awake. And the sleeping women are about to open their eyes to a new world altogether...

Un phénomène inexplicable s’empare des femmes à travers la planète : une sorte de cocon les enveloppe durant leur sommeil et si l’on tente de les réveiller, on prend le risque de les transformer en v

SAM DOLAN is a young man coming to terms with his life in the process and aftermath of making his first film. He has a difficult relationship with his father, B-movie actor Booth Dolana boisterous, opinionated, lying lothario whose screen legacy falls somewhere between cult hero and pathetic. Allie, Sams dearly departed mother, was a woman whose only fault, in Sams eyes, was her eternal affection for his father. Also included in the cast of indelible characters: a precocious, frequently violent half-sister; a conspiracy-theorist second wife; an Internet-famous roommate; a contractor who cant stop expanding his house; a happy-go-lucky college girlfriend and her husband, a retired Yankees catcher; the morose producer of a true-crime show; and a slouching indie-film legend. Not to mention a tragic sex monster. Unraveling the tumultuous, decades-spanning story of the Dolan familys friends, lovers, and adversaries, Double Feature is about letting go of everythingregret, resentment, dignity, moving pictures, the deadand taking it again from the top. Against the backdrop of indie filmmaking, college campus life, contemporary Brooklyn, and upstate New York, Owen Kings epic debut novel combines propulsive storytelling with mordant wit and brims with a deep understanding of the trials of ambition and art, of relationships and life, and of our attempts to survive it all.