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Он попал на необитаемый остров, у него есть все, кроме еды... Он хочет выжить, но он — единственная еда для самого себя...
Он попал на необитаемый остров, у него есть все, кроме еды... Он хочет выжить, но он — единственная еда для самого себя...
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Stephen King
2,395 books888k followersStephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged.
Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.
He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.
Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.
Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.
He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.
Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.
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June 9, 2022
في البداية أنصحك بشدة ألا تقرأ هذه القصة و أنت جائع 😀.
ربما يجب تجنبها أثناء الصيام خاصة قبل وقت المغرب 😂.
❞ يعتمد الأمر دائماً علي مدي رغبتك في النجاة ❝.
طبيب جراح يستقر به الحال علي جزيرة مهجورة بعدما دمرت العاصفة سفينته.
و ها هو يكتب لنا بعض مذكراته - و التي ينوي أن يدمرها تماماً عند إنقاذه - و ذلك لكي يسلي نفسه و ينسي ، ينسي الجوع القاتل.
و كعادة ستيفن كينج يرسم لنا الرعب الحقيقي الذي سيجده كل منا علي جزيرة مهجورة ، لن تقابل عبدة الشياطين أو تشاهد المركبات الفضائية ، و لكنك ستكون وحدك لا أحد يعلم عنك شيئاً ، يمر الوقت و يُنتزع منك الأمل نزعاً و ينهشك الجوع نهشاً ، و أنت عليك أن تنجو ، لا بد من ذلك !
و لكن لنكون أمناء فهو ليس بمفرده تماماً فهو يملك رزمة كبيرة مُهرَبة من الهروين ، كما تهبط أمامه علي الصخور طيور النورس الشهية ، كيف أعرف أنها شهية ؟ 😋.
لا بد أنها شهية حين تأكلها نيةً بدمها و لا يتبقي منها إلا الريش في النهاية.
في إطار من الخوف و الترقب ، نعيش ما يقارب الشهر مع هذا الجراح في وحدته الغريبة و نعرف ما دفعه إلي هذا الحال.
آه و نسيت أن أقول لك أنه بحوزته شيئ آخر ، تلك السكين الحادة و ها هو جائع جدا و ينظر إلي قدمه.
الأطراف الصناعية هذه الأيام جيدة جدا أليس كذلك؟
يقول ستيفن كينج إن هذه من أفضل قصصه القصيرة التي كتبها علي الإطلاق 🤯.
كما أنه يؤيد تحويلها لفيلم ديزني للأطفال 😂.
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ربما يجب تجنبها أثناء الصيام خاصة قبل وقت المغرب 😂.
❞ يعتمد الأمر دائماً علي مدي رغبتك في النجاة ❝.
طبيب جراح يستقر به الحال علي جزيرة مهجورة بعدما دمرت العاصفة سفينته.
و ها هو يكتب لنا بعض مذكراته - و التي ينوي أن يدمرها تماماً عند إنقاذه - و ذلك لكي يسلي نفسه و ينسي ، ينسي الجوع القاتل.
و كعادة ستيفن كينج يرسم لنا الرعب الحقيقي الذي سيجده كل منا علي جزيرة مهجورة ، لن تقابل عبدة الشياطين أو تشاهد المركبات الفضائية ، و لكنك ستكون وحدك لا أحد يعلم عنك شيئاً ، يمر الوقت و يُنتزع منك الأمل نزعاً و ينهشك الجوع نهشاً ، و أنت عليك أن تنجو ، لا بد من ذلك !
و لكن لنكون أمناء فهو ليس بمفرده تماماً فهو يملك رزمة كبيرة مُهرَبة من الهروين ، كما تهبط أمامه علي الصخور طيور النورس الشهية ، كيف أعرف أنها شهية ؟ 😋.
لا بد أنها شهية حين تأكلها نيةً بدمها و لا يتبقي منها إلا الريش في النهاية.
في إطار من الخوف و الترقب ، نعيش ما يقارب الشهر مع هذا الجراح في وحدته الغريبة و نعرف ما دفعه إلي هذا الحال.
آه و نسيت أن أقول لك أنه بحوزته شيئ آخر ، تلك السكين الحادة و ها هو جائع جدا و ينظر إلي قدمه.
الأطراف الصناعية هذه الأيام جيدة جدا أليس كذلك؟
يقول ستيفن كينج إن هذه من أفضل قصصه القصيرة التي كتبها علي الإطلاق 🤯.
كما أنه يؤيد تحويلها لفيلم ديزني للأطفال 😂.
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April 8, 2020
Extremely creepy story about a black-sheep surgeon who gets shipwrecked on a remote island. He has nothing to eat and broke his ankle while chasing a gull. How badly does the castaway want to survive? Interesting, diary style story with some extremely nasty scenes. Definitely not for the faint hearted. A classic King story that is included in his anthology Skeleton Crew. Highly recommended!
March 23, 2021
Ugh! Quite a macabre short story. I don't know what really to think of the last words in the book. There is no optimism, not much buildup, and little suspense to cloth the skeleton of the story.
I read this story because of an interview on YouTube of King himself. He outlined the tale and I knew it would end on a cliffhanger. Ha!
I think this short appeared in a compilation called Skeleton Crew, a book by Stephen King, of course. He is not the author that I need, or I ever needed. There are many more talented writers than him.
King has undergone a habit of dillydallying. He just is in love with his own words. I'm glad I just dabbled in his world, instead of shelling out for more bloated books of his. Here we part ways.
February 4, 2018
When I got to the end of feb 5th and I figured out what had happened, I screamed. I literally yelled ‘shit’ at the top of my lungs and scared the hell out of my entire family who is gathered to watch the super bowl. Thanks for the severe mental scarring, Stephen King!!!
May 30, 2024
Well... that was an underwhelming introduction to Stephen King...
I hated this from beginning to end - a short story relying entirely on shock value and gore that was repulsive without any emotional impact or psychological horror, despite the premise being ripe with potential.
I'm feeling very hesitant to try King again!
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Trigger/Content Warnings: racism, racial slurs, antisemitism, fatphobia, murder, body horror, autocannibalism, amputation, drug abuse, animal death
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I hated this from beginning to end - a short story relying entirely on shock value and gore that was repulsive without any emotional impact or psychological horror, despite the premise being ripe with potential.
I'm feeling very hesitant to try King again!
Watch the Halloween reading vlog here: https://youtu.be/0vphkBXq6zs
Trigger/Content Warnings: racism, racial slurs, antisemitism, fatphobia, murder, body horror, autocannibalism, amputation, drug abuse, animal death
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January 26, 2016
Pardon the French, but this baby got me so fucked up. If you can, read it without researching too much beforehand so you have no idea what it is; I feel like it'd work even better that way.
Just know, though, it's King and it's horror. I'm not gonna waste breath on obvious warnings.
Just know, though, it's King and it's horror. I'm not gonna waste breath on obvious warnings.
March 26, 2025
Jesus Christ
January 24, 2021
The audiobook is done superb. Great short.
August 3, 2019
Mislim da će prepričavanje biti zanimljiviji da vam napišem kako sam došla do ove Stivenove kratke priče.
Gledala sam pre neki dan intervju sa G.R.R. Martinom i Stivenom i ovako je išao Stivenov opis (parafraziracu) SPOJLER (mada mislim da nije važno ako saznate o čemu je, ipak je ovo kratka priča)
"Pala mi je na pamet ideja o doktoru koji prevozi heroin i kako on i posada dožive nesreću i padnu na jako malo ostrvo u sred Tihog okeana. On je jedini preživeli i na početku se hrani pticama jer su one jedina živa bića na ostrvu pored njega. U tom lovu iščaši članak i ne može više da lovi. Ima samo dve stvari, heroin i sebe. Pošto nisam znao da li je moguće preživeti da jedeš samog sebe setio sam se da imam penzionisanog doktora u komšiluku i otišao sam do njega i postavio mu to pitanje. Bio je šokiran i rekao "Ohhh Stivene", onda mi je objasnio da je moguće ali zavisi da li je "survivor type" odnosno koliku želju za životom ima. Iiii... Tako sam napisao ovu priču. Vidite, ako nama piscima nešto ovako padne na pamet to je očigledno za psihijatra. ALI, umesto da idem i plaćam psihijatru da sluša moje bolesne ideje, ja pišem i VI. Placate. Meni."
Malo je reći da me je ovo kupilo i s obzirom da nikad nisam citala Stivena jer nikako da se skrasim da pročitam nešto njegovo zato što je sve ogromno, mislim da je ovo bila sjajna prilika. Čita se za sat vremena i ne znam da li je prevedena na srpski, ja sam citala na Anybooks.
4 zvezdice samo jer nije duža!!!!
Gledala sam pre neki dan intervju sa G.R.R. Martinom i Stivenom i ovako je išao Stivenov opis (parafraziracu) SPOJLER (mada mislim da nije važno ako saznate o čemu je, ipak je ovo kratka priča)
"Pala mi je na pamet ideja o doktoru koji prevozi heroin i kako on i posada dožive nesreću i padnu na jako malo ostrvo u sred Tihog okeana. On je jedini preživeli i na početku se hrani pticama jer su one jedina živa bića na ostrvu pored njega. U tom lovu iščaši članak i ne može više da lovi. Ima samo dve stvari, heroin i sebe. Pošto nisam znao da li je moguće preživeti da jedeš samog sebe setio sam se da imam penzionisanog doktora u komšiluku i otišao sam do njega i postavio mu to pitanje. Bio je šokiran i rekao "Ohhh Stivene", onda mi je objasnio da je moguće ali zavisi da li je "survivor type" odnosno koliku želju za životom ima. Iiii... Tako sam napisao ovu priču. Vidite, ako nama piscima nešto ovako padne na pamet to je očigledno za psihijatra. ALI, umesto da idem i plaćam psihijatru da sluša moje bolesne ideje, ja pišem i VI. Placate. Meni."
Malo je reći da me je ovo kupilo i s obzirom da nikad nisam citala Stivena jer nikako da se skrasim da pročitam nešto njegovo zato što je sve ogromno, mislim da je ovo bila sjajna prilika. Čita se za sat vremena i ne znam da li je prevedena na srpski, ja sam citala na Anybooks.
4 zvezdice samo jer nije duža!!!!
April 9, 2024
foot fetish gone too far
September 14, 2020
Una historia terrorífica, me atrapó.
February 14, 2023
loved the part where he ate himself 👍
May 9, 2016
Meine Meinung:
Jeden Montag erscheint beim Heyne Verlag eine Kurzgeschichte des Autors. Ich hatte Lust wieder eine Kurzgeschichte des Autors zu lesen und habe daher zu dieser gegriffen. Die Geschichte ist in dem Buch "Blut" erschienen.
Das Buch ist in Tagebuchform geschrieben. Der Arzt Richard Pine landet auf einer verlassen Insel, nachdem sein Schiff unterging. Er schreibt seine Geschichte in dieses Tagebuch. Zu Beginn erfährt man etwas über ihn und sein Leben. Dann geht die Geschichte aber schnell darin über, dass er ums Überleben kämpft.
Die Kurzgeschichte zeigt in ziemlich extremer Weise, zu was Menschen fähig sind, wenn sich ihr Überlebensinstinkt meldet. Hier hat Richard den Vorteil, dass er Arzt ist und daher weiß, wie er gewisse Dinge machen muss.
Leider fand ich einige Dinge unlogisch und hätte mir an der Stelle mehr Erklärung gewünscht.
Der Schreibstil hat mir wieder sehr gut gefallen. King schreibt sehr fesselnd und zieht den Leser in seinen Bann.
Fazit:
"Überlebenstyp" ist eine Kurzgeschichte, die zeigt, zu was Menschen fähig sind, wenn es darum geht zu überleben. Das Buch ist stellenweise sehr brutal, hat mir aber wirklich gut gefallen. Es gab einige Stellen die ich unlogisch fand, aber insgesamt eine sehr lesenwerte Kurzgeschichte.
Jeden Montag erscheint beim Heyne Verlag eine Kurzgeschichte des Autors. Ich hatte Lust wieder eine Kurzgeschichte des Autors zu lesen und habe daher zu dieser gegriffen. Die Geschichte ist in dem Buch "Blut" erschienen.
Das Buch ist in Tagebuchform geschrieben. Der Arzt Richard Pine landet auf einer verlassen Insel, nachdem sein Schiff unterging. Er schreibt seine Geschichte in dieses Tagebuch. Zu Beginn erfährt man etwas über ihn und sein Leben. Dann geht die Geschichte aber schnell darin über, dass er ums Überleben kämpft.
Die Kurzgeschichte zeigt in ziemlich extremer Weise, zu was Menschen fähig sind, wenn sich ihr Überlebensinstinkt meldet. Hier hat Richard den Vorteil, dass er Arzt ist und daher weiß, wie er gewisse Dinge machen muss.
Leider fand ich einige Dinge unlogisch und hätte mir an der Stelle mehr Erklärung gewünscht.
Der Schreibstil hat mir wieder sehr gut gefallen. King schreibt sehr fesselnd und zieht den Leser in seinen Bann.
Fazit:
"Überlebenstyp" ist eine Kurzgeschichte, die zeigt, zu was Menschen fähig sind, wenn es darum geht zu überleben. Das Buch ist stellenweise sehr brutal, hat mir aber wirklich gut gefallen. Es gab einige Stellen die ich unlogisch fand, aber insgesamt eine sehr lesenwerte Kurzgeschichte.
July 10, 2023
Remember the movie Cast Away with Tom Hanks? Picture that movie but written by Stephen King. This was a great (if not somewhat disturbing) short story by King where our character (who could just as well be played by Tom Hanks) is shipwrecked on an island. However, his delirium goes well beyond just talking to a soccer ball. This guy needs to eat....and he's forced to go to extremes to do just that. I'll stop the review right there.
October 17, 2016
This story is really quite successful in getting the reader into the mind of the main character. The stress, the desperation, and the insanity that develop feel quite real while reading it.
Disgusting? yes. Predictable? yeah. Still couldn't stop reading it.
Disgusting? yes. Predictable? yeah. Still couldn't stop reading it.
December 22, 2017
I remember this one 20 years later. It's hard to forget.
November 7, 2024
how badly does the patient want to survive?
i need jonny sims to narrate this story please. also, this is my first stephen king read. good god.
i need jonny sims to narrate this story please. also, this is my first stephen king read. good god.
December 5, 2022
King said this was his favourite thing he wrote, and honestly I can't see WHY.
His writing literally feels like something written just to be written, and he said it himself, he forces himself to write 4 pages a day, and thats not how good writing is done.
His writing literally feels like something written just to be written, and he said it himself, he forces himself to write 4 pages a day, and thats not how good writing is done.
June 10, 2022
creepy, disturbing, gross, oh my god
March 1, 2021
I decided that instead of listening to ASMR while doing my house chores I was going to listen to an audiobook, lol. Stephen King says listening to audiobooks is terrific and he likes it so of course, I made Papa King my first ever (scared and faint yay in the background) I really shouldn't have.
This is The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor but make it an arrogant creepy Surgeon and a psychologically disturbing atmosphere with a very King-like ending. Amazing.
Also, this particular narrator was so gooood. I don't know if that is something that usually happens because it was my first time listening to one, but I really liked the way he narrated the story and his voice for a King tale was brutal. His name is Lordano and his narration (and I might say his acting as well) was terrific. Lordano's narrating made this book 100 times more disturbing than what it was, and that adds a lot to the listeners experience.
Am I going to listen to a 10-hour book? Hell nah, but I'm getting out of my comfort zone and that feels nice.
This is The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor but make it an arrogant creepy Surgeon and a psychologically disturbing atmosphere with a very King-like ending. Amazing.
Also, this particular narrator was so gooood. I don't know if that is something that usually happens because it was my first time listening to one, but I really liked the way he narrated the story and his voice for a King tale was brutal. His name is Lordano and his narration (and I might say his acting as well) was terrific. Lordano's narrating made this book 100 times more disturbing than what it was, and that adds a lot to the listeners experience.
Am I going to listen to a 10-hour book? Hell nah, but I'm getting out of my comfort zone and that feels nice.
December 22, 2012
I heard about this story as I was perusing ala.org's list of Books Challenged or Banned in 2009-2010. According to ALA, "this story was pulled from a Litchfield, N.H. Campbell High School elective course classroom (2009) after parents voiced their concerns about a short-stories unit called 'Love/Gender/Family Unit' that dealt with subject matters including abortion, cannibalism, homosexuality, and drug use. The parents said the stories promoted bad behavior and a 'political agenda' and they shouldn’t be incorporated into classroom teachings. The Campbell High School English curriculum adviser eventually resigned."
Here we have a fictional diary written by a surgeon who has been stranded on a desert island while smuggling heroin on a cruise ship traveling between the USA and Thailand. He is alone and starving...but since he sees himself as a "Survivor Type" he knows he must use all his resources to survive, even if it means amputation, drug use and self-cannibalism. Stephen King uses the first person perspective to delve into the horrifying question, "Just how far would one go to survive!"
Here we have a fictional diary written by a surgeon who has been stranded on a desert island while smuggling heroin on a cruise ship traveling between the USA and Thailand. He is alone and starving...but since he sees himself as a "Survivor Type" he knows he must use all his resources to survive, even if it means amputation, drug use and self-cannibalism. Stephen King uses the first person perspective to delve into the horrifying question, "Just how far would one go to survive!"
October 22, 2016
I was afraid to read this because well... it's Stephen King and I've heard horrors about his work. Not in a bad way, I'm just not a fan of horror fiction so yeah. Although it was not very graphic, this short-story was still very, very disturbing and gross.
King writes quite well and the last days of Richard Pine were so convincing. It was clear the character was becoming insane due to lack of food and blood loss. The situation itself was driving him mad. King mad a spectacular job, the story was so realistic and at the same time surreal. This is a great piece of horror fiction, it was twisted and dark. But cannibalism is definitely not my thing.
King writes quite well and the last days of Richard Pine were so convincing. It was clear the character was becoming insane due to lack of food and blood loss. The situation itself was driving him mad. King mad a spectacular job, the story was so realistic and at the same time surreal. This is a great piece of horror fiction, it was twisted and dark. But cannibalism is definitely not my thing.
October 17, 2015
I love Stephen King's writing.. he is so twisted.
September 11, 2025
3,5 ⭐️
I don’t think they would taste like lady fingers but okay
I don’t think they would taste like lady fingers but okay
March 12, 2016
"Überlebenstyp" ist eine knapp dreißig Seiten lange Kurzgeschichte, die in Deutschland erstmals in der Kurzgeschichten-Sammlung "Blut" erschienen ist. Da ich bislang alle Kurzgeschichten der "Story Selection" von Stephen King gelesen habe, musste auch diese unbedingt auf meinem Reader landen und ich muss sagen, das mich Stephen King wieder einmal überzeugen konnte.
Zuerst einmal muss gesagt werden, dass die Geschichte sicherlich nicht jedermanns Sache ist, da hier doch zum Teil sehr üble Szenen geschildert werden, die definitiv das Kopfkino anregen. Einiges war selbst mir stellenweise zu heftig, sodass ich den Reader für einen kurzen Moment zur Seite legen musste. Dies muss aber in Bezug auf die Geschichte nicht zwingend negativ gemeint sein, denn Stephen King beschreibt hier auf ziemlich beeindruckende und schonungslose Art und Weise, zu was man bereit ist, wenn man mit aller Macht überleben möchte.
Hierbei geht es um Richard, der den Untergang eines Passagierschiffes nur mit Glück überlebt hat, da er ich mit einem Rettungsboot noch schnell genug retten konnte. Als dies jedoch auch Schiffbruch erleidet und er auf einer kleinen Steininsel landet, beginnt erst sein wahres Überleben, denn bis auf ein paar Bleistifte, ein Logbuch und ca. zwei Kilo Heroin, hat er nichts, was ihm auch nur ansatzweise helfen könnte.
Seinen Überlebenskampf schreibt er in das Logbuch, das er als Tagebuch nutzt. Dabei beschreibt er schonungslos seinen täglichen Kampf um Nahrung, Wasser und Heroin. Obwohl die Geschichte gerade einmal dreißig Seiten lang ist, bekommt man hier dennoch einen authentischen Einblick und lernt ihn dazu auch noch sehr gut kennen. Dabei ist besonders interessant, wieso er sich als Chirurg überhaupt als Heroinbote anbietet und wie sein bisheriges Leben verlaufen ist.
Das Cover ist nicht besonders ansprechend und enthält lediglich den Namen des Autors und den Titel. Die Kurzbeschreibung hat mich dagegen direkt angesprochen, denn diese liest sich so schonungslos, dass ich direkt mehr erfahren wollte.
Kurz gesagt: "Überlebenstyp" ist eine schonungslose, aber auch authentische Geschichte, die zwar aufgrund einiger Szenen nicht für Jedermann geeignet, mich aber dennoch in den Bann ziehen konnte. Für echte King-Fans ein absolutes Muss, sensiblere Leser sollten sich allerdings überlegen, ob sie diese Geschichte lesen möchten.
Zuerst einmal muss gesagt werden, dass die Geschichte sicherlich nicht jedermanns Sache ist, da hier doch zum Teil sehr üble Szenen geschildert werden, die definitiv das Kopfkino anregen. Einiges war selbst mir stellenweise zu heftig, sodass ich den Reader für einen kurzen Moment zur Seite legen musste. Dies muss aber in Bezug auf die Geschichte nicht zwingend negativ gemeint sein, denn Stephen King beschreibt hier auf ziemlich beeindruckende und schonungslose Art und Weise, zu was man bereit ist, wenn man mit aller Macht überleben möchte.
Hierbei geht es um Richard, der den Untergang eines Passagierschiffes nur mit Glück überlebt hat, da er ich mit einem Rettungsboot noch schnell genug retten konnte. Als dies jedoch auch Schiffbruch erleidet und er auf einer kleinen Steininsel landet, beginnt erst sein wahres Überleben, denn bis auf ein paar Bleistifte, ein Logbuch und ca. zwei Kilo Heroin, hat er nichts, was ihm auch nur ansatzweise helfen könnte.
Seinen Überlebenskampf schreibt er in das Logbuch, das er als Tagebuch nutzt. Dabei beschreibt er schonungslos seinen täglichen Kampf um Nahrung, Wasser und Heroin. Obwohl die Geschichte gerade einmal dreißig Seiten lang ist, bekommt man hier dennoch einen authentischen Einblick und lernt ihn dazu auch noch sehr gut kennen. Dabei ist besonders interessant, wieso er sich als Chirurg überhaupt als Heroinbote anbietet und wie sein bisheriges Leben verlaufen ist.
Das Cover ist nicht besonders ansprechend und enthält lediglich den Namen des Autors und den Titel. Die Kurzbeschreibung hat mich dagegen direkt angesprochen, denn diese liest sich so schonungslos, dass ich direkt mehr erfahren wollte.
Kurz gesagt: "Überlebenstyp" ist eine schonungslose, aber auch authentische Geschichte, die zwar aufgrund einiger Szenen nicht für Jedermann geeignet, mich aber dennoch in den Bann ziehen konnte. Für echte King-Fans ein absolutes Muss, sensiblere Leser sollten sich allerdings überlegen, ob sie diese Geschichte lesen möchten.
April 21, 2017
Ho sempre sentito parlare degli audio-book, ma mai in passato ne avevo testato uno... E come primo tentativo la scelta non poteva non ricadere su un libro del Re.
"L'arte di sopravvivere" è strutturato sotto forma di diario; la cui voce narrante è quella di un chirurgo sopravvissuto ad un naufragio e approdato su un'isola deserta, che impiega il tempo a sua disposizione nel trascrivere giorno dopo giorno la sua drammatica condizione, con la fiduciosa convinzione che verrà certamente tratto in salvo... Prima o poi.
Lo stile di Stephen King è inimitabile e riesce ad emergere anche in questo breve racconto che si snoda in circa un'ora di narrazione che nell'edizione italiana è a cura di Fabrizio Casadio.
Nonostante la staticità sia del luogo sia del protagonista vi è una sensazione crescente di angoscia e squilibrio mentale che si diffonde anche all'ascoltatore, mediante l'uso di caratteristici suoni che permettono di viaggiare con la mente dando l'impressione di essere trasportati in quel luogo, vivendo in prima persona la tragicità della situazione. Se non avete modo di reperirlo in audiobook, potrete trovare L'arte di sopravvivere all'interno della raccolta di racconti Scheletri.
Per essere, appunto, la mia prima esperienza con questo genere di libro devo ammettere che è stato strano non avere una sorta di contatto visivo con la pagina, ma di dover canalizzare tutta la mia attenzione soltanto all'ascolto isolandomi dall'ambiente circostante.
Ho voluto mettermi alla prova e lo considero un piacevolissimo esperimento, se avverrà un secondo tentativo stavolta punterò di certo verso qualche classico della letteratura.
Dal libro: L'unico peccato mortale è arrendersi.
"L'arte di sopravvivere" è strutturato sotto forma di diario; la cui voce narrante è quella di un chirurgo sopravvissuto ad un naufragio e approdato su un'isola deserta, che impiega il tempo a sua disposizione nel trascrivere giorno dopo giorno la sua drammatica condizione, con la fiduciosa convinzione che verrà certamente tratto in salvo... Prima o poi.
Lo stile di Stephen King è inimitabile e riesce ad emergere anche in questo breve racconto che si snoda in circa un'ora di narrazione che nell'edizione italiana è a cura di Fabrizio Casadio.
Nonostante la staticità sia del luogo sia del protagonista vi è una sensazione crescente di angoscia e squilibrio mentale che si diffonde anche all'ascoltatore, mediante l'uso di caratteristici suoni che permettono di viaggiare con la mente dando l'impressione di essere trasportati in quel luogo, vivendo in prima persona la tragicità della situazione. Se non avete modo di reperirlo in audiobook, potrete trovare L'arte di sopravvivere all'interno della raccolta di racconti Scheletri.
Per essere, appunto, la mia prima esperienza con questo genere di libro devo ammettere che è stato strano non avere una sorta di contatto visivo con la pagina, ma di dover canalizzare tutta la mia attenzione soltanto all'ascolto isolandomi dall'ambiente circostante.
Ho voluto mettermi alla prova e lo considero un piacevolissimo esperimento, se avverrà un secondo tentativo stavolta punterò di certo verso qualche classico della letteratura.
Dal libro: L'unico peccato mortale è arrendersi.
May 24, 2013
This is probably one of the creepiest Stephen King short story I have ever read, but I enjoyed the way in which it was written, demonstrating the protagonist's slow mental breakdown while stranded on an island, eating first his ankle and then other body parts to stay alive. NOT for fainthearted!
March 28, 2023
It's been years since I read this, and I've never seen a pack of ladyfingers and not thought of it.
July 3, 2017
"demonstrating the protagonist's slow mental breakdown"
just this.
just this.
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