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Nouvelles - Short Stories
The Monkey
Le singe
Ce n'est qu'un jouet fabriqué à Hong-Kong, un petit singe qui joue des cymbales. Mais si on le jette au fond d'un puits, il réapparaît dans un grenier. Et quand son mécanisme se déclenche...la mort frappe !
Mrs Todd's Shortcut
Le raccourci de Mrs Todd
Mrs Todd a la passion des raccourcis. Mais par où passe-t-elle, avec sa voiture, pour aller d'un point à un autre en moins de kilomètres qu'il n'en faudrait à vol d'oiseau ? Et quelles sont ces étranges créatures écrabouillées sur la carosserie de son petit bolide... ?
La série BILINGUE propose :
une traduction fidèle et intégrale, accompagnée de nombreuses notes ;
une méthode originale de perfectionnement par un contact direct avec les œuvres d'auteurs étrangers.
--back cover
Le singe
Ce n'est qu'un jouet fabriqué à Hong-Kong, un petit singe qui joue des cymbales. Mais si on le jette au fond d'un puits, il réapparaît dans un grenier. Et quand son mécanisme se déclenche...la mort frappe !
Mrs Todd's Shortcut
Le raccourci de Mrs Todd
Mrs Todd a la passion des raccourcis. Mais par où passe-t-elle, avec sa voiture, pour aller d'un point à un autre en moins de kilomètres qu'il n'en faudrait à vol d'oiseau ? Et quelles sont ces étranges créatures écrabouillées sur la carosserie de son petit bolide... ?
La série BILINGUE propose :
une traduction fidèle et intégrale, accompagnée de nombreuses notes ;
une méthode originale de perfectionnement par un contact direct avec les œuvres d'auteurs étrangers.
--back cover
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First published January 1, 1990
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About the author
Stephen King
2,390 books890k 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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November 1, 2016i loved the storie of monkey , it's was interesting with many
unforeseen development !
a typical storie in type of Stephen king , simple and effective . i love the side of the "killer" toy , that leave drag an worrying atmosphere . Many persons die during the storie and it suprised me and so we are more attached to the charactere . More the storie doesn't finish good , this is a good point . Always in universe of the kids and the family than we found too in his books of short stories as " dance macabre " . so i recommend you if you have no ideas of books more , it's short so , good read !
unforeseen development !
a typical storie in type of Stephen king , simple and effective . i love the side of the "killer" toy , that leave drag an worrying atmosphere . Many persons die during the storie and it suprised me and so we are more attached to the charactere . More the storie doesn't finish good , this is a good point . Always in universe of the kids and the family than we found too in his books of short stories as " dance macabre " . so i recommend you if you have no ideas of books more , it's short so , good read !
August 6, 2016
This was my first Stephen King book and I'm glad I had the translation in French on the other page because his writing is not that easy..
It was okay but I was a little disappointed because I found that there was not the reasons why these strange things were happening ...
It was okay but I was a little disappointed because I found that there was not the reasons why these strange things were happening ...
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August 10, 2011MANY memorable short stories. Highly recommend!
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