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Simetierre
Louis Creed, un jeune médecin de Chicago, vient s'installer avec sa famille à Ludlow, petite bourgade du Maine. Leur voisin, le vieux Jud Grandall les emmène visiter le pittoresque « simetierre » où des générations d'enfants ont enterré leurs animaux familiers. Mais au-delà de ce « simetierre », tout au fond de la forêt, se trouvent les terres sacrées des Indiens, lieu interdit qui séduit pourtant par ses monstrueuses promesses. Un drame atroce va bientôt déchirer l'existence des Creed, et l'on se retrouve happé dans un suspense cauchemardesque...
464 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 15, 2011
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About the author
Stephen King
2,497 books887k 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, 2024
Il s’agit du 3ème livré de King que je lis. J’ai adoré.
La lecture ne s’est pas fait d’une traite mais de nombreux passages me donnaient envie de lire la suite rapidement.
J’ai pris un grand plaisir à lire cet ouvrage d’autant qu’il se passe dans son Maine natal que j’ai eu la chance de visiter récemment. C’est donc plaisant de voir un récit prendre place dans un territoire connu et dont les noms de villes sont familiers.
Outre cette virée dans le Maine, cet ouvrage monte crescendo dans l’horreur qui se construit par la suggestion, les récits de rumeurs locales et de croyances des peuples natifs. La fin est un véritable sprint terrifiant.
Brillant!
La lecture ne s’est pas fait d’une traite mais de nombreux passages me donnaient envie de lire la suite rapidement.
J’ai pris un grand plaisir à lire cet ouvrage d’autant qu’il se passe dans son Maine natal que j’ai eu la chance de visiter récemment. C’est donc plaisant de voir un récit prendre place dans un territoire connu et dont les noms de villes sont familiers.
Outre cette virée dans le Maine, cet ouvrage monte crescendo dans l’horreur qui se construit par la suggestion, les récits de rumeurs locales et de croyances des peuples natifs. La fin est un véritable sprint terrifiant.
Brillant!
October 28, 2025
Un bonheur ! Premier livre de King pour ma part qui m’a créé une obsession avec l’auteur 😅
A lire absolument !
A lire absolument !
July 9, 2023
Le deuxième livre de Stephen King que j’ai lu jeune, il y a au moins 20 ans. J’ai pu enfin le redécouvrir en version audio récemment. C’est toujours un plaisir de reparcourir les scènes emblématiques de ce livre.
J’ai apprécié cette montée progressive dans l’horreur. Les thématiques de la mort et les différentes visions du deuil sont travaillées. Il est vrai qu’il y a pas mal de lenteur et, qu’à la différence la fin prend un peu trop le train mais, c’est peut-être la nostalgie qui parle, j’ai apprécié ces moments normaux dans la vie de cette famille qui tourne petit à petit vers l’enfer. On s’attache au couple, les enfants et les voisins avec qui ils vont créer une amitié.
Bref, c’est un livre que j’ai apprécié plus jeune et que j’aime toujours après l’avoir redécouvert. Un livre qui prend progressivement aux tripes vers son dénouement machiavélique.
J’ai apprécié cette montée progressive dans l’horreur. Les thématiques de la mort et les différentes visions du deuil sont travaillées. Il est vrai qu’il y a pas mal de lenteur et, qu’à la différence la fin prend un peu trop le train mais, c’est peut-être la nostalgie qui parle, j’ai apprécié ces moments normaux dans la vie de cette famille qui tourne petit à petit vers l’enfer. On s’attache au couple, les enfants et les voisins avec qui ils vont créer une amitié.
Bref, c’est un livre que j’ai apprécié plus jeune et que j’aime toujours après l’avoir redécouvert. Un livre qui prend progressivement aux tripes vers son dénouement machiavélique.
March 12, 2025
J'ai ADORÉ ce livre, l'intrigue met du temps à se mettre en place, tout comme l'ambiance sombre et glauque. Ça monte crescendo. Je pense pas trouver un livre aussi effrayant et qui rend autant mal à l'aise.
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December 8, 2024Je me suis arrêtée à 53%, trop horrible pour moi.
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