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De ontsnapping / De leerling
De ontsnapping (Shawshank Redemption)
Een man die ten onrechte tot levenslang is veroordeeld wegens moord op zijn vrouw zoekt wraak.
De leerling (Apt Pupil)
Een scholier ontdekt dat zijn plaatsgenoot een gezochte ex-nazi is en zet hem vervolgens flink onder druk.
Eerder verschenen in 4 seizoenen.
Een man die ten onrechte tot levenslang is veroordeeld wegens moord op zijn vrouw zoekt wraak.
De leerling (Apt Pupil)
Een scholier ontdekt dat zijn plaatsgenoot een gezochte ex-nazi is en zet hem vervolgens flink onder druk.
Eerder verschenen in 4 seizoenen.
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395 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1982
46 people want to read
About the author
Stephen King
2,496 books886k 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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October 26, 2023
Apt pupil - 4.5*
December 12, 2022
Nog niet eerder een film beter gevonden dan het boek, maar The Shawshank redemption gebaseerd op De Ontsnapping van King heeft deze eer, al is dit misschien niet fair voor het boek omdat ik de film drie keer had gezien en het boek daarom al op voorhand op ruime achterstand had gezet. Niet meer doen dus.
De Leerling kwam niet bij me binnen. King kletste teveel.
De Leerling kwam niet bij me binnen. King kletste teveel.
February 7, 2017
het boek "de ontsnapping" was aardig,maar ook niet meer dan dat.
Het boek "De leerling" was een goed geschreven boek, waarin ik meteen goed in zat.
Een 13 jarige jongen vind uit dat een gezochte oorlogsmisdadiger in zijn dorp woont. in plaats dat hij de autoriteiten hiervan op de hoogte stelt, besluit hij deze man te chanteren. Maar wie chanteert wie?
Het boek "De leerling" was een goed geschreven boek, waarin ik meteen goed in zat.
Een 13 jarige jongen vind uit dat een gezochte oorlogsmisdadiger in zijn dorp woont. in plaats dat hij de autoriteiten hiervan op de hoogte stelt, besluit hij deze man te chanteren. Maar wie chanteert wie?
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