How does the ending of the shining differ from stephen. Recently, moviegoers returned to the overlook hotel in mike flanagans adaptation of doctor sleep, kings 20 sequel to the shining. Our portfolio photo book maker helps you customize and. The tension felt when jack jack nicholson chases danny danny lloyd through the hotel grounds is incredible. Jack torrance, his wife wendy, and their young son danny move into the overlook hotel, where jack has been hired as the.
Its strong, concise, and meant to grab a readers attention. A simple outline for writing a killer book blurb ink and. The shining, gothic horror novel by stephen king, first published in 1977. Whatever happened to that kid in stephens king novel the shining.
A keepsake photo book that gets photos off a screen and onto pages by pulling from a personal instagram account. It also hints at the plot, genre, or a central idea to the story. Print as you go sell one copy at a time and let blurb fulfill the orders or place a large order and sell inperson. Fiveyearold danny torrence and his parents, jack and wendy, are spending the winter at a resort high in the colorado mountains. Which brings us to our final tip, give your blurb a plot. The hotel will soon close for the winter, but cant be left unattended. I do like the movie to, but personally, i like the book a bit more. The default location on a pc is my documents blurb while on a mac its documents blurb. The novel reflects many of the themes originally established by the gothic, but it goes further. I didnt know i could actually get spooked by a book, but i was pleasantly surprised. As the offseason caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, hell have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing.
Sadly, the overlook is all about destroying families and twisting familial love. The old plot diagram you studied in school, the same one in every feature film, is the rhythm we as consumers have grown accustomed to and the one we find most satisfying. The shining is a great movie on its own but if anyone went in expecting it to be true to the book, theyd be seriously disappointed. The setting and characters are influenced by kings personal experiences, including both his visit to the. Put simply, being concise is hard, and being concise about something you know insideandout can seem downright impossible. Jack lets the boiler explode to destroy the hotel while the other three escape. The overlooks manager, ullman, is concerned about giving jack the job.
I like to read the book of any movie before i see the film. It makes jack less of a villain more of a ghost influenced, then possessed person and you get to see more of why he is sorta on the edge. A useful worksheet to help your children understand book blurbs and help them write their own. Jack torrances new job at the overlook hotel is the perfect chance. Is there anyone who can help me figure out how to export my blog to the booksmart software. The story of this film is based off the book, the shining by stephen king. The native american designs arent mentioned in the book but kubrick went to great trouble to build the set in this theme. According to king, the shining has strong autobiographical undertones. Find out how to create professional quality books without hiring a designer download blurbs free and easytouse book templates for photo books, cookbooks.
From ghastly visions and clairvoyant children to the evil machinations of a haunted hotel, stephen kings 1977 horror classic the shining, and the 1980 movie adaptation by stanley kubrick, have inspired legions of horror books and movies. Sell your book in the blurb bookstore, through amazon, or in the global retail network of over 38,000 retailers, libraries, and schools. Books are always better because of all the scenes that have to be cut to fit a time frame, and a lot of detail is lost, look at the harry potter movies, almost unrecognisable in content, although the movies are still good. Born from a bad dream experienced during a onenight stay at a colorado hotel that was closing for the season, the shining is the first book stephen king wrote from a. Eclipsed perhaps only by its 1980 film adaptation, the novel is one of the most popular and enduring horror stories of all time. The setting is the overlook, a palatial resort on a colorado mountain top, snowbound and closed down for the. When you hear about authors being asked to blurb a book, its this endorsement theyve been asked to provide. King does a good job in all of his books to keep a relatively gloomy sensation while reading them.
The shining written by anonymous on november 1st, 2008. The book is a little better then the movie in my opinion. This classic novel is arguably kings most famous story and piece of literature. Drama analysis of the shining the shining is a 1980 psychological horror film directed by stanley kubrick. Or is there anyone willing to undertake this project for.
The book is more psychologically disturbing, thrilling, and all of those are sprinkled with touches of spooks. Please click on the images to read the blurbs andor to purchase the books. This inspiring and compelling book has won ten awards to date, including honorable mentions at the december 2012 new england and london book festivals, october 2012 southern california book festival and june 2012 new york book festival in the category of spiritual books. The shining is the story of jack torrance, who is employed as the caretaker of the gargantuan overlook hotel in colorado one winter. Exchange nabe pinnacle award for inspirational books. Bookwright files start with the title of your book and end in.
In simple or layman terms, the shining is not a book, it is trap. First published in 1977, the shining quickly became a benchmark in the literary career of stephen king. I have a wordpress blog that i would love to turn into a blurb book just for me. Binding has some external wear on spine ends and corners. This is a book club edition copy in good condition, without any internal writing. I love the shining because of how jack unravels and because of how real the overlook feels.
The blurb, on the other hand, is like a 30second sales pitch. A blurb is the description of the story found on the back cover of a book. Review the tips for starter templates to get started. Discussion of themes and motifs in stephen kings the shining. Its speculated that the reason for this is that he wanted to use to movie to draw attention to the genocide of the american indians. Although he is a loving and caring father, he occasionally looses his temper and physically hurts danny. Before doctor sleep, there was the shining, a classic of modern american horror from the undisputed master, stephen king.
With ghosts, visions and psychological horror, the shining by stephen king is a very good horror story, i would say one of his best, right up there with the likes of salems lot which is another sk novel that i recommend if you enjoy horror. The shining begins with jack torrance being interviewed for the caretakers job at the overlook hotel. The shining by stephen king audio book simply audiobooks. A sequel, titled doctor sleep, was published in 20 summary. The shining 2 book series kindle edition from book 1.
Although his works are usually classed as horror, i was surprised that he is able to deliver a story that can keep the reader to the end without raising the blood level to the point of ones putting the book down without finishing. Below are some this is just a snippet of books 2017 has to offer. Lets take a close look at some of the characters in stephen kings the shining. Aside from the overlook hotel itself, there is no clear. The overlook hotel is their last chance to make it as a unit, or so they believe. The shining is a tragedy, and wed be remiss to classify the ending otherwise. The shining is a novel published in 1977 by stephen king, a wellknown american author. Its briefno more than 100150 wordsand creates interest in the story without giving away major spoilers or the ending. A presold prefab blockbuster, what with kings carrie hitting the moviehouses, salems lot being lensed, the shining itself sold to warner bros. With blurb, you can create a professional portfolio book to showcase your most accomplished work. Danny is only five years old, but in the words of old mr hallorann he is a shiner, aglow with psychic voltage.
Hardcover paperback trade kindle audio movie tv miniseries dvd. The shining was stephen kings third book, following carrie and salems lot. The shining by stephen king misscole december, 2011 at 12. Before doctor sleep, there was the shining, a classic of modern american horror from the undisputed master, stephen king jack torrances new job at the overlook hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. Jack torrances new job at the overlook hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. Although king himself remains disappointed with the adaptation, having criticized its handling of the books themes and of wendys character, it is.
The main character jack torrance is a violent, recovering alcoholic who has broken his son, dannys arm while drunk before. The shining, by stephen king, is slowly but surely changing that perception. Choose from 3 different page layouts, add captions to bring your story to. Blurb distinct from the back book cover blurb is this 12 line endorsement of a book by a celebrity or another author that sits on the book s front cover. Jack rushes to go release the boiler before it explodes, but danny uses his shining to help him see what hes become. When his father becomes caretaker of the overlook hotel. I couldnt help but feel sympathetic for jack because hes come from such a horrible place, tried to rise above it, but is destroyed by this malevolent place.
The shining is a story of a desperate family, made up of jack and wendy torrance and their son, danny. He was renowned for using supernatural events in many of his stories making them a mixture of horror, gloom, and fantasy. Her gullible nature, her compassion for danny and her husband seems to be her only flaws. The final, terrible shot of jack on the ground, his frozen face forever stuck in its maniacal, upwardlooking openmouth gaze, instantly freezes itself into the brain of. Its my hobbyist photography blog and i would love to have an albumkeepsake of it. Great book with lots of very intelligently woven themes about family, devotion. But fear not, because theres a secret science to writing the perfect book blurb. The shining by stephen king meet your next favorite book.
Easily make a cookbook at blurb using one of our delicious recipe book templates or design your own. The shining, even though might not be the one to deliver an extremely frightening tale, it manages to provide us a pool of drama, thrills, disturbance, and everything you could think of in a good horror story for us to dive into. I am not going to go on and on about how frustrating it must be for someone of kings prolificity and stature to have people think that his best novel was written 22 years and 30some books ago. It deals with many of kings recurring themes, including alcoholism, domestic. Identifying a novels themes using the title and the blurb. Published in 1977, it is kings third published novel and first hardback bestseller. King answers that question with his new book, doctor sleep, delving back. It is regarded in some quarters as kings best book. As the offseason caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, hell have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his. The shinings 1980 hedge maze chase is one of the most iconic endings in horror history. Theres the sense that a great talent has been wasted. Creepy kid from the shining back in new stephen king book. This tale of a troubled man hired to care for a remote mountain resort over the winter, his loyal wife, and their uniquely gifted son slowly but steadily unfolds as secrets from the overlook hotels past are revealed, and the hotel itself attempts to claim the very souls.
Blurb makes it easy for you to make a book or magazinein both print and digital formatsfor yourself, to share, or to sell. Choose save as and give your book an original filename. Get started with our free book making and design software options. The shining is a horror novel by american author stephen king. The shining by stephen king overdrive rakuten overdrive. Basically, the name of the game with a blurb is to entice readers to buy your book. After losing his job over a scandalous incident, jack torrance picks up a caretaker job at the fancy, highend overlook hotel. The title and the blurb tagteam for the most crucial role in book promotion. The shining summary a boys special perception and a possessed hotel interact with deadly results in the novel the shining by stephen king. How is it that a writer can write a story spanning tens of thousands of words but stumble at a 250300 word book blurb describing it. Stephen king has also written doctor sleep which is the shining book two. Stephen king characters wendy torrance she is jacks wife. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. If youre looking for book description templates, look no further.