Author:Stephen King, Peter Straub Binding: Mass Market Paperback Published: 2001-07-31 ISBN: 0345444884 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
"One of both authors best."
"Talisman by Stephen King"
"Worth Every Page"
"When you're just a young boy, carrying the burden of saving your mother both in this world, and another...you are the only hope"
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On a brisk autumn day, a thirteen-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray Atlantic, near a silent amusement park and a fading ocean resort called the Alhambra. The past has driven Jack Sawyer here: his father is gone, his mother is dying, and the world no longer makes sense. But for Jack everything is about to change. For he has been chosen to make a journey back across America-and into another realm. One of the most influential and heralded works of fantasy ever written, The Talisman is an extraordinary novel of loyalty, awakening, terror, and mystery. Jack Sawyer, on a desperate quest to save his mother's life, must search for a prize across an epic landscape of innocents and monsters, of incredible dangers and even more incredible truths. The prize is essential, but the journey means even more. Let the quest begin. . . .
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
One of both authors best. A sad bittersweet evocation on friendship, the end of boyhood,and yearning. I cry every time I read it.
Talisman by Stephen King This is my favorite book of
Stephen King's I have read it
3 times and wanted to share it with
my son.
Worth Every Page I was completely blown away with this book. I happened to read Black House before the Talisman, which I now wish was the other way around. While I sometimes like the darker, more gruesome side of King, I really respect this novel for the fact that it's not ridiculously over the top.
One of the strongest moments in the book for me was when jack saw a gull tearing at a clam and he could swear he heard it scream. I fell in love with that line. Jack Sawyer is an amazing character due to the fact that... more info
When you're just a young boy, carrying the burden of saving your mother both in this world, and another...you are the only hope Simply a brilliant book.. I've re-read this book over five times..and love it each and every time..always in tears at the end..
The story follows a young boy all alone, through two worlds, across the country in order to save his dying mother...all while his 'uncle' tries to stop him from reaching his destination by killing him..
You get sucked into the boy's journey, and feel for him...for his loneliness for his despair..when it looks like there's no hope left..he always picks himself up and... more info
