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The Life Of Chuck

Now A Major Film

by Stephen King
language: english
Publisher: HODDER & STOUGHTON, June of 2025 ‧
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Stephen King’s ‘The Life of Chuck’ is a ‘phenomenal’ (USA Today) tale of life and legacy – and now a feature film directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Karen Gillan out in the UK from August 2025. Available for the first time in a beautiful standalone edition.

Originally featured in the acclaimed story collection If It Bleeds, this unforgettable, mind-bending tale unfolds in reverse, taking readers through the extraordinary life of Charles ‘Chuck’ Krantz.

In a crumbling world plagued by natural disasters, collapsing infrastructure, and mass panic, bizarre billboards and advertisements appear throughout town: ‘Charles Krantz. Thirty-nine great years. Thanks, Chuck!’ Marty Anderson, a schoolteacher, becomes obsessed with these messages as the world, inexplicably linked to Chuck’s life, seems to be approaching its end.

Told in three acts, presented in reverse order, The Life of Chuck explores one man’s past. We see him in middle age on a business trip in Boston as he is seduced by a busker into spinning a gorgeous sidewalk dance. And we see him as a child, in a house haunted by a terrible secret, learning to dance with his grandmother. In these pages King reminds us that life’s quotidian pleasures are even more glorious because they are fleeting: the outrageous good fortune of a beautiful blue day after a string of gray ones; the delight of dancing when every move feels perfect; a serendipitous meeting. King’s ability to describe pure joy rivals his ability to terrify us.

Now a major motion picture and winner of the Toronto International Film Festival People’s Choice Award, The Life of Chuck is a glorious story about community and about humanity at its best, a celebration of joy, mystery, existential wonder, and the multitudes contained in all of us.

The Life Of Chuck

Now A Major Film

by Stephen King

Property Description
ISBN: 9781399753425
Publisher: HODDER & STOUGHTON
Release Date: June of 2025
Language: English
Dimensions: 143 x 225 x 12 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 128
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Police and Thriller
EAN: 9781399753425

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stephen King

Stephen King nasceu em Portland, no Maine, em 1947. Após o divórcio dos pais, ainda criança, foi criado pela mãe, Nelly Ruth Pillsbury King. Licenciou-se em Inglês na Universidade do Maine, em 1970, com uma especialização em Ensino. Conheceu a mulher, Tabitha Spruce, nos corredores da biblioteca da universidade, onde ambos trabalhavam enquanto estudantes. Casariam em 1971.
Publica o seu primeiro romance, Carrie, em 1974, cujo contrato de edição lhe permitiu abandonar o ensino e dedicar-se em exclusivo à escrita. Depois? Depois é história, numa vida literária com mais de cinquenta anos e mais de sessenta livros publicados. 'Salem's Lot – A Hora do Vampiro, The Shining, The Stand – A Dança da Morte, Samitério de Animais, It – A Coisa, 22/11/63, O Intruso, Billy Summers, Holly ou Mais Sombrio, entre outros, e todos publicados pela Bertrand Editora, fazem de King um dos grandes mestres da moderna narrativa americana, um autor que concilia inquietação, entretenimento e qualidade literária como nenhum outro.
Das muitas distinções atribuídas ao autor ao longo da carreira destacamos a National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (2003), a National Medal of Arts (2014), o PEN America Literary Service Award (2018) e o Hans Christian Andersen Extraordinary Literature Award (2025).

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