![]() ![]() If anything, King's message is probably "leave it alone" which I guess can be interpreted that he supports women's choice, but he really doesn't browbeat his opinions through his book (unlike say Dan Brown in The Da Vinci Code).I do think you have to be of a certain age to connect with the characters. ![]() King populates both sides of the argument with good and bad people. Do not be fooled into thinking there is a lengthy diatribe about the abortion issue. Now in my thirties, and not being as bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, I recently dusted off my hardcover and re-read this.In my opinion this has to rank among the best King has done. When I first read this in 1994, I was in my early twenties and didn't really connect with the older characters of this book. This has to be one of King's most misunderstood and underappreciated works. Listen, let the goose bumps rise, and enjoy every line. To compound matters Ralph's lady friend, Lois Chasse, suffers from the same malady, and it seems they've been chosen to put things right - if possible. He becomes aware not only of another plane of existence but that his hometown is in grave danger from an evil force. No, Ralph's insomnia involves seeing things, hazes or auras if you will as well as colors around his friends. Ralph's problem is not a mere case of tossing, turning, then finally dropping off. Many of us probably have a sleepless night or two, but few are as troubled by insomnia as Ralph Roberts., a widower who lives in Derry, Maine. His narration of Insomnia leaves listeners both chilled and thrilled by his rendering of this iconic tale. Wallach also penned his autobiography The Good, The Bad, and Me: In My Anecdotage, which I surely recommend. He has received four Emmy nominations, and received a Tony for his role in The Rose Tattoo. While Wallach's name might not be familiar to some, his face certainly is as he has appeared in numerous major films, such as The Magnificent Seven, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, and The Misfits. He gives us one more outstanding performance as he narrates Stephen King's lauded Insomnia. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.A method actor who received much of his training at the famed Actor's Studio, Eli Wallach has been delivering stellar performances on both stage and screen for the past 50 years. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Returning to the same Maine town where It took place, a town that has haunted Stephen King for decades, Insomnia blends King’s trademark bone-chilling realism with supernatural terror to create yet another masterpiece of suspense. Now Ralph is part of it…and lack of sleep is the least of his worries. The dying has been going on in Derry for a long, long time. There’s a definite mean streak running through this small New England city underneath its ordinary surface awesome and terrifying forces are at work. He begins to suspect that these visions are something more than hallucinations brought on by lack of sleep. He sees colored ribbons streaming from people’s heads, two strange little men wandering around town after dark, and more. During his late night walks, he observes some strange things going on in Derry, Maine. Each night he wakes up a bit earlier, until he’s barely sleeping at all. Since his wife died, Ralph Roberts has been having trouble sleeping. Marvelous-that is, full of marvels” ( Booklist). A #1 national bestseller-“A yarn so packed with suspense, romance, literary reference, fascinating miscellaneous knowledge, and heart that only Stephen King could have written it. ![]()
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