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Insomnia (Spanish Edition) by Stephen King
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Insomnia (Spanish Edition) (original 1994; edition 2008)

by Stephen King (Author)

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Nightmares come to life for Ralph Roberts. Up all night, he's seeing some pretty strange things. No wonder he can't get back to sleep. Readers won't be able to either.

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Title:Insomnia (Spanish Edition)
Authors:Stephen King (Author)
Info:Debolsillo (2008), Edition: Tra, 889 pages
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Insomnia by Stephen King (1994)

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    It by Stephen King (sturlington)
    sturlington: Both are set in Derry. There are many references to It in Insomnia.
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There are many people for whom the book "Insomnia" will serve as a cure for the titular condition. It's an 800 page book that takes about 150 pages to start making sense -- the first quarter of the book is all strange goings-on with no exposition.
Our hero, an old man with a dying wife, begins loosing sleep and (he thinks) hallucinating. He can see auras around people, fields of light that change according to their mood and health and terminate in a long "balloon-string," their soul. And if that's not strange enough, he starts seeing three little bald men dressed as surgeons, who go around snipping people's strings.
It's all very psychedelic and intriguing, but I can see someone giving up on the book before it really gets rolling. Which would be a shame, because the plot kicks in around page 150 and it's a heck of a ride, all the more enjoyable if you don't know what's coming.
Suffice to say that this is the multiverse-hopping, cosmic guru King of The Stand and It, not the bare-bones King of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon and Running Man (I like 'em both, if you were wondering). Insomnia is actually a better read than both The Stand and It, because it is more closely tied into the world as we know it. Most importantly, the characters are complex and believable, truly people worth knowing.
So if you've got the attention span and the physical strength to lift this book, definitely pick it up. ( )
  b00kdarling87 | Jan 7, 2024 |
man what the fuck was that. this is not a horror novel IMO, it starts out as one but it turns into more... science fiction? action? it's weird. the end still made me cry though. i feel like this is one of those books that is going to stick with me even though i didn't necessarily "like" it. how does one rate a book like that??? maybe i'll have to come back and edit this. this book said, or attempted to say, a lot of things- politically, supernaturally, etc. and i'm not sure i followed all of it completely. just... interesting. ( )
  fancypengy | Nov 30, 2023 |
Although it was kind of a slow start, it ends with a great insight into the levels of the tower and the possibilities beyond this world. And although there were supernatural forces at work, the main story is very real and feels possible ( )
  Crystal199 | Mar 8, 2023 |
gets slow in spots but it was a great story as always ( )
  TrishLittle | Jan 9, 2023 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
King, Stephenprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bihari, GyörgyTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Desmond, Willian OlivierTraductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Gelder, Eny vanTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Körber, JoachimÜbersetzersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Rekiaro, IlkkaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Wallach, EliNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Old age is an island surrounded by death. — Juan Montalvo, On Beauty
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For Tabby... and for Al Kooper, who knows the playing field. No fault of mine.
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No one—least of all Dr. Litchfield—came right out and told Ralph Roberts that his wife was going to die, but there came a time when Ralph understood without needing to be told.
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