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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100385086954
ISBN-139780385086950
eBay Product ID (ePID)158596
Product Key Features
Book TitleCarrie
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicOccult & Supernatural, Horror
Publication Year1990
GenreFiction
AuthorStephen King
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight15.6 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN73-009037
Dewey Edition23/eng/20220317
ReviewsPraise for Stephen King and Carrie "A master storyteller." -- The Los Angeles Times "Guaranteed to chill you." --The New York Times "Gory and horrifying.... You can't put it down." --Chicago Tribune "[The] most wonderfully gruesome man on the planet." -- USA Today "Eerie and haunting--sheer terror!" -- Publishers Weekly "Shivering, shuddery, macabre evil!" -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Stephen King has built a literary genre of putting ordinary people in the most terrifying situations. . . . he's the author who can always make the improbable so scary you'll feel compelled to check the locks on the front door." -- The Boston Globe "Peerless imagination." -- The Observer (London), Praise for Stephen King and Carrie "A master storyteller." -- The Los Angeles Times "Guaranteed to chill you." -- The New York Times "Gory and horrifying.... You can't put it down." -- Chicago Tribune "[The] most wonderfully gruesome man on the planet." -- USA Today "Eerie and haunting--sheer terror!" -- Publishers Weekly "Shivering, shuddery, macabre evil!" -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Stephen King has built a literary genre of putting ordinary people in the most terrifying situations. . . . he's the author who can always make the improbable so scary you'll feel compelled to check the locks on the front door." -- The Boston Globe "Peerless imagination." -- The Observer (London), Praise for Stephen King and Carrie "A master storyteller." -- The Los Angeles Times "Guaranteed to chill you." --The New York Times "Gory and horrifying.... You can't put it down." --Chicago Tribune "[The] most wonderfully gruesome man on the planet." - USA Today "Eerie and haunting-sheer terror!" - Publishers Weekly "Shivering, shuddery, macabre evil!" - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Stephen King has built a literary genre of putting ordinary people in the most terrifying situations. . . . he's the author who can always make the improbable so scary you'll feel compelled to check the locks on the front door." - The Boston Globe "Peerless imagination." - The Observer (London) From the Paperback edition.
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Stephen King's legendary debut, the bestselling smash hit that put him on the map as one of America's favorite writers - In a world where bullies rule, one girl holds a secret power. Unpopular and tormented, Carrie White's life takes a terrifying turn when her hidden abilities become a weapon of horror. "Stephen King's first novel changed the trajectory of horror fiction forever. Fifty years later, authors say it's still challenging and guiding the genre." -- Esquire "A master storyteller." -- The Los Angeles Times - "Guaranteed to chill you." -- The New York Times - "Gory and horrifying. . . . You can't put it down." -- Chicago Tribune Unpopular at school and subjected to her mother's religious fanaticism at home, Carrie White does not have it easy. But while she may be picked on by her classmates, she has a gift she's kept secret since she was a little girl: she can move things with her mind. Doors lock. Candles fall. Her ability has been both a power and a problem. And when she finds herself the recipient of a sudden act of kindness, Carrie feels like she's finally been given a chance to be normal. She hopes that the nightmare of her classmates' vicious taunts is over . . . but an unexpected and cruel prank turns her gift into a weapon of horror so destructive that the town may never recover., #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Stephen King's legendary debut, the bestselling smash hit that put him on the map as one of America's favorite writers * In a world where bullies rule, one girl holds a secret power. Unpopular and tormented, Carrie White's life takes a terrifying turn when her hidden abilities become a weapon of horror. "Stephen King's first novel changed the trajectory of horror fiction forever. Fifty years later, authors say it's still challenging and guiding the genre." -- Esquire "A master storyteller." -- The Los Angeles Times * "Guaranteed to chill you." -- The New York Times * "Gory and horrifying. . . . You can't put it down." -- Chicago Tribune Unpopular at school and subjected to her mother's religious fanaticism at home, Carrie White does not have it easy. But while she may be picked on by her classmates, she has a gift she's kept secret since she was a little girl: she can move things with her mind. Doors lock. Candles fall. Her ability has been both a power and a problem. And when she finds herself the recipient of a sudden act of kindness, Carrie feels like she's finally been given a chance to be normal. She hopes that the nightmare of her classmates' vicious taunts is over . . . but an unexpected and cruel prank turns her gift into a weapon of horror so destructive that the town may never recover.