Description
Stephen King ambienta su novela en una penitenciar a de presos condenados a muerte, una antesala del infierno de la que se sirve para trazar una radiograf a del horror en estado puro. Octubre de 1932, penitenciar a de Cold Mountain. Los condenados a muerte aguardan el momento de ser conducidos a la silla el ctrica a trav s del pasillo conocido como la Milla Verde. Los cr menes abominables que han cometido les convierten en carnaza de un sistema legal que se alimenta de un c rculo de locura, muerte y venganza. El guardia de la prisi n Paul Edgecombe ha visto cosas raras en sus a os trabajando en la Milla. Pero nunca ha visto a nadie como John Coffey, un hombre con el cuerpo de un gigante y la mente de un ni o, condenado por un crimen aterrador en su violencia e impactante en su depravaci n. Y en este lugar donde reciben el m ximo castigo, Edgecombe est a punto de descubrir la terrible y maravillosa verdad sobre Coffey, una verdad que desafiar sus m s ntimas creencias... La milla verde representa un hito en la aclamada trayectoria del maestro indiscutible de la narrativa de terror contempor nea. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Masterfully told and as suspenseful as it is haunting, The Green Mile is Stephen King's classic #1 New York Times bestselling dramatic serial novel and inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film starring Tom Hanks. Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk "the Green Mile," the lime-colored linoleum corridor leading to a final meeting with Old Sparky, Cold Mountain's electric chair. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities over the years working the Mile, but he's never seen anything like John Coffey--a man with the body of a giant and the mind of a child, condemned for a crime terrifying in its violence and shocking in its depravity. And in this place of ultimate retribution, Edgecombe is about to discover the terrible, wondrous truth about John Coffey--a truth that will challenge his most cherished beliefs....
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Vintage Espanol
Published: 02/04/2020
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9781984898746
ISBN10: 1984898744
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Horror | General
- Fiction | Thrillers | Psychological
- Fiction | Thrillers | Suspense
Masterfully told and as suspenseful as it is haunting, The Green Mile is Stephen King's classic #1 New York Times bestselling dramatic serial novel and inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film starring Tom Hanks. Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk "the Green Mile," the lime-colored linoleum corridor leading to a final meeting with Old Sparky, Cold Mountain's electric chair. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities over the years working the Mile, but he's never seen anything like John Coffey--a man with the body of a giant and the mind of a child, condemned for a crime terrifying in its violence and shocking in its depravity. And in this place of ultimate retribution, Edgecombe is about to discover the terrible, wondrous truth about John Coffey--a truth that will challenge his most cherished beliefs....
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Vintage Espanol
Published: 02/04/2020
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9781984898746
ISBN10: 1984898744
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Horror | General
- Fiction | Thrillers | Psychological
- Fiction | Thrillers | Suspense
About the Author
Stephen King es el maestro indiscutible de la narrativa de terror contemporánea, con más de sesenta novelas publicadas. En 2003 fue galardonado con la Medalla de la National Book Foundation por su contribución a las letras estadounidenses, y en 2007 recibió el Grand Master Award, que otorga la asociación Mystery Writers of America y en 2018 el PEN America Literary Service Award. Entre sus tÃtulos más célebres cabe destacar El misterio de Salem's Lot, El resplandor, Carrie, La zona muerta, Ojos de fuego, It (Eso), Maleficio, La milla verde y las siete novelas que componen la serie La Torre Oscura. Vive en Maine, con su esposa Tabitha King, también novelista.