11-22-63
A Novel
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Craig Wasson
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Stephen King
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A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR
WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE
On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? In this brilliantly conceived tour de force, Stephen King—who has absorbed the social, political, and popular culture of his generation more imaginatively and thoroughly than any other writer—takes readers on an incredible journey into the past and the possibility of altering it.
It begins with Jake Epping, a thirty-five-year-old English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, whose life is upended when his friend Al, who owns the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to the past, a particular day in 1958. And the dying Al enlists Jake to take over the mission that has become his obsession—to prevent the Kennedy assassination.
So begins Jake’s new life as George Amberson, in the world of Ike and JFK and Elvis, of big American cars and sock hops and cigarette smoke everywhere and to the small town of Jodie, Texas, where Jake falls dangerously in love. Every turn leads eventually to a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and to Dallas, where the past becomes heart-stoppingly suspenseful, and where history might not be history anymore. Time-travel has never been so believable. Or so terrifying.
The story brings a lot of turns and very enjoyable.
The narrator is just perfect. Highly recommended!
Fascinating story with an amazing Narrator
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Gutes Buch
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Es gibt nur wenige Autoren, die diese Geschichte so gut und mit so vielen Wendungen hätten erzählen können, ohne nach der Hälfte Schiffbruch zu erleiden. Kings packender Stil und seine spannenden Ideen lotsen den Leser von einem Hoch ins Nächste, lassen Ihn an George Ambersons Leben und Abendheuer teilhaben. So intensiv, dass man das Gefühl hat, man wäre selbst dabei gewesen.
Fünf Kronen für den König und fünf für einen genialen Sprecher.
The King still rules unchallenged
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If you are interested in America during the late 50s and in the question "what if...?" you have to listen to this masterpiece!
Expect to be dragged into another world
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Apart from the great question, whether individual events can change the course of history dramatically, the journey back in time is fascinating. It is a loving, but accurate and detailed description of the sixties, the culture, the spirit and the anxieties. We relive the optimism of teenage America with its dream of a better life, the new pop culture, but also racism and the fear of a nuclear war. But above all that, this story is a great love story, the best, I read in a long time.
It is the story of Jake Epping, a middle aged, divorced English teacher in small town Maine. He likes his job and he seems to be fairly good at his job, but does not expect much from life anymore. He does not really have any friends, but likes to eat frequently at a diner, where he knows the owner well. Al, the owner, calls him one day and wants to meet him urgently. This meeting will change Jake’s life forever. Al, who suffers from terminal lung cancer and has just a couple days of life left, reveals an incredible secret to Jake, a gateway to the past, hidden in his diner. Al is obsessed with the idea to go back in time and prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He is convinced that if he could reverse this one event, the world would be a better place. Since Al does not have enough time left to do it himself, he pleads with Jake to take over the mission. Jake does not have much to lose and he makes the step back in time, into the world of 1958 and becomes George Amberson. But history does not want to get changed, it is resilient and fights back. But this is not the only problem, Jake feels more at home in the small town Jodie, Texas of the sixties than he ever felt in contemporary Maine.
It is an unusual Stephen King, but one of the best. He simply is a great story teller.
Do we really want to change history?
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30 Hours Nostalgia and Suspense
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Imho though, this book has one mayor flaw, the B-Story is way too long and much less gripping than the A-Story. I see how it's necessary, but it could have been half or a third of what it is without lessening it's impact. Would that have been the case, this book would have been an easy five stars for me.
The Narrator is great, if you enjoy his very emotive style. I don't, so that's why he only gets 4 stars from me.
Great, but flawed, story.
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(And do listen to the afterword, it contains interesting information, in addition to the usual list of thanks.)
Suspenseful and emotional
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Hammer- Story
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Große Empfehlung!
Meisterhaft
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