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The Dark Man: An Illustrated Poem (2013)

by Stephen King(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1587674211 (ISBN13: 9781587674211)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Cemetery Dance

review 1: Who knew king did poetry? He's quite the wordsmith here, though I'd do without the mention of taking a woman against her will in a field, had I written it. Point is, I didnt write it, and for what it is, it's quite elegant and the imagery is thick and potent. Language superior to that in his fiction novels, or at least more densely packed or something. Illustrations are nice, but not done by King himself. A very fast read.
review 2: This illustrated poem from the earliest days of King's writing career is a superb marriage of word and image. I only have two gripes that prevent me from going 5-stars. 1) It's such a short poem that the book begs for another poem or two, or a short story to round it out. 45s have B-sides, and many one-shot comics have back-up ... morestories, after all. The hardcover edition even has a few blank pages in the back, which stand in vicious contrast to the baroque illustrations on the preceding pages. 2) The breaking of poetic lines across pages occasionally futzes with the flow of the poem. Each page spread covers a complete line from the poem, but some of the poem's rhetorical turns encompass more than a single line. When one line = one impression, the reader can linger on the detailed illustration and uncover hidden gems without losing track of the poem. However, when multiple lines constitute a single impression, the reader either has to quickly turn the page to complete the thought, then go back and admire the imagery, or admire the imagery, risk losing the flow of the poem, and re-read. Nevertheless, the images are rich enough to afford multiple rewarding reads, proving that King's power to evoke unsettling characters and moods can be just as effective when concentrated into small packages as when spread over a thousand pages. More, please :) less

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