The Dark is Rising: 50th Anniversary Edition Pocketbok – 14 November 2019

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Marianne

Meeslepend, misterieus, winters verhaal.

Recenserad i Belgien den 10 januari 2024

Gekocht naar aanleiding van podcast op BBC world service. Het verhaal begint op 20 december en je kan dag voor dag meelezen. Heerlijk bij winteravonden. Nu ook nog de ander boeken van de reeks lezen !

jasmin

Alles Prima!

Granskad i Tyskland den 13 januari 2018

Es kam rechtzeitig und Fehlerfrei an. Keine Seite fehlte, super geschrieben! Ich liebe das Buch total! Ist auf englisch und daher für mich als deutsche prima zum lernen.

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can be avoided

Granskad i Indien den 1 maj 2016

after having read lord of the rings and harry potter books, this fantasy novel seems really pale by comparison. had to force myself to finish it, hoping it would improve. however, it remained the same throughout.

PBI

A classic of the genre

Granskad i USA den 23 februari 2014

"The Dark is Rising" is the second in the five-volume cycle of the same name by Susan Cooper, and it is here that the tale of the conflict between the Light and the Dark begins to take full shape.

The focus this time is no longer on the three Drew children, but on Will Stanton, the youngest of nine children, living in Buckinghamshire. On his 11th birthday, strange events begin to whirl about him as his small village is beset by a winter storm of historic proportions, animals become frightened and wary around him, and he can't walk past a radio without it breaking into screeches of incoherent static. Worse than these odd, but ultimately non-threatening issues however, is the sense of deep dread that is descending on his home, and dire warnings that beings called The Walker and The Rider are abroad in the countryside.

Will soon learns that he is no ordinary boy, and that he has a major role to play in a cosmic battle that has raged since man first began to walk the earth. Beset by supernatural enemies, but aided by fierce allies and his own courage, Will must complete a quest that will keep the Dark from rising.

The first book in "The Dark is Rising" sequence, "Over Sea, Under Stone," was originally written as a one-off, but Ms. Cooper returned to the core ideas of that story and used it as a launching point for a more expansive arc, which begins here. "The Dark is Rising" was a Newbery Honor Book when it was first published, and deservedly so; beautifully written, it is a classic of the genre, with well-composed characters, a sense of wonder, and enough dread based on old English and Celtic mythology to make for a gripping read.

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最後の<Old Ones>の少年の覚醒の物語

Granskad i Japan den 29 maj 2004

大家族スタントン家の末っ子少年ウィルは、11歳の誕生日でもある冬至の日にOld Ones<古老>としてのgift<能力>に目覚め、Sign-Seeker<しるしを探す者>としての使命を果たしていく。
1965年に書かれたイギリスの田舎を舞台にした本書は、時空を超えた冒険活劇に発展する、その前哨戦みたいなもので、本格的にこの作品がアーサー王と円卓の騎士に連なるものと判るのは、実はその前作"Over Sea, Under stone"あるいは次作"Greenmitch"です。
この作品も、"Over Sea, Under stone"と同じように日常生活が丁寧に描き込まれていて、Willの兄弟達や屋根裏部屋や田舎の小径がまるで目に見えるようです。その裏でOld OnesとDarkとの戦いが静かに始まろうとし、また多くの兄弟がいる中で末っ子がひとり、ひそかに成長し老成していくのがぞくっとするほどミステリアスで面白いです。
英語は比喩的表現が多くハリー・ポッターのようなユーモラスなところも少ないので、9-12歳を対象としているわりには結構難物かと思います。

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