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Les premières phrases
« umber whunnnn
yerrrnnn umber whunnnn
fayunnnn
These sounds: even in the haze.
But sometimes the sounds – like the pain – faded, and then there was only the haze. He remembered darkness: solid darkness had come before the haze. Did that mean he was making progress? Let there be light (even of the hazy variety), and the light was good, and so on and so on? Had those sounds existed in the darkness? He didn’t know the answers to any of these questions. Did it make sense to ask them? He didn’t know the answer to that one, either.
The pain was somewhere below the sounds. The pain was east of the sun and south of his ears. That was all he did know.
For some length of time that seemed very long (and so was, since the pain and the stormy haze were the only two things which existed) those sounds were the only outer reality. He had no idea who he was or where he was and cared to know neither. He wished he was dead, but through the pain-soaked haze that filled his mind like a summer storm-cloud, he did not know he wished it. »
Circonstances de lecture
Parce que je suis fan de Stephen King.
Impressions
Stephen King est définitivement un de mes auteurs préférés. J’ai dévoré « Misery », ce classique que je n’avais pas encore pris le temps de lire. C’est bien simple, une fois les premières pages tournées, j’ai été hantée par ce livre et je n’avais qu’une envie : rentrer chez moi le soir pour vite connaître la suite !
L’histoire – vous la connaissez peut-être – : un écrivain, Paul Sheldon, se réveille après un accident de voiture chez une de ses fans inconditionnelles, Annie Wilkes. Celle-ci, au lieu de le conduire à l’hôpital (il a tout de même les deux jambes cassées…), l’a ramené chez elle. Point positif : c’est une ancienne infirmière et elle a une quantité impressionnante de médicaments anti-douleur dans sa salle de bains. Point négatif : elle est complètement folle. Et lorsqu’elle apprend que Paul Sheldon tue l’héroïne de ses bestsellers dans son dernier roman, elle lui ordonne d’écrire la suite et de ressusciter son personnage préféré. Bien sûr, avec Stephen King, on a droit à une bonne dose d’hémoglobine et de scènes bien tordues, mais « Misery » propose aussi une très bonne réflexion sur l’inspiration des écrivains. Tout simplement GÉNIAL !!!
Un passage parmi d’autres
« Annie, will you tell me one thing?
« Of course, dear! »
« If I write this story for you – «
« Novel! A nice big one like all the others – maybe even bigger! »
He closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them. « Okay – if I write this novel for you, will you let me go when it’s done? »
For a moment unease slipped cloudily across her face, and then she was looking at him carefully, studiously. « You speak as though I were keeping you prisoner, Paul. »
He said nothing, only looked at her.
« I think that by the time you finish, you should be up to the… up to the strain of meeting people again, » she said. « Is that what you want to hear? »
« That’s what I wanted to hear, yes. »
« Well, honestly! I knew writers were supposed to have big egos, but I guess I didn’t understand that meant ingratitude, too! »
He went on looking at her and after a moment she looked away, impatient and a little flustered.
Stephen King – Misery – 1987 (Hodder & Stoughton)