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Bezig met laden... Thirteen (2006)door Sebastian Beaumont
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.  CarolKub | Jul 8, 2012 |   When he discovers that a house, 13 Wish Road, where he's had a regular pick-up doesn't exist, he begins to become obsessed and tries to get back into the zone where it was real. The Nurse tells him, 'Thirteen is not a number, it's a state of mind'. This leads to many strange experiences including meeting the girls of his dreams, but then he starts to ask questions about Thirteen, and just when as he's starting to come out of his depression, the events in the zone get very bad indeed ... Based on real experience of driving taxis and drawing from the author's work as a psychotherapist, this is a many layered novel. Unlike many other novels which include experiences in altered states, this one is so skilfully written, you really believe in the dreamworld - it starts off so ordinarily as if it were part of normal life, that by the time you find out about it, you've been engaged with it for some time; when things get weirder you're then drawn with it. Finally, you are left to make up your mind over what ultimately happens to Stephen, but the lack of a definite ending doesn't jar, just keeps you thinking about what a good book it was. (  ) gaskella | Jun 27, 2008 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Stephen Bardot is a taxi driver working the night shift in Brighton. Working such long shifts and driving exhausted, he starts to experience major alterations to his perception of reality. People start to take rides in his cab who know things they shouldn't, and who ultimately may not even be real. He regularly gives lifts to Valerie--beautiful, haunting, but terminally ill--from 13 Wish Road to her "positive thinking classes" at the community center. When he is no longer asked to drive her, he fears that she is dead, and questions Sal, one of the night operators. Her response turns Stephen's world upside down. "But Stephen," she tells him, "there is no such address. Wish Road doesn't have a number 13." As time passes, the world gets weirder. People appear (and disappear) who know far too much about Stephen and his past, and who lure him further and further into the twilight world of Thirteen. But if he asks any questions, he gets hurt. Ultimately, he decides, for the sake of both his safety and his sanity, he must walk away--but Thirteen has no intention of letting him go. Key Selling Points Mass paperback launch of acclaimed cult novel Thirteen tells the story of a nocturnal taxi driver's journey into a twilight world in which it becomes increasingly unclear what is real or who can be trusted. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The characters he meets include Valerie, a woman who seems to be terminally ill, Helena and her brother Semour and the unbelievably beautiful Pheonix.
An intriguing and interesting read that has themes about memory and repression of memories and how we know who we are. (