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Dumas Key

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Dumas Key
14.99 €
"No one said art is a caressing breeze; sometimes it is a hurricane. Even then you shouldn't hesitate or change course. Because if you tell yourself the biggest lie of bad art (I've got it all under control), you'll miss the chance to capture the truth. The truth, it's not always pretty..." A car accident robs former construction industry star Edgar Fremantle of his right arm and the ability to think clearly. He is tormented by phantom pains and fits of rage. In his madness, he even tries to stab his wife..... The therapist advises Edgar to change his environment. So the man who suddenly discovered his talent as an artist, finds himself on the remote island of Dumas Key - in the house of an elderly artist Elizabeth Eastlake, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease and often mumbles something inaudible. But what if the lady's incoherent speech hides a warning of impending trouble...? On the writing of mystical horror "Dyuma-Ki" American writer Stephen King was inspired by a real life incident. At fifty-two years old, he underwent a long course of rehabilitation after the accident, had to overcome the weaknesses of the body to continue to write...
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