Seeking a fresh start, struggling writer Jack Torrance takes a job as winter caretaker of the isolated Overlook Hotel, bringing his family into a place steeped in dark secrets. As the snow closes in, the hotel’s sinister forces begin to prey on Jack’s mind, while his young son Danny uncovers terrifying visions through his psychic gift. Stephen King’s The Shining is a chilling exploration of isolation, madness, and the supernatural—where fear lurks not only in haunted halls, but within the human psyche itself.
Date: 1977 (United States)
Length: ~447 pages (varies by edition)
Cultural impact: ~60.000.000 copies (estimates)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
"Monsters are real. Ghosts are too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win" — Stephen King (via the novel)
"Stephen King's novel, The Shining, is a piece of pulp so terrifying that your skin crawls as you turn its pages" — Dayton Daily News
"The Shining is a masterpiece: it succeeds in slowly but steadily increasing the tension (like the boiler slowly creeping to the point of no return)" — Richard Chizmar, acclaimed horror author
"To say that Stephen King is not an elegant writer is putting it mildly" — Jack Sullivan, New York Times Book Review
Be the first to review this book!
*As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.