The Shining Stephen King Russian Hardcover Book Novel Bestseller New 18 USD

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The Shining mainly takes place in the fictional Overlook Hotel an isolated haunted resort hotel located in the Colorado Rockies. The history of the hotel which is described in backstory by several characters includes the deaths of some of its guests and of former winter caretaker Delbert Grady who succumbed to cabin fever and killed his family and himself. The plot centers on Jack Torrance his wife Wendy and their five-year-old son Danny who move into the hotel after Jack accepts the position as winter caretaker. Jack is an aspiring writer[1] and recovering alcoholic with anger issues which prior to the story had caused him to accidentally break Danny's arm and lose his position as a teacher after assaulting a student. Jack hopes that the hotel's seclusion will help him reconnect with his family and give him the motivation needed to work on a play. Danny unknown to his parents possesses telepathic abilities referred to as "the shining" that enable him to read minds and experience premonitions. The Torrances arrive at the hotel on closing day and are given a tour by the manager. They meet Dick Hallorann the chef who also possesses similar abilities to Danny's and helps to explain them to him giving Hallorann and Danny a special connection.[2] The remaining staff and guests depart the hotel leaving the Torrances alone in the hotel for the winter. As the Torrances settle in at the Overlook Danny sees ghosts and frightening visions. Although Danny is close to his parents he does not tell either of them about his visions because he senses that the care-taking job is important to his father and the family's future. Wendy considers leaving Jack at the Overlook to finish the job by himself; Danny refuses thinking his father will be happier if they stayed. However Danny soon realizes that his presence in the hotel makes the supernatural activity more powerful turning echoes of past tragedies into dangerous threats. Apparitions take solid form and the garden's topiary animals come to life. The winter snowfall leaves the Torrances cut off from the outside world in the isolated hotel. The Overlook has difficulty possessing Danny so it begins to possess Jack by frustrating his need and desire to work and by enticing him with the storied history of the hotel through a scrapbook and records in the basement. Jack starts to develop cabin fever and becomes increasingly unstable destroying a CB radio and sabotaging a snowmobile the only two links with the outside world the Torrances had. One day after a fight with Wendy Jack finds the hotel's bar fully stocked with liquor despite being previously empty and witnesses a party at which he meets the ghost of a bartender named Lloyd. As he gets drunk the hotel uses the ghost of the former caretaker Grady to urge Jack to kill his wife and son. He initially resists but the increasing influence of the hotel combined with Jack's own alcoholism and anger prove too great. He becomes a monster under the control of the hotel succumbing to his dark side.[3][4] Wendy and Danny get the better of Jack after he attacks Wendy locking him inside the walk-in pantry but the ghost of Delbert Grady releases him after he makes Jack promise to bring him Danny and to kill Wendy. Jack attacks Wendy with one of the hotel's roque mallets grievously injuring her but she escapes to the caretaker's suite and locks herself in the bathroom. Jack attempts to break the door with the mallet but Wendy slashes his hand with a razor blade to deter him.