– "Let The Right One In" is a Swedish horror novel that has been translated into English for a wider audience. It has also been made into a foreign language film and is considered to be very mature and adult in nature, dealing as it does with the legend of the vampire in ways that have seldom been done before. Oskar is a twelve year old boy who is victim to some paticulary nasty bullying. These bullies make his life hell and Oskar becomes a very isolated and lonely boy. Then, one night, he meets Eli at the playground outside his building and learns she has moved into the apartment next door. Instantly the two form a strong bond of friendship that nothing can come between, and Oskar slowly develops the strength of will and confidence to stand up to his tormentors. But something else is afoot in the local area and suddenly bodies are turning up dead and drained of blood. "Let The Right One In" is a truly scary, intense and dramatic novel about the legend of vampires, it makes "Twilight" into a children's novel. Solid writing and engaging plot! Don't let them in!
Let the Right One In
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'Exquisitely beautiful and heartbreakingly sad… so painfully tender that, as you watch the show, it feels as if layers of your skin are gradually being flayed from your body'
» Guardian
A dark and visceral coming-of-age vampire love story, based on the acclaimed novel and film.
Oskar is a bullied, lonely, teenage boy living with his mother on a housing estate at the edge of town, when a spate of sinister killings rocks the neighbourhood.
Les merA dark and visceral coming-of-age vampire love story, based on the acclaimed novel and film.
Oskar is a bullied, lonely, teenage boy living with his mother on a housing estate at the edge of town, when a spate of sinister killings rocks the neighbourhood.
Eli is the young girl who has just moved in next door. She doesn't go to school and never leaves the flat by day. Sensing in each other a kindred spirit, the two become devoted friends. What Oskar doesn't know is that Eli has been a teenager for a very long time…
Jack Thorne's adaptation of Let The Right One In, based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, premiered in June 2013 at the Dundee Rep Theatre in a production by the National Theatre of Scotland, before transferring to London's Royal Court Theatre in November 2013. It won the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Theatre in 2014.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Nick Hern Books
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781848423749
- Utgivelsesår
- 2013
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
- Priser
- South Bank Sky Arts Award for Theatre 2014
Om forfatteren
John Ajvide Lindqvist is a Swedish novelist and short story writer, mostly working in the horror genre. He wrote the screenplay for the 2008 Swedish-language film of his best-selling novel Let the Right One In.
Jack Thorne is an award-winning writer for radio, television, film and theatre. His plays include Fanny and Faggot (Finborough Theatre), Stacy (Arcola Theatre), 2nd May 1997 (Bush Theatre), Bunny (Underbelly, Fringe First Award 2010), a version of Duerrenmatt’s The Physicists (Donmar Warehouse) and Mydidae (Drywrite/Soho Theatre, then Trafalgar Studios). His work for television includes cultural phenomenon Skins, and the BAFTA-winning series This is England ’88 and The Fades.
Anmeldelser
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'Exquisitely beautiful and heartbreakingly sad… so painfully tender that, as you watch the show, it feels as if layers of your skin are gradually being flayed from your body'
» Guardian
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'Moving and haunting... a rich and beautiful theatrical experience that is by turns gripping and tender'
» Herald
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'A chilling and moving piece of theatre, full of pain, terror and unexpected moments of comedy'
» Scotsman
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'Exquisitely sad and witty... [it will] wring your heart while scaring the mortal stuffing out of you'
» Ben Brantley, New York Times
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'Extraordinary… sets new standards in atmospheric scariness… takes you to the edge of human experience with eye-opening candour, beauty and ingenuity'
» WhatsOnStage
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'Remarkable… gratifyingly scary… dark and striking'
» Telegraph
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'Astonishing... at once beautifully intimate and bedazzingly epic'
» Time Out
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– Dette er en meget merkelig og orginal bok. Man blir sugd inn i den fra første side, og vil føle avsky og spenning mens man leser denne boken. I denne boken treffer man mobbeofferet Oscar, eller grisen som han kalles på skolen. Han har få venner, men så en dag treffer han ei jente på lekeplassen og hun er ikke som andre. Og det er en morder løs i Blackeberg. Dette er en veldig uvanlig bok, det er vampyrer, mord, og en rekke andre ting som er spennende og ekkelt å lese om. Enkelte personer i boken føler man intens avsky mot, mens andre får du sympati for. Dette er en veldig spesiell bok, men den er morsom å lese.