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Rosemary's Baby - Paperback
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Rosemary's Baby
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- Feels
- Tense, Eerie
- Kind of story
- Occult and possession, Psychological horror, Classic
- About
- Motherhood, Faith, Isolation
- Pace
- Steady
- How dark
- 3 of 5. Dark, with real menace
- Romance
- None to speak of
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by Ira Levin. Introduction by Chuck Palahniuk
The genre-defining classic that ushered in the era of modern horror
One of the best-selling books of all time, Rosemary's Baby is a foundational work of suspense and psychological horror which remains as powerful and chilling as the day it was written. Hailed by Truman Capote as a "darkly brilliant tale" and adapted with near-total fidelity into the monumental film starring Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes, Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby ushered in the era of contemporary horror as we know it, opening the floodgates to later works such as The Exorcist and The Omen. Levin ingeniously fused gothic literary tradition with modern-day New York, creating an enduring classic which the New York Times placed on its recent list of "The 25 Most Significant New York City Novels From the Last 100 Years."
Rosemary Woodhouse and her struggling-actor husband Guy are thrilled to move into the Bramford, a sought-after Manhattan apartment building prized for its Victorian details and gargoyled facade. Yet as they learn of a darker side to the building's history - and become acquainted with their overly attentive neighbors, the Castevets - unspoken tensions enter into the young couples' relationship. Matters improve when Guy lands a major role, and Rosemary at last becomes pregnant. But as her pregnancy takes frightening turns, Rosemary begins to question if her neighbors' heightened interest is strictly innocent, or if their motivations - and those of Guy himself - portend terrifying consequences for her, and her unborn child. Is Rosemary "...going mad, or going sane"?
Foreword by Chuck Palahniuk.
Details
- Author: Ira Levin
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 248
- Published: October 03, 2023
- Size: 5.4 x 8.4 x 1 in
- ISBN: 9798212642460
Praise
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Suspense is beautifully intertwined with everyday incidents; the delicate line between belief and disbelief is faultlessly drawn.
New York Times
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Rosemary's Baby launched a literary movement in contemporary horror that would usher in The Exorcist, The Amityville Horror, and the entire early career of Stephen King. Levin brought the gothic to the contemporary world.
Chicago Tribune
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There are books which document the culture and books that create it, and Rosemary's Baby is both.
Chuck Palahniuk, award-winning author of Fight Club
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Suspicion. Fear. A dark secret at the core of the narrative. Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby possesses all the elements of a great mystery.
Esquire
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