Stephen King publicará un nuevo libro
El instituto fue el último título de King que salió a la venta el 10 de septiembre de 2019. Ahora, el 3 de octubre se anunció que saldrá una nueva obra de Stephen King: If It Bleeds; Si sangra en español.
Según la web oficial stephenking.com, el libro se compondrá de cuatro novelas: Mr. Harrigan´s Phone, The Life of Chuck, Rat y If It Bleeds. Por su parte, Entertainment Weekly ―revista de Time INC. sobre producciones populares de cine, televisión y literatura, entre otros― reveló el siguiente fragmento del que aún no se sabe a cuál de las historias podría pertenecer, aunque tal vez se relacione con El visitante:
“[In January of 2021, a small padded envelope addressed to Detective Ralph Anderson is delivered to the Conrads, the Andersons’ next-door neighbors. The Anderson family is on an extended vacation in the Bahamas, thanks to an endless teachers’ strike in the Andersons’ home county. (Ralph insisted that his son Derek bring his books, which Derek termed “a grotesque bummer.”) The Conrads have agreed to forward their mail until the Andersons return to Flint City, but printed on this envelope, in large letters, is DO NOT FORWARD HOLD FOR ARRIVAL. When Ralph opens the package, he finds a flash drive titled If It Bleeds, presumably referring to the old news trope which proclaims “If it bleeds, it leads.” The drive contains two items. One is a folder containing photographs and audio spectrograms. The other is a kind of report, or spoken-word diary, from Holly Gibney, with whom the detective shared a case that began in Oklahoma and ended in a Texas cave. It was a case that changed Ralph Anderson’s perception of reality forever. The final words of Holly’s audio report are from an entry dated December 19th, 2020. She sounds out of breath.
“I have done the best I can, Ralph, but it may not be enough. In spite of all my planning there’s a chance I won’t come out of this alive. If that’s the case, I need you to know how much your friendship has meant to me. If I do die, and you choose to continue what I’ve started, please be careful. You have a wife and son.
“[This is where the report ends.]”
King ya tiene otros libros recopilatorios de novelas cortas como Las cuatro estaciones y Todo oscuro, sin estrellas, sumándose ahora al grupo la presente nueva entrega, que se publicará el 5 de mayo de 2020 al menos en inglés. Esperemos que no tarde en ser traducida.
