Título: Psycho: A Novel
Autor: Robert Bloch
Sinopse: "“Icily terrifying!” —New York Times
“Psycho all came from Robert Bloch’s book.” —Alfred Hitchcock
“Robert Bloch is one of the all-time masters.” —Peter Straub
If you love to be scared, or are a fan of classic movies, then you know the story of Norman Bates, his mother, and the dark and frightening Bates Motel. Alfred Hitchcock’s taut, shocking scare-fest starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh is a classic movie, as scary today as it was in 1960 when it was first released. The shower scene may be the most famous scene in movie history.
Here is the 1959 novel upon which the movie is based. Robert Bloch based his taut psychological thriller on the all-too-real story of Ed Gein, a psychotic murderer who led a dual life. It was here that the legend of the Bates Motel was born.
Norman Bates loved his mother, though she has been dead for the past twenty years. Or is she dead? Norman knows better. He has lived with Mother ever since leaving the hospital in the old house up on the hill above the rundown Bates Motel. One night Norman welcomes a beautiful woman who checks into the motel, and spies on her as she undresses. Norman can’t help himself. Mother is there, though. She is there to protect Norman from his filthy thoughts. She is there to protect him with her butcher knife!
The story of Norman Bates and his mother has become one of the best known in the annals of horror. But if you only know the Hitchcock movie or The Bates Motel prequel television series starring Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates and Vera Farmiga as his mother, then you don’t know the whole story, because it was Robert Block who first brought their story to the world.
Prepare to be terrified all over again!"
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Psycho: A Novel”, de Robert Bloch, publicado pela editora Harry N. Abrams, em 2010 e com 176 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Harry N. Abrams
Páginas: 176
Ano: 2010-05-25
Edição: 1
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1590203356
ISBN13: 9781590203354
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Harry N. Abrams oferecem uma experiência de leitura que mescla narrativa visual e textual com forte apelo para públicos variados, especialmente jovens leitores e interessados em temas culturais e históricos. O catálogo sugere uma predileção por obras ilustradas, desde graphic novels com aventuras temporais até livros infantis que exploram ciência, liderança e diversidade cultural. Há também títulos que combinam humor e crítica social, com narrativas em formatos contemporâneos como emails e mensagens de texto, além de livros que dialogam com tradições artísticas e folclóricas, como as calaveras mexicanas ou o universo das fadas. O tom varia do didático ao lúdico, com ritmo que pode ser tanto dinâmico e leve quanto mais contemplativo e detalhado.
