The Award Tally
FictionNonfiction

Wishlist

Saved in this browser only - it isn't synced to your other devices.

Back to the full ranking
The Talisman cover

The Talisman

Stephen King, Peter Straub

0

awards won

5

score

#2371 of 8,085 books · #227 in Horror

Shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (1985) and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1985).

The Talisman won the #1 New York Times bestseller list. Jack Sawyer, twelve years old, is about to begin a most fantastic journey, an exalting, terrifying quest for the mystical Talisman—the only thing that can save Jack's dying mother. But to reach his goal, Jack must make his way not only across the breadth of the United States but also through the wondrous and menacing parallel world of the Territories. In the Territories, Jack finds another realm, where the air is so sweet and clear a man can smell a radish being pulled from the ground a mile away—and a life can be snuffed out instantly in the continuing struggle between good and evil. Here Jack discovers "Twinners," reflections of the people he knows on earth—most notably Queen Laura DeLoessian, the Twinner of Jack's own imperiled mother. As Jack "flips" between worlds, making his way westward toward the redemptive Talisman, a sequence of heart-stopping encounters challenges him at every step.

Buy this book at AmazonAd
Publisher
Viking Press
ISBN-13
9781451698367
Topics
Quest/journeyParallel worldsComing of age

Other awarded books from Stephen King, Peter Straub

If you liked The Talisman, you could also like these

Similar Topics