I Am Legend

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  I am legend descrive un individuo che cerca di sopravvivere e ridare un senso all’esistenza in un mondo spaventoso (essendo scomparsa per sempre la vecchia realtà), invaso da figure orrende che continuamente mettono a repentaglio la sua vita e la sanità mentale.
  Quest’uomo affronta la solitudin ... (continue)

  I am legend descrive un individuo che cerca di sopravvivere e ridare un senso all’esistenza in un mondo spaventoso (essendo scomparsa per sempre la vecchia realtà), invaso da figure orrende che continuamente mettono a repentaglio la sua vita e la sanità mentale.
  Quest’uomo affronta la solitudine più assoluta, deve cercare di abituarsi alle regole del nuovo contesto, costretto nel tempo a trovare normale ciò che prima non lo era. In questo percorso, senza rendersene conto, modifica i sentimenti, persegue nuovi scopi e cambia radicalmente le premesse e le valutazioni della realtà.
  Quando infine l’adattamento alla nuova realtà sopraggiunge si verificano eventi che ribaltano la nuova visione del mondo, così faticosamente ottenuta, e che costringono il personaggio a rivedere i comportamenti e le credenze che si era costruito. Fino allo stravolgimento finale in cui si rende conto di essere diventato egli stesso un pericolo ed un ostacolo alla sopravvivenza di altri.
  Un bel romanzo che, utilizzando artifici della narrativa di fantascienza e dell’orrore, è un percorso nei cambiamenti del senso dell’esistenza e degli scopi da perseguire, di un individuo posto di fronte a uno scenario sconvolgente.

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  I don't know what to think about this book. Surely, I liked it way more than the movie, because first it was well set in all the whole US environment (without actually naming a real city and a real street) and secondly because the not-happy-ending of the story, differently from the movie, was more c ... (continue)

  I don't know what to think about this book. Surely, I liked it way more than the movie, because first it was well set in all the whole US environment (without actually naming a real city and a real street) and secondly because the not-happy-ending of the story, differently from the movie, was more coherent with the whole settings.

  The plot was VERY ORIGINAL, especially if you think that this story was written in the 1954... the description of the techonlogy of that time gave much more humanity to Neville, our main character. Speaking of whom, I found that Matheson's characterization was quite good: he described a half tortured man and through the whole story we are able to find out what happened in his past that made him the man he is now. And what wasn't described with clear words was because it was so dark and horrible that it was left to the reader's immagination.

  On the other side, I was just disappointed by how things weren't described as well as, instead, the author was able to do in the short stories attached at the end of this edition of the book.
  The whole new society ordeal, how people could forget so easily that Neville was actually the NORMALITY, while they are some sort of abomination, how he started to made researches but suddenly we didn't know anything more about them, how Ruth could get so attached to him in such a short time, when instead others hated him so much, and on and on.

  So, this story is quite revolutionary, but there could be so much more that Matheson could do with it, instead of leaving at that.
  But I still suggest to read this book... you can find traces of King's style into it (well, the Master of Horror was clearly inspired by Matheson), you can find original sparks that aren't so frequent in today's horror literature and Matheson style, being so far from the common used one nowadays, is a small pearl that deserves to be analyzed and compared a bit more.

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  ― Esus said on Mar 14, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Loved it

  Great book definitely recommend it! More than just a vampire book, I am legend explores issues of loneliness, fear, death and reality (and it's got an unexpected twist at the end).

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  ― Thais said on Nov 21, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  I had no idea this book was about vampires! I liked this book a whole lot, but probably because I had no idea what to expect and the book's focus on science was interesting to me. The ending left a little to be desired, but they all can't end the way you want.

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  ― Rice Cooker said on Oct 5, 2009 about the Audio CD edition | Add your feedback

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  Magnifico.
  Sperando che un giorno qualcuno ne tragga un film decente, non come quella merda con Will Smith.

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  ― Ares79 said on Sep 4, 2009 | 2 feedbacks

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  ways better than the movie. and the other tales are cool, too. always well written and enjoyable. well done, mr. Matheson!

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  ― Chiara said on Aug 26, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 320 Pages
• Edition: 1st ORB pbk. ed
• ISBN-10: 031286504X
• ISBN-13: 9780312865047
• Publisher: Orb Books
• Pub date: Sep 15, 1997
• Dimensions: 21 cm x 14 cm x 2 cm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Library Binding and School & Library Binding
• In other languages:
  • 
    我是傳奇
    (繁體書)
  • 
    アイ・アム・レジェンド
    (和書)
  • 
    Je Suis Une Legende
    (Livres Français)
  • 
    Ich bin Legende.
    (Deutsche Bücher)
  • 
    Soy leyenda
    (Libros en Español)
  • 
    Eu sou a lenda
    (Livros em Português)
  • 
    Sóc Llegenda
    (llibres en català)
  • 
    Io sono leggenda
    (Libri Italiani)
  • 
    Jaz sem legenda
    (Slovenske knjige)

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