Мендал У. Джонсон — последние издания книг

Барбара – обычная двадцатилетняя студентка, которую нанимают присматривать за двумя детьми богатой семьи Адамсов, пока их отец и мать уезжают на неделю в отпуск. В ее распоряжении большой уединенный дом, машина, а Синди и Бобби, за которыми она следит, послушны и добры. Но только на первый взгляд. Однажды утром Барбара просыпается привязанной к кровати. Поначалу она думает, что дети шутят или, как они объясняют, хотят почувствовать себя свободными от надзора взрослых. Но шутка затягивается и вскоре перерастает в настоящий кошмар. Ведь у Бобби и Синди есть друзья, и у них совсем другие планы.

Эта книга была опубликована в 1974 году. С тех пор она приобрела славу самого страшного, жуткого и неприятного романа ужасов из всех, что были изданы до 1990-х годов. Ее влияние можно найти в таких произведениях, как «Мизери» и «Игра Джералда» Стивена Кинга, «Девушка по соседству» Джека Кетчама и «Забавные игры» Михаэля Ханеке. Ее называли радикальной версией «Повелителя мух» Уильяма Голдинга и самой мизантропической книгой в мире. Этот роман написан по мотивам реального убийства Сильвии Лайкенс, потрясшего Америку 1960-х годов, и породил целых два неофициальных продолжения. Барбара - обычная двадцатилетняя студентка, которую нанимают…

Surely, it was only a game. In the orderly, pleasant world Barbara inhabited, nice children -- and they were nice children -- didn't hold an adult captive.

But what Barbara didn't count on was the heady effect their new-found freedom would have on the children. Their wealthy parents were away in Europe, and in this rural area of Maryland, the next house was easily a quarter of a mile away. The power of adults was in their hands, and they were tempted by it. They tasted it and toyed with it -- their only aim was to test its limits. Each child was consumed by his own individual lust and caught up with the others in sadistic manipulation and passion, until finally, step by step, their grim game strips away the layers of childishness to reveal the vicious psyche, conceived in evil and educated in society's sophisticated violence, that lies always within civilized men.

More than a terrifying horror story, Let's Go Play At The Adams' is a compelling psychological exercise of brooding insights and deadly implications.

DarkSide e Macabra se unem para resgatar o clássico perturbador de Mendal W. Johnson

“Eles são apenas crianças... É apenas um jogo.” Foi o que Barbara, uma adorável babá de 20 anos, disse a si mesma quando acordou amarrada e amordaçada na casa dos Adams. Tinha que ser apenas um jogo.

No mundo perfeito e pacato que Barbara habitava, crianças comuns não mantinham um adulto cativo. Mas ela não contava com a inebriante crueldade que morava nessas crianças ― com os pais ricos de férias em algum lugar bem longe de casa, elas se viram no direito de explorar seus impulsos violentos em um jogo macabro e sádico. O que poderia ter sido uma brincadeira de muito mau gosto que passou dos limites logo se transforma em um jogo torturante de controle e deleite.

Quando os Adams Saíram de Férias, novo título da DarkSide Books em parceria com a Macabra Filmes, é uma das obras mais inquietantes e por vezes repulsiva do horror contemporâneo. Nas décadas que se seguiram à sua publicação original, em 1974, o best-seller de Mendal W. Johnson ganhou uma reputação à altura de suas palavras ― foi chamado de vil, maligno, perturbador e angustiante. Finais alternativos foram escritos por leitores incapazes de aceitar as sombras lançadas pelo autor, e o alívio de concluir a leitura se mostrou inigualável.

A violência transborda e parece gratuita, mas ela segue o fluxo irracional e primal da crueldade contida em cada personagem. Quando os Adams Saíram de Férias reúne a psique deturpada e evoca obras como Menina Má, O Senhor das Moscas e A Garota da Casa ao Lado ― este último, inspirado na mesma história que levou Johnson a escrever seu livro: o assassinato da jovem Sylvia Likens, de 16 anos, filha de artistas circenses cuja vida instável a deixava com frequência aos cuidados de amigos ou parentes quando os pais viajavam.

Após um longo período de férias das estantes brasileiras, a DarkSide Books e a Macabra Filmes resgatam este clássico transgressor baseado em fatos que deixa explícita a natureza cruel da humanidade. Prepare seu estômago.

Surely, it was only a game. In the orderly, pleasant world Barbara inhabited, nice children -- and they were nice children -- didn't hold an adult captive.

But what Barbara didn't count on was the heady effect their new-found freedom would have on the children. Their wealthy parents were away in Europe, and in this rural area of Maryland, the next house was easily a quarter of a mile away. The power of adults was in their hands, and they were tempted by it. They tasted it and toyed with it -- their only aim was to test its limits. Each child was consumed by his own individual lust and caught up with the others in sadistic manipulation and passion, until finally, step by step, their grim game strips away the layers of childishness to reveal the vicious psyche, conceived in evil and educated in society's sophisticated violence, that lies always within civilized men.

More than a terrifying horror story, Let's Go Play At The Adams' is a compelling psychological exercise of brooding insights and deadly implications.

"Zabawmy się u Adamsów" to powieść o złu w czystej postaci, złu którego korzenie sięgają najgłębszych pokładów naszej podświadomości. To książka o tym, jak niewiele potrzeba, by pękła cienka granica, jaka dzieli człowieczeństwo od bestialstwa. O tym, w jaki sposób sprzyjające okoliczności budzą w nas uśpione demony. Wstrząsająca, brutalna, kontrowersyjna powieść Mandala W. Johnsona, z 1974 roku, nigdy wcześniej nie była wydana w Polsce.

Dwudziestoletnia studentka Barbara podejmuje pracę jako opiekunka dwojga dzieci, których rodzice wyjechali na tygodniowe wakacje do Europy. Trzynastoletni Bobby i dziesięcioletnia Cindy Adams, to urocze, inteligentne, dobrze wychowane rodzeństwo, które czas wolny spędza najchętniej w towarzystwie nieco starszych przyjaciół mieszkających w sąsiedztwie: Dianne, Johna i Paula McVeightów. Znudzeni brakiem rozrywek i złaknieni ekscytujących doznań postanawiają zabawić się kosztem Barbary. Dziewczyna zostaje uwięziona, a dzieci zaczynają prowadzić z nią grę. Coś, co z początku wydaje się niewinnym psikusem, szybko wymyka się spod kontroli. Pozbawiona nadzoru i upojona poczuciem wolności młodzież zaczyna z socjopatyczną przyjemnością ulegać najbardziej prymitywnym instynktom.

"They're just kids.... It's only a game." That's what Barbara, a lovely 20-year-old babysitter told herself when she awoke bound and gagged. But the knots were tight and painful and the children would not let her go.

"They're just kids.... It's only a game," she told herself again. But the terror was real...and deadly!

In the decades since its original publication, Mendal W. Johnson's best-seller Let's Go Play at the Adams' (1974) has gained a reputation as one of the most harrowing horror novels ever written, and copies have long been unobtainable except at exorbitant prices. Now this first-ever audiobook version of the novel, read by award-winning narrator Matt Godfrey, adds a new dimension of horror to this cult masterpiece.

"They're just kids ... It's only a game." That's what Barbara, a lovely twenty-year-old babysitter told herself when she awoke bound and gagged. But the knots were tight and painful and the children would not let her go. "They're just kids ... It's only a game," she told herself again. But the terror was real ... and deadly! In the decades since its original publication, Mendal W. Johnson's bestseller Let's Go Play at the Adams' (1974) has gained a reputation as one of the most harrowing horror novels ever written, and copies have long been unobtainable except at exorbitant prices. This edition reproduces the original paperback cover art and features a new introduction by Grady Hendrix (Paperbacks from Hell), in which details about this cult masterpiece's enigmatic author are revealed for the first time.

Die 70er bis 90er Jahre brachten in den USA eine Flut trivialer Horrorromane hervor, von denen die meisten so schnell wieder vergessen wurden, wie sie erschienen. Eine Handvoll indes blieb zumindest Kennern als literarische Perlen in Erinnerung – und ebendiese sind es, die der Festa-Verlag nunmehr in der neuen Reihe „Pulp Legends“ als limitierte Sammlerausgaben zu veröffentlichen beginnt. Den Anfang der Serie macht der Psychothriller „Komm, wir spielen bei den Adams“ von Mendal W. Johnson. Barbara ist eine herzensgute, wenngleich etwas naive Studentin, die sich nichts Böses davon verspricht, als Babysitter für zwei Kinder einzuspringen,…

Surely, it was only a game. In the orderly, pleasant world Barbara inhabited, nice children -- and they were nice children -- didn't hold an adult captive.

But what Barbara didn't count on was the heady effect their new-found freedom would have on the children. Their wealthy parents were away in Europe, and in this rural area of Maryland, the next house was easily a quarter of a mile away. The power of adults was in their hands, and they were tempted by it. They tasted it and toyed with it -- their only aim was to test its limits. Each child was consumed by his own individual lust and caught up with the others in sadistic manipulation and passion, until finally, step by step, their grim game strips away the layers of childishness to reveal the vicious psyche, conceived in evil and educated in society's sophisticated violence, that lies always within civilized men.

More than a terrifying horror story, Let's Go Play At The Adams' is a compelling psychological exercise of brooding insights and deadly implications.

Elbette bu sadece bir oyundu. Barbara'nın yaşadığı düzenli, hoş dünyada, iyi çocuklar -ki onlar da iyi çocuklardı- yetişkinleri esir almıyordu.

Ancak Barbara'nın hesaba katmadığı şey, yeni buldukları özgürlüğün çocuklar üzerinde yaratacağı baş döndürücü etkiydi. Zengin ebeveynleri Avrupa'da uzaktaydı ve Maryland'in bu kırsal bölgesinde, bir sonraki ev kolayca çeyrek mil uzaktaydı. Yetişkinlerin gücü ellerindeydi ve onlar bu gücün cazibesine kapılıyordu. Onu tattılar ve onunla oynadılar; tek amaçları onun sınırlarını test etmekti. Her çocuk kendi bireysel şehveti tarafından tüketildi ve diğerleriyle birlikte sadist manipülasyon ve tutkuya kapıldı, ta ki en sonunda, adım adım acımasız oyunları çocukluğun katmanlarını söküp atarak, kötülükle tasarlanmış ve toplum içinde eğitilmiş kısır ruhu ortaya çıkarıncaya kadar. her zaman uygar insanların içinde olan karmaşık şiddet.

Surely, it was only a game. In the orderly, pleasant world Barbara inhabited, nice children -- and they were nice children -- didn't hold an adult captive.But what Barbara didn't count on was the heady effect their new-found freedom would have on the children. Their wealthy parents were away in Europe, and in this rural area of Maryland, the next house was easily a quarter of a mile away. The power of adults was in their hands, and they were tempted by it. They tasted it and toyed with it -- their only aim was to test its limits. Each child was consumed by his own individual lust and caught up with the others in sadistic manipulation and passion, until finally, step by step, their grim game strips away the layers of childishness to reveal the vicious psyche, conceived in evil and educated in society's sophisticated violence, that lies always within civilized men.More than a terrifying horror story, Let's Go Play At The Adams' is a compelling psychological exercise of brooding insights and deadly implications.

Conta a história de Barbara, uma babá norte-americana de 19 anos que se encontra nas mãos de cinco adolescentes, dois do qual ela foi contratada para cuidar. Era um jogo, que se baseava em maltratá-la, a submetê-la a situações precárias, o jogo chamava-se "Libedade 5".
À medida em que as crianças começavam a aceitar tal violência como um fato normal, a fantasia transforma-se em horror. A jovem passa a sofrer toda espécie de degradações como fome, tortura e violência sexual. Sua vida agora corre perigo.

Seguramente fue sólo un juego. En el mundo ordenado y agradable que habitaba Barbara, los niños agradables (y eran niños agradables) no mantenían cautivo a un adulto.

Pero con lo que Barbara no contaba era con el efecto embriagador que su nueva libertad tendría en los niños. Sus padres adinerados estaban en Europa y, en esta zona rural de Maryland, la casa siguiente estaba fácilmente a un cuarto de milla de distancia. El poder de los adultos estaba en sus manos y se sentían tentados por él. Lo probaron y jugaron con él; su único objetivo era probar sus límites. Cada niño fue consumido por su lujuria individual y atrapado con los demás en manipulación y pasión sádicas, hasta que finalmente, paso a paso, su sombrío juego va despojando las capas de puerilidad para revelar la psique viciosa, concebida en el mal y educada en la sociedad. violencia sofisticada, que siempre reside en los hombres civilizados.

Surely, it was only a game. In the orderly, pleasant world Barbara inhabited, nice children -- and they were nice children -- didn't hold an adult captive.

But what Barbara didn't count on was the heady effect their new-found freedom would have on the children. Their wealthy parents were away in Europe, and in this rural area of Maryland, the next house was easily a quarter of a mile away. The power of adults was in their hands, and they were tempted by it. They tasted it and toyed with it -- their only aim was to test its limits. Each child was consumed by his own individual lust and caught up with the others in sadistic manipulation and passion, until finally, step by step, their grim game strips away the layers of childishness to reveal the vicious psyche, conceived in evil and educated in society's sophisticated violence, that lies always within civilized men.

More than a terrifying horror story, Let's Go Play at the Adams' is a compelling psychological exercise of brooding insights and deadly implications.

Barbara, lovely young babysitter, awoke bound and gagged, a helpless captive of solemn twelve-year old Bobby and his younger sister Cindy. It's only a game, she told herself at first. At first, she wasn't frightened. But then she came to realize this was no ordinary prank. Her charges and three of their friends were completely caught up in their new-found power, and determined to experiment with it—to its limits. They had in store for their victim a series of ordeals such as only the compassionless childish mind, schooled in today's sophisticated violence, could conceive.

Surely, it was only a game. In the orderly, pleasant world Barbara inhabited, nice children -- and they were nice children -- didn't hold an adult captive.But what Barbara didn't count on was the heady effect their new-found freedom would have on the children. Their wealthy parents were away in Europe, and in this rural area of Maryland, the next house was easily a quarter of a mile away. The power of adults was in their hands, and they were tempted by it. They tasted it and toyed with it -- their only aim was to test its limits. Each child was consumed by his own individual lust and caught up with the others in sadistic manipulation and passion, until finally, step by step, their grim game strips away the layers of childishness to reveal the vicious psyche, conceived in evil and educated in society's sophisticated violence, that lies always within civilized men.More than a terrifying horror story, Let's Go Play At The Adams' is a compelling psychological exercise of brooding insights and deadly implications.

Seguramente fue sólo un juego. En el mundo ordenado y agradable que habitaba Barbara, los niños agradables (y eran niños agradables) no mantenían cautivo a un adulto.

Pero con lo que Barbara no contaba era con el efecto embriagador que su nueva libertad tendría en los niños. Sus padres adinerados estaban en Europa y, en esta zona rural de Maryland, la casa siguiente estaba fácilmente a un cuarto de milla de distancia. El poder de los adultos estaba en sus manos y se sentían tentados por él. Lo probaron y jugaron con él; su único objetivo era probar sus límites. Cada niño fue consumido por su lujuria individual y atrapado con los demás en manipulación y pasión sádicas, hasta que finalmente, paso a paso, su sombrío juego va despojando las capas de puerilidad para revelar la psique viciosa, concebida en el mal y educada en la sociedad. violencia sofisticada, que siempre reside en los hombres civilizados.

«Не сомневайтесь: если вы впечатлительны, эта книга не для вас. Это предельно серьезный и проработанный текст – притча о подростковой дикости, пропитанная настроением жаркого лета». Rue Morgue
Барбара – обычная двадцатилетняя студентка, которую нанимают присматривать за двумя детьми богатой семьи Адамсов, пока их отец и мать уезжают на неделю в отпуск. В ее распоряжении большой уединенный дом, машина, а Синди и Бобби, за которыми она следит, послушны и добры. Но только на первый взгляд. Однажды утром Барбара просыпается привязанной к кровати. Поначалу она думает, что дети шутят или, как они объясняют, хотят почувствовать себя свободными от надзора взрослых. Но шутка затягивается и вскоре перерастает в настоящий кошмар. Ведь у Бобби и Синди есть друзья, и у них совсем другие планы.
Copyright 1974 by Mendal W. Johnson
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This hardback book "Let's Go Plat at the Adams" is pre-owned and is in good condition. It is 1974. The dust cover has tears on the front and back cover at the top and the spine also. On the first page it has the name of the previous owner written. I do not see markings in the book but I did not look at each page.