Pet Sematary (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Stephen King
- First Published: 1983
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—occult
- Time of Work: The early 1980’s
- Setting: The small farming community of Ludlow, near Bangor, Maine
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy, Magical and occult fantasy
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, 1980’s, New England, Farms, farmers, or farming, Accidents, Death or dying, Cannibalism, Resurrection, Maine
- Locales: Maine
The Plot
Pet Sematary contains three large sections, each of which is prefaced by a paraphrasing of the portions of John’s Gospel that tell the story of Christ’s raising of Lazarus from the dead. A long headnote sets the theme and tone. Stephen King concludes the headnote with this sentence: “Death is a mystery, and burial is a secret.”
Dr. Louis Creed, his wife, Rachel, their five-year-old daughter, Ellie, and their one-year-old son, Gage, have moved from Chicago because Louis has accepted the position of physician at the University of Maine. On their...
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