It – Stephen King – Stephen King

It – Stephen King – Stephen King |

tis a 1986horror novelby American authorStephen King. It was his 22nd book, and his 18th novel written under his own name. The story follows the experiences of seven children as they are terrorized by anentitythat exploits the fears and phobias of its victims to disguise itself while hunting its prey. “It” primarily appears in the form of ‘Pennywise the Dancing Clown’ to attract its preferred prey of young children.

The novel is told throughnarratives alternatingbetween two periods, and is largely told in thethird-person omniscient mode.Itdeals with themes that eventually became King staples: the power of memory, childhood trauma and its recurrent echoes in adulthood, the ugliness lurking behind a fa?ade of small-town quaintness, and overcoming evil through mutual trust and sacrifice.