Different Seasons
Books | Fiction / Horror
4.3
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Stephen King
Includes the stories “The Body” and “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption”—set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine A “hypnotic” (The New York Times Book Review) collection of four novellas—including the inspirations behind the films Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption—from Stephen King, bound together by the changing of seasons, each taking on the theme of a journey with strikingly different tones and characters.This gripping collection begins with “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,” in which an unjustly imprisoned convict seeks a strange and startling revenge—the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award-nominee The Shawshank Redemption. Next is “Apt Pupil,” the inspiration for the film of the same name about top high school student Todd Bowden and his obsession with the dark and deadly past of an older man in town. In “The Body,” four rambunctious young boys plunge through the façade of a small town and come face-to-face with life, death, and intimations of their own mortality. This novella became the movie Stand By Me. Finally, a disgraced woman is determined to triumph over death in “The Breathing Method.” “The wondrous readability of his work, as well as the instant sense of communication with his characters, are what make Stephen King the consummate storyteller that he is,” hailed the Houston Chronicle about Different Seasons.
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Author
Stephen King
Pages
608
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2016-03-29
ISBN
1501143484 9781501143489
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"I love this book because in it are at least two stories that were made into movies...
The first: many of you have seen “ The Shawshank redemption” well now you can read the story that inspired the movie
Second: was also made into a movie with Ian mckellen called “ The apt pupil”
The other stories I have not yet read but Stephen king does not often disappoint readers... back to readin! "
"Four different novellas:<br/><br/>I have already watched the film adaptations of two of these, so I feel it is a bit challenging to rate. <br/><br/>Rita Hayworth & Shawshank Redemption - 3 stars, I love the movie version of this<br/><br/>Apt Pupil - 4 stars. I have never seen the movie (and probably won't!), this was definitely the most scary tale in this collection<br/><br/>The Body - 3 stars. Love the film "Stand By Me," and this follows almost exactly<br/><br/>The Breathing Method - 3 stars, but not as strong as the other 3 novellas"
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Rebekah Travis
"Shawshank redemption, stand by me and apt pupil were all based on these novellas."
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Eric Grimes
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