Different Seasons

Description

Different Seasons (1982) is a collection of four Stephen King novellas with a more dramatic bend, rather than the horror fiction for which King is famous. The four novellas are tied together via subtitles that relate to each of the four seasons. [Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption][1]--the most satisfying tale of unjust imprisonment and offbeat escape since The Count of Monte Cristo. [Apt Pupil][2]--a golden California schoolboy and an old man whose hideous past he uncovers enter into a fateful and chilling mutual parasitism. [The Body][3]--four rambunctious young boys venture into the Maine woods and in sunlight and thunder find life, death, and intimations of their own mortality. [The Breathing Method][4]--a tale told in a strange club about a woman determined to give birth no matter what. ([source][5]) [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14917488W/Rita_Hayworth_and_Shawshank_Redemption [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149093W/Apt_Pupil [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149108W/The_Body [4]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19652127W/The_Breathing_Method [5]: https://www.stephenking.com/library/story_collection/different_seasons.html

First Sentence

There's a guy like me in every state and federal prison in America, I guess-I'm the guy who can get it for you.

Description

FROM ONE OF THE GREATEST SHORT STORY WRITERS OF ALL TIME, a spellbinding collection of four novellas bound together by the changing of seasons, each taking on the theme of a journey with strikingly different tones and characters. Different Seasons begins with "Rita Hayworth and 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 obses- Sion with the dark and deadly past of an older man intown. In "The Body, " four rambunctious young boys plunge through the faqade of a small town and come face-to-face with life, death, and intimations of their own mortality. This novella became the acclaimed movie Stand by Me. Finally, a disgraced woman is determined to triumph over death in "The Breathing Method." --back cover

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Other Editions

• Different Seasons: Four NovellaspaperbackScribner2016-03-01
• Different SeasonsElectronic resourceSignet1983-01-01
• El Cuerpo/Different SeasonsPaperbackGrijalbo Mondadori Sa1983-06-01
• Different SeasonsSignet1986-08-29
• Different Seasons (Signet)Signet1986-08-29
• Différentes saisonsHardcoverFrance Loisirs1986-12-01