Stephen King, the king of the contemporary thriller and master of popular fiction in the world. Since 1980's, in the American bestseller list over the years, his works are always ranked first, stays at a high level.
As we all know, King's many works have become hot cakes of Hollywood producers for a very long time. More than 70 classic movies and TV shows were drawn from his works, including The Shining, The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption and so on.
Different Seasons is a collection of Stephen King's 4 outstanding novellas most valued by readers. After the launch of its English version, it was on the New York Times' bestseller titles list quickly, and sold 280000 copies that year in the United States.
Different Seasons
| Name | Subtitle | Synopsis | Film adaptation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption | Hope Springs Eternal | the most satisfying tale of unjust imprisonment and offbeat escape since The Count of Monte Cristo | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) |
| Apt Pupil | Summer of Corruption | a golden California schoolboy and an old man whose hideous past he uncovers enter into a fateful and chilling mutual parasitism | Apt Pupil (1998) |
| The Body | Fall From Innocence | four rambunctious young boys venture into the Maine woods and in sunlight and thunder find life, death, and intimations of their own mortality | Stand by Me (1986) |
| The Breathing Method | A Winter's Tale | a tale told in a strange club about a woman determined to give birth no matter what | 1982 |
The other two novellas in this collection Apt Pupil and The Body also won good reputation after cinematized. In particular, The Body was also seen as a Stephen King's most autobiographical work.?
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