{"product_id":"different-seasons-four-novellas-9781501143489","title":"Different Seasons: Four Novellas","description":"\u003cb\u003eIncludes the stories \"The Body\" and \"Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption\"--set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \"hypnotic\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) collection of four novellas--including the inspirations behind the films \u003ci\u003eStand By Me \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Shawshank Redemption\u003c\/i\u003e--from Stephen King, bound together by the changing of seasons, each taking on the theme of a journey with strikingly different tones and characters.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Shawshank Redemption\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \"The Body,\" four rambunctious young boys plunge through the fa?ade of a small town and come face-to-face with life, death, and intimations of their own mortality. This novella became the movie \u003ci\u003eStand By Me\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Finally, a disgraced woman is determined to triumph over death in \"The Breathing Method.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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 \u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e about \u003ci\u003eDifferent Seasons.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes \u003ci\u003eNever Flinch \u003c\/i\u003e(May 2025), the short story collection \u003ci\u003eYou Like It Darker (\u003c\/i\u003ea \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003etop ten horror book of 2024), \u003ci\u003eHolly\u003c\/i\u003e (a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2023), \u003ci\u003eFairy Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBilly Summers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIf It Bleeds\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Institute\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElevation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSleeping Beauties\u003c\/i\u003e (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: \u003ci\u003eEnd of Watch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinders Keepers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMr. Mercedes\u003c\/i\u003e (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel \u003ci\u003e11\/22\/63\u003c\/i\u003e was named a top ten book of 2011 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e and won the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Mystery\/Thriller. His epic works \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Tower\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePet Sematary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDoctor Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFirestarter\u003c\/i\u003e are the basis for major motion pictures, with \u003ci\u003eIt \u003c\/i\u003enow the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50578865029394,"sku":"9781501143489","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_efa64e6b-0107-48b8-8a2f-57d2e21aad8f.jpg?v=1737301811","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/different-seasons-four-novellas-9781501143489","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}