{"product_id":"different-seasons-four-novellas","title":"Different Seasons: Four Novellas","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA “hypnotic” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e) collection of four novellas—including the inspirations behind the films \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eStand By Me \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Shawshank Redemption\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\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\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis gripping collection begins with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein which an unjustly imprisoned convict seeks a strange and startling revenge—the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award-nominee \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Shawshank Redemption\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Next is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Apt Pupil,” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Body,”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eStand By Me\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Finally, a disgraced woman is determined to triumph over death in “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Breathing Method.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e about \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDifferent Seasons.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e}\"\u0026gt;\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50120093237533,"sku":"9781501143489","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781501143489.jpg?v=1751398262","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/different-seasons-four-novellas","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}