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| Title | : | Hearts in Atlantis |
| Author | : | Stephen King |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Film tie-in |
| Pages | : | Pages: 640 pages |
| Published | : | 2001 by New English Library (first published September 14th 1999) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Fantasy |
Stephen King
Paperback | Pages: 640 pages Rating: 3.83 | 81423 Users | 2035 Reviews
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Five interconnected, sequential narratives, set in the years from 1960 to 1999. Each story is deeply rooted in the sixties, and each is haunted by the Vietnam War.Stephen King, whose first novel, Carrie, was published in 1974, the year before the last U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam, is the first hugely popular writer of the TV generation. Images from that war -- and the protests against it -- had flooded America's living rooms for a decade. Hearts in Atlantis, King's newest fiction, is composed of five interconnected, sequential narratives, set in the years from 1960 to 1999. Each story is deeply rooted in the sixties, and each is haunted by the Vietnam War.
In Part One, "Low Men in Yellow Coats," eleven-year-old Bobby Garfield discovers a world of predatory malice in his own neighborhood. He also discovers that adults are sometimes not rescuers but at the heart of the terror.
In the title story, a bunch of college kids get hooked on a card game, discover the possibility of protest...and confront their own collective heart of darkness, where laughter may be no more than the thinly disguised cry of the beast.
In "Blind Willie" and "Why We're in Vietnam," two men who grew up with Bobby in suburban Connecticut try to fill the emptiness of the post-Vietnam era in an America which sometimes seems as hollow -- and as haunted -- as their own lives.
And in "Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling," this remarkable book's denouement, Bobby returns to his hometown where one final secret, the hope of redemption, and his heart's desire may await him.
Full of danger, full of suspense, most of all full of heart, Stephen King's new book will take some readers to a place they have never been...and others to a place they have never been able to completely leave.
Mention Books To Hearts in Atlantis
| Original Title: | Hearts in Atlantis |
| ISBN: | 0340818670 (ISBN13: 9780340818671) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | The Crimson King, American Law Enforcement, Ted Brautigan, Bobby Garfield, Liz Garfield, Carol Gerber, John Sullivan, Peter Riley, Willie Shearman, Ronnie Malenfant |
| Literary Awards: | World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Collection (2000), British Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Collection (2000) |
Rating Containing Books Hearts in Atlantis
Ratings: 3.83 From 81423 Users | 2035 ReviewsDiscuss Containing Books Hearts in Atlantis
Do the parts make a whole? Im not sure. But does it even matter when the totality adds up to something that held me totally enthralled from start to finish.The parts are made up of two novella length tales, two short stories and an epilogue that seeks to tie up loose ends. The uniting theme here is, I guess, the Vietnam War, although maybe its more about growing up and discovery and friendship and pain. I suppose its for the reader to decide. The stories flow chronologically and the first is setKing's last book of the 90's is probably the best surprise of my King reading project this far. This book is a display of enchanting storytelling, so good that long passages of little happening and small inconsistencies or lacking explanations simply do not matter at all. The first and longest story is a brilliant one about small-town kids, echoing Ray Bradbury, Dan Simmons' Summer of Night and Kings' own It, The Body and numerous others of course. A perfect blend of kids real, imagined and
This book is one of my all time favourites!
Little did I know what kind of Pandoras box I opened by reading this novel! I came upon it by accident:In 2003 I accompanied a nephew of mine (then 9 years old) on a chess-tournament because his father didnt have time. So I got stuck for a few days in the small (very small!) town called Wurmannsquick in Lower Bavaria with nothing to do while the kids were playing chess (which lasted pretty much all day). I went to the local supermarket, which was more like a minimarket, to see if I could find
As a Stephen King fan, I am surprised to be writing a review like this on one of his books. I am dissapointed in this King novel. The first story in the book was good. "Low Men in Yellow Coats" had a decent amount of plot to get me into the book. It was a very wise decision either on Mr. King's part or the Publishers part to put that at the beginning of the book. It was enough to capture me as a reader into reading further on.I would give that story alone about a 3... "Hearts in Atlantis" is
A Side-Read with the Non-Crunchies.3.5 Stars. This collection of novellas and short stories all intertwine into one lump story that I'll refer to as The Vietnam Story. SK was extremely anti-Vietnam War and it shows in these stories. Overall I gave the collection 3 1/2 stars. A few of the stories I loved and the rest were just okay. I did find it depressing and angry but also thought-provoking. SK is a great storyteller and I felt as though I was immersed into the 60s during all of the turmoil
If I could give six stars to this book, I would. And seven. And eight...And nine. And ten...
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