u003cbu003eIncludes the stories “The Body” and “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption”—set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maineu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eA “hypnotic” (u003ciu003eThe New York Times Book Reviewu003c/iu003e) collection of four novellas—including the inspirations behind the films u003ciu003eStand By Me u003c/iu003eand u003ciu003eThe Shawshank Redemptionu003c/iu003e—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/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eThis 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 u003ciu003eThe Shawshank Redemptionu003c/iu003e.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e 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.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e In “The Body,” 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 u003ciu003eStand By Meu003c/iu003e.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Finally, a disgraced woman is determined to triumph over death in “The Breathing Method.”u003cbru003e u003cbru003e “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 u003ciu003eHouston Chronicleu003c/iu003e about u003ciu003eDifferent Seasons.u003c/iu003e
