{"product_id":"different-seasons-four-novellas","title":"Different Seasons: Four Novellas","description":"\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 \u003cb\u003e\"Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,\" \u003c\/b\u003ein 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 \u003cb\u003e\"Apt Pupil,\" \u003c\/b\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \"\u003cb\u003eThe Body,\"\u003c\/b\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 \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStand By Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Finally, a disgraced woman is determined to triumph over death in \"\u003cb\u003eThe Breathing Method.\u003c\/b\u003e\" \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","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943693222119,"sku":"9781501143489","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_cdbf207c-5217-422e-9425-81a78ddbf570.jpg?v=1775335847","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/different-seasons-four-novellas","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}