My fellow
Espiyas, allow me to share another collection of stories from
Stephen King.
Different Seasons (
1982) is made up of four novellas that King wrote at various points in his career (
with each one corresponding to a season of the calendar). According to him, he wrote three of the stories as a response to the question of whether or not he could write
"straight" or non-supernatural fiction; the fourth was made because his editor at the time requested a story with supernatural elements in it. It is no small irony that
Different Seasons would never have been published or would never have attracted attention if King hadn't succeeded as a horror writer.
The novellas are:
1)
"Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" (
Hope Springs Eternal) - A convict in one of the hardest prisons in the state of Maine narrates the tale of a man whom bars and walls could not defeat.
2)
"Apt Pupil" (
Summer Of Corruption) - A high school student blackmails a fugitive Nazi into sharing tales of his experiences during World War II...but just who is the manipulator and who is the manipulated?
3)
"The Body" (
Fall From Innocence) - A novelist recalls the tale of how he and his friends took a hike into the Maine woods to search for the dead body of a boy from their hometown.
4)
"The Breathing Method" (
A Winter's Tale) - An old doctor recounts the tale of a patient determined to keep and deliver her baby regardless of the odds against her.
The first three stories were later adapted into film:
The Shawshank Redemption (
1994);
Apt Pupil (
1998); and
Stand By Me (
1986).
Shawshank earned nominations for
Best Picture and
Best Actor (
for Morgan Freeman) at the
1994 Academy Awards.
Apt Pupil won
Saturn Awards for
Best Horror Film and
Best Supporting Actor (
for Ian McKellen) from the
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films.
Stand By Me received
Golden Globe nominations for
Best Director (
Rob Reiner) and
Best Motion Picture (
Drama).
And now, without further adieu, here is the freshly-tested download link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?p9ye9y1q16p0y1iEnjoy,
mes amis!