Mention Books Conducive 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) |
Stephen King
Paperback | Pages: 640 pages Rating: 3.83 | 81423 Users | 2035 Reviews
Describe Containing Books Hearts in Atlantis
| 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 |
Narration Supposing Books Hearts in Atlantis
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.Rating Containing Books Hearts in Atlantis
Ratings: 3.83 From 81423 Users | 2035 ReviewsCommentary Containing Books Hearts in Atlantis
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" isI loved reading this book. The use of five linked stories worked beautifully and made for compulsive reading.
What can I say about this novel? First and foremost I would say that this is not what we know as the typical Stephen King novel. The book is 4 inter-related stories that deal with the 60's and the Vietnam war. Outside of the Dark Tower tie-in and the Low Men in Yellow Coats, the emphasis here isn't on the supernatual. Instead, they focus on the very 'natural' cruelty of humanity. While not altogether necessary, I found that my experience of this book was further enriched by reading Golding's
Outstanding Low Men in Yellow Coats - 5/5 I loved Bobby and Teds relationship!Hearts in Atlantis - 3/5I was less keen on Peter and co.Blind Willie - 2/5Didn't care much for this at all. Willie was a low character as a teen in the first tale so why would be be any better as an adult I guess.Why we were in Vietnam - 2/5I enjoyed learning about how what the no longer kids got up to in 'nam but the ending was too weird?Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling - 4/5Bobby and Carol. Brought tears to my
Amazing. Second time was much better than the first. Full of beautiful passages about time, loss, regret, redemption. I really can't describe it. I can only say that it certainly might be King's masterpiece.
The first story, "Low Men in Yellow Coats" (at 250 pages, about half the book), contains some of King's finest writing, with sensitive portrayals of children (of course), but also women. Liz Garfield, the mother of the central character, Bobby, not a particularly likable person, is also a complicated one. A single working mother, struggling to make ends meet, while at the same time dealing with (extreme) sexism in her workplace and her own anger issues, is to my mind one of King's greatest
HEARTS IN ATLANTIS is one of Stephen Kings more critically acclaimed novels. Perhaps critics missed the genre references in the opening story. But they are correct to herald it. I was moved by the story and its characters.As I stated earlier, I cant stand to listen to hippies wax nostalgic about the 60s. Ive read enough and studied enough and examined the decade without romantic attachment. Im much happier to have grown up in the 1980s and Reagans America.However, King does not romanticize. Each
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.