Hearts in Atlantis
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Hearts in Atlantis
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Narrated by:
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William Hurt
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By:
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Stephen King
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In Part One, "Low Men in Yellow Coats", 11-year-old Bobby Garfield discovers a world of predatory malice in his own neighbourhood. He also discovers that adults are sometimes not rescuers, but at the heart of the terror.
In the title story, a group of college students 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 and suspense, most of all full of heart, Hearts in Atlantis will take some listeners to a place they have never been, and others to a place they have never been able to completely leave.
©1999 Stephen King (P)1999 Simon and Schuster Inc.Critic Reviews
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- Loretta.
- 25-08-2020
Hearts in Atlantis
I have loved Stephen Kings books for a coons age they have always brought me. grate joy and Hearts in Atlantis is 1 of those books The nation was awesome Thank you Willism Hert And Stephen king Loved it 💖💖💖💖💖🔥
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- Donna Barker
- 11-03-2021
How to play the card game Hearts?
Couldn't wait to get in my car to listen to the next chapter. Great story and excellent narrator!
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- Anonymous User
- 01-07-2022
Brilliant
Well where to start? William Hurt does a wonderful job, he reads the first and last stories in this collection. He reads in a relaxed way but when it calls for it he really fires up with passion and emotion. Stephen King himself reads the middle tale, always good to hear an author read his own work.
The tales are all interwoven, the first is the one the Film was based on but as I said they are all connected. The Dark Tower connection makes this part of a much bigger story, although reading of that is not necessary, but definitely recommended. True King fans will love this, it's all together a beautifully crafted tale.Enjoy
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- Mick
- 16-06-2024
Magic
I didn’t experience the sixties but the book took me to a place where I certainly could experience what it was to have been there. King certainly captures the essence of the time and accompanies it with his famous storytelling. Read beautifully. Thank you.
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- Jodi Sheehan
- 15-01-2023
Good Book
Loved the first story the most, as I had been wanting the DT tie in.
SK narrating the 2nd & 3rd was better than the first time I heard him, but was a bit weird changing narrator in the middle.
Overall, enjoyable short story book.
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- Tristan (Wallfenstein) Castle
- 23-10-2021
A story of life itself...
Love it, it's slow at point and it may feel odd as you read, but worth it
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- Levi
- 06-03-2019
Disappointed
The writing by King and narration of this book by William Hurt is great, shame they then switched to King mid way through the narration and played some horrible music at full volume every ten minutes, it cuts into the story and doesn’t match the mood or tone of the story and is absolutely unnecessary. This is the second Stephen King audio book ruined in this fashion.
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- Akea
- 24-01-2019
Can reread and reread in connection to The Dark Tower series and other connections
After being a Stephen long fan for almost 20 years and more than half my lifetime I find that I can always go back and take new things from his interconnected stories. After reading the Dark Tower series ten years or so ago I have revelled in revisiting his other books which previously had felt I hadn’t fully understood. Hearts in Atlantis was always one I recalled fondly but could not always remember why. Now after hearing it read by William Hurt and Stephen King, alongside delightful musical interludes between chapters and storyline’s, I can say it is a favourite for how it stands alone and how it connects to the broader Dark Tower universe. I love how it takes you through the early activism of the 1960s and political agenda in America during this time, to the 1980s and 90s where the aftermath of the Vietnam war can be alluded to. Additionally the characters Stephen King creates are always so engaging, relatable and with many layers of complexity. I look forward to revisiting other earlier stories that contain Dark Tower references or connections.
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- Sandy
- 04-05-2019
Yet another masterpiece by Stephen King.
I absolutely loved the beginning and the end however I found the middle very disturbing.
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- BeachSamurai
- 26-06-2022
nice book really loved Hearts of Atlantis
i liked rhe recording of this book. it was pretty cool. not horrorish and was not scary. it was a good read however.
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