The Shawshank Redemption
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (622 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0142428027 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 300 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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FILM REVIEW It's one of King's best books, mainly because the writing is varied and unexpectedly concise. TIME OUT . SUNDAY EXPRESS One of the most engrossing reads I've had for months written in a spare style that makes every detail count in the end- this is short story writing at its compelling best. TIME MAGAZINE One of the few horror writers who can truly make the flesh creep. The indisputable King of horror
It's Got Some Plot Sprinkled On It It's very rare for a movie to be better than the book it's based on. Off the top of my head, I cannot recall another example. This book definitely lies in the shadow of its big-screen adaptation. The story can best be described as a textbook on prison history with some plot sprinkled over it. All the characters we know and love: Andy Dufresne, Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, Captain of the guards Byron Hadley, Tommy Williams, and Brooks Hatlenthey're all there. But again, more pages are devoted to explaining aspects of prison life and their evolution than character development. . An Epic Novella of History V. Edwards Believe it or not, I had no idea that The Shawshank Redemption (and The Green Mile) was originally written by Stephen King. I only saw the movie in high school and loved it. You know a movie is good when a classroom of rowdy teenagers sits quietly through the whole thing. We were absolutely engrossed. You also may not believe that I learned of those facts through a fan made rap battle between Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King. (On YouTube, look up "Epic Rap Battles of History Stephen King vs. Edgar Allan Poe" if you're skeptical. lol) But nonetheless, that intrigued me enou. CD audio is frankly disappointing. Adam I'm not going to review the story, the story is great. Stephen King is great, Frank Muller is great. The CD audiobook quality is a travesty. You know how when you artificially turn up the bass on your car stereo and turn up the sound and it starts clipping and starts to sound muffled? Frank Muller sounds like like that, and was in a boomy digitized cardboard box the entire length of the story. Whatever legume created this audiobook took a 32 kbps bitrate mp3 and burned it back on a CD. It takes me out of the story, was not easy to finish.
Stephen King’s short story “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption”—from the collection Different Seasons—is now available as an Encore stand-alone CD.An unjustly imprisoned convict seeks a strange and startling revenge—the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award–nominee, The Shawshank Redemption.
. He lives with his wife, the novelist Tabitha King, and their children in Bangor, Maine. Stephen King, the world's bestselling novelist, was educated at the University of Maine at Orono