
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
About this listen
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
Hearts in Atlantis
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How to play the card game Hearts?
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Glorious text, perfectly aligned narration
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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
Brilliant
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Magic
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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.
Good Book
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A story of life itself...
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Years passed and now I am returning to some King works and discovering new ones (I'm 3 years younger than King and female, but I grew up in the States and he writes what I know/knew in Texas in the 60's-'70's ).
So, I came back to 'Hearts in Atlantis,' in audiobook format this time, with memories of those earlier times, but a lot of change and living added on. This time, I 'read' the whole thing, listening to William Hurt's perfect performance of the first and last stories, interposed with Stephen King's dissonant, grating but also perfect narration of his own writing, the second and third stories. And, this time, this format, it works - I get it - the 'disconnect' is gone, or it's there and it works.
Hurt's voice contrasted with King's voice, the music, the rich, complex history of those tortured years told through Bobby, Carol, Sully, Pete, Willy, LBJ, Mama San, Wheelock, Mickey and Sylvia....
Memorable and now my favourite King novel, maybe my favourite Audible, too.
King wrote the stories, Hurt's narration is sublim
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Disappointed
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Yet another masterpiece by Stephen King.
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