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Stephen king book hearts in atlantis6/19/2023 ![]() Listening to King read his own story in the audio book convinced me that all things being equal, he is probably the best possible person to read his stories. Stephen King narrated “Hearts in Atlantis” and as I suggested in my earlier post, he got it just right. ![]() It was helped along by the fact that I could related to the dorm life in some way. “Hearts in Atlantis” was a good story in the holistic sense of the word. ![]() I did the same, working in various parts of the dorm cafeteria, dish room, server, custodial, you name it, for the better part of four years. Peter and Carol both worked in the dorm cafeteria. But I couldn’t help picturing my college campus, and the dorms I lived in the first two years, in 19. The story takes place on a college campus in Maine in 1966. ![]() What I liked about the story was the way all of the characters, all of them, came to life. My favorite story in the book turned out to be the second story, the title story, “Hearts in Atlantis.” Unlike “Low Men” there was nothing particularly surreal about this story, except for perhaps the never-ending card game going on in the men’s dorm. ![]() As it turns out, it was close, but not quite. I was sure that it was going to be my favorite story in the book. I’ve already written about my thoughts on the first story in the book, “The Low Men in Yellow Coats.” This story, and the last story in the book are the two stories upon which the movie was rather loosely based. I finished reading Hearts in Atlantis while on my walk today. ![]()
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