num_pages: 673
description: Although it is difficult to believe, the Sixties are not fictional: THEY ACTUALLY HAPPENED.  No matter the format, Stephen King's work is spellbinding because the author himself is spellbound. The first hugely popular writer of the TV generation, King published his first novel, Carrie, in 1974, the year before the last U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam. Images from that war -- and protests against it -- had flooded America's living rooms for nearly ten years. In Hearts in Altantis, King mesmerizes readers with fiction deeply rooted in the Sixties, and explores -- through four defining decades -- the haunting legacy of the Vietnam War.  As the characters in Hearts in Atlantis are tested in every way, King probes and unlocks the secrets of his generation for us all. Full of danger, full of suspense, and most of all full of heart, Stephen King's new book will take some readers to a place they have never been able to leave completely. (back cover)
language: English
title: Hearts in Atlantis
titlecomplete: Hearts in Atlantis
characters: The Crimson King, Peter Riley, Bobby Garfield, Carol Gerber, Ted Brautigan, Willie Shearman, Ronnie Malenfant, Liz Garfield, American Law Enforcement, John Sullivan
genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Short Stories, Suspense, War, Thriller, Supernatural, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Horror
ratings_count: 93703
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Collection, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: British Fantasy Award
category: Best Collection
publisher: Pocket Books