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The Shawshank Redemption Author: Stephen King Publisher: Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House
The Shawshank Redemption Author: Stephen King Publisher: Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House
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Introduction · · · · · ·
This book is Stephen King's most popular masterpiece, which includes his four novellas. As soon as the English version was released, it topped the New York Times bestseller list and sold 280,000 copies in the United States that year. This book has been translated into 31 languages, and three of the four novels have been adapted into blockbuster movies. The most talked-about one is The Shawshank Redemption, which has been nominated for seven Oscars and is hailed as one of the most perfect films in film history. This novel shows Stephen King's extraordinary skills beyond the thriller genre he is good at. The other two novels in the book, The Apprentice and The Body, have also won excellent reputations after being made into movies. Among them, The Body is also regarded as Stephen King's most autobiographical work.
About the Author · · · · · ·
Stephen King
A master of modern thriller novels. Born in Portland, Maine, USA in 1947, he studied English literature at a state university. After graduation, he embarked on the path of writing due to low wages. Since the publication of his first novel Carrie in 1973, he has written more than 40 novels and more than 200 short stories. Since the 1980s, his works have been a frequent guest on the US bestseller list, and more than 100 film and television works have been adapted from his novels, the most famous of which is The Shawshank Redemption.
In 2003, he won the "Outstanding Contribution Award" of the National Book Award, and later won the "Lifetime Achievement Award" of the World Fantasy Award and the "Master Award" of the "Edgar Allan Poe Award" of the Mystery Writers of America.
Among Stephen King's many works, the most spectacular is the fantasy masterpiece "Dark Tower" series (a total of seven volumes), which took more than 30 years to complete. The characters and plots in the book are scattered in Stephen King's other novels. His new works in recent years include the short story collection "After Sunset", the novella collection "Dark Night Without Stars" and the novels "11/22/63" and "Under the Dome".
