Hearts In Atlantis Book Synopsis. Proof 2005 movie • 4.3/5. These stories are organized in chronological order, with “low men” being set in 1960 and the final story, “heavenly shades of night.
Hearts in atlantis, king's newest fiction, is composed of five interconnected, sequential narratives, set in the years from 1960 to 1999. In 1960, young bobby garfield befriends an older man named ted brautigan living in his boarding house. Innocence, experience, truth, deceit, loss, and recovery are at the core of these five interconnected, sequential tales—each deeply rooted in the 1960s, and each scarred by the vietnam war, which continues to cast its shadow over american lives.
The classic collection of five deeply resonant and disturbing interconnected stories from #1 new york times bestselling author stephen king.
Stephen king, whose first novel, carrie, was published in 1974, the year before the last u.s. Hearts in atlantis, king's newest fiction, is composed of five interconnected, sequential narratives, set in the years from 1960 to 1999. The bulk of the stories concern the baby boomer generation and life in the '60s, as well as the impact of the vietnam war. Each story is deeply rooted in the sixties, and each is haunted by the vietnam war.