Hearts in Atlantis
Stephen King's Hearts in Atlantis (1998) is a horror story collection. The story is set in United States and Vietnam, in the 20th century. Characters include Willie Shearman, Peter Riley and Carol Gerber. It deals with somatoform disorders, Penance, dormitories and hearts.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.8 out of 5 from 35 ratings, and 344 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 55 editions across 8 languages.
At about 598 pages, most readers finish it in 10–11 hours.
About Hearts in Atlantis
Hearts in Atlantis (1999) is a collection of two novellas and three short stories by Stephen King, all connected to one another by recurring characters and taking place in roughly chronological order. The stories are about the Baby Boomer Generation, specifically King's view that this generation (to which he belongs) failed to live up to its promise and ideals. Significantly, the opening epigraph of the collection is the Peter Fonda line from the end of Easy Rider: "We blew it." All of the stories are about the 1960s and the war in Vietnam, and in all of them the members of that generation fail profoundly, or are paying the costs of some profound failure on their part. In this collection: - Blind Willie - Hearts in Atlantis - Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling - Low Men in Yellow Coats - Why We're in Vietnam
Awards & lists
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2000 — Best Collection (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2000 — Best Collection (nominee)
- ✦Bram Stoker Awards 1999 — Best Fiction Collection (nominee)
- ✦British Fantasy Awards 2000 — Best Collection (nominee)
Quick answers
Who wrote Hearts in Atlantis?
Hearts in Atlantis was written by Stephen King and first published in 1998.
What genre is Hearts in Atlantis?
It is usually shelved as Horror.
How long is Hearts in Atlantis?
The median edition has 598 pages, about 10–11 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
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