It's difficult to imagine any reader feeling a sense of awe at the way Mr. When he or she is looking at something pretty, something that has been worked and made - that's the thing that really separates us from the animals, I think - and I felt something else, too. Looking at them (a pair of cuff links Dufresne has given him in exchange for a favor), I felt the warmth that any man or woman feels ''First the chipping and shaping, and then the almost endless polishing and finishing with those rock-blankets. This dedication to an art form of sorts impresses Off the brutal sexual advances of Shawshank's population of ''sisters,'' apparently spends his time alone shaping and polishing pieces of quartz from the yard. Dufresne stands out among the lifers in the yard long before Red discovers his real story the man is a cultivated type who, even as he's fighting

Set in a fictional state penitentiary in the author's home state of Maine, the tale is told in the first person by Red, a prisoner and entrepreneur who hasĪs one of his best customers a former banker and convicted murderer, Andy Dufresne. The first surprise comes early: The opening prison narrative titled ''Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption'' shows us that the creator of such studies of the criminal mind as ''The Shining'' and ''Theĭead Zone'' can effectively treat innocence as well as guilt. Publish this uneven, though often surprising, volume. And it's precisely this quest for understanding, the drive to make his vision not only well known but deeply felt, that appears to have led him to As the speech of his fictional counterpart seems to suggest, the author of some of the best horror stories King seems to have remained unsatisfied by mere popularity. The voice of and to the average person - best-selling authors, Mr. But unlike other vulgar - in the root sense of speaking in King has certainly not wanted for ears he is one of the most popular writers of our era. Horror-writer Stephen King's ninth work of fiction. Thus speaks Gordie Lachance, millionaire horror-writer and narrator of ''The Body,'' one of four short novels bound together within the covers of ''Different Seasons,''

When the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller but Not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, ''THE most important things lie close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. Section 7, Column 1 Book Review Deskīy ALAN CHEUSE Alan Cheuse is the author of ''The Bohemians,'' a novel, and ''Candace & Other Stories.'' The New York Times: Book Review Search ArticleĪugust 29, 1982, Sunday, Late City Final Edition

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