The second novella to be adapted from the stephen king compilation four past midnight, secret window is one of king s adapted stories that while not being great or especially memorable, somehow manages to tell its premise quite chillingly while maintaining itself closer to bmovie status and equally true to its dark core. Apart from a very heartfelt ode in the introduction by kings fellow master of horror and collaborator straub it contains various essays and short works of fiction dedicated to the art of writing. Secret windows goodreads meet your next favorite book. Price new from used from audio cd, audiobook, cd, unabridged.
Both are about authors who are thinly veiled analogues of king himselfthad beaumont in the dark half and mort rainey in secret window. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Secret window, secret garden is the second novella and probably the story i was most looking forward to reading followed closely by the library. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The page for the novella secret window, secret garden. He pumps out at least 1 book year after year after year. Secret window, secret garden audiobook on cd by stephen. Nov 01, 2011 the stephen king story predates fight club both the book and the film by nearly a decade. But, apart from drawing you in, this opening line does so much more. Apr 20, 2020 the 2004 psychological thriller secret window doesnt get enough credit from thriller and horror movie fans, despite being based on a novella by genre master stephen king. Johnny depp reliably delivers one in many of his eccentric, broody outcast roles, particularly enjoyable alongside john turturros own brand of offkilter. Recently divorced writer mort rainey is alone at tashmore lake that is, until a figure named john shooter arrives, pointing an accusing finger.
Secret window, secret garden is one of four novellas published in the stephen king book four past midnight in 1990. Two past midnight four past midnight audio cassette by stephen king and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Secret window is the name of a 2004 film based on stephen king s novella, secret window, secret garden. A man accuses author mort rainey of stealing one of his story ideas. Stephen kings first true novel was also one of his best known works, carrie, which was published in 1974. Stephen king wrote his first short story at seven, and was first published in a comic fanzine at 18. Secret window, secret garden project gutenberg self. In a parallel reality, stephen king shows up on chuck pahalniuk s doorstep, and says in his inimitable new england accent, you stole my story. It was written and directed by david koepp, based on the novella secret window, secret garden by stephen king, featuring a musical score by philip glass and geoff zanelli. Four past midnight by stephen king, paperback barnes.
Secret window, secret garden is similar to kings earlier novel the dark half. The beginning of secret window, secret garden the base material of the johnny depp film, secret window starts in a classic stephen king style. Secret window, secret garden by stephen king, james woods. Every stephen king reader has a favorite tale or series, from christine to cujo. It starred johnny depp as mort rainey, john tuturro as john shooter and maria bello as his wife, amy. Secret window, secret garden stephen king wiki fandom. The second novella to be adapted from the stephen king compilation four past midnight, secret window is one of kings adapted stories that while not being great or especially memorable, somehow manages to tell its premise quite chillingly while maintaining itself closer to bmovie status and equally true to its dark core. With johnny depp, maria bello, john turturro, timothy hutton. Essays and fiction on the craft of writing by king, stephen and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Shortly after, king makes a promise to keep the book as short as possible, and for king, he does an admirable job it weighs in under 300 pages, a short story for this guy. Why secret window doesnt get more credit from stephen. The story appeared in kings 1990 collection four past midnight. Secret window, secret garden novella four past midnight story collection. Stephen king poses during a portrait session on november 16th, 20 in paris, france. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
King and other very successful writers in his genre use and utilize them in my own writing. Secret window is one of the better stephen king novel adaptations, boosting a terrific turn from depp, an interesting story, atmosphere, some disturbing images and a dark ending. Secret window secret garden by stephen king abebooks. We are in front of a schizophrenic person mort rainey the talented writer who loves his ex wife and who spends moments of disorder especially during the period of divorce and shooter, the dark personality, the second face of mort rainey. Stephen kings short story secret window, secret gardenfrom the collection four past midnightis now available from encore at a great price. All the same, this is about as formulaic as youll find stephen king. Secret windows is set up as a book of the month club companion piece to kings bestselling memoir howto guide on writing. The 2004 psychological thriller secret window doesnt get enough credit from thriller and horror movie fans, despite being based on a novella by genre master stephen king. Like different seasons, this 1990 anthology of stephen king short stories, four past midnight, containsyou guessed itonly four tales.
Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Below is a list of stephen kings books in order of when they were originally published. These are longer, novellalength tales, including the well known secret window, secret garden and the. Two past midnight four past midnight and read secret window, secret. Secret window, secret garden by stephen king overdrive. It is similar to kings earlier novel the dark half. A successful writer in the midst of a painful divorce is stalked at his remote lake house by a wouldbe scribe who accuses him of plagiarism. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. He was the 2003 recipient of the national book foundations medal for distinguished contribution to american letters. Secret window is somewhere in the middle of that range storywise, and toward the top in depps performance. Stayed pretty faithful to the source material, too, which im a.
A note on secret window, secret garden by stephen king. Secret window is a 2004 american psychological thriller film starring johnny depp and john turturro. Secret windows has allowed me to utilize some of the techniques that mr. Rainey, who is going through an ugly divorce, attempts to prove to his accuser that his own story was published first, but all evidence to support his argument begins to disappear, along with the people who might confirm his case. Poe and bloch in stephen kings secret window, secret. A very tight place uncollected elevation uncollected gwendys button box uncollected n uncollected entire list of stephen king books by publishing date. Secret window, secret garden enters the suddenly strange life of writer mort rainey, recently divorced, depressed, and alone on the shore of tashmore lake. Complete list of stephen king adaptations, books made into. Capitalizing on the publication of on writing, book of the month club who are the stephen king, on writingsecret windows scribners. The second of a fourpart audio series from stephen kings bestselling book, four past midnight. Poe and bloch in stephen kings secret window, secret garden. Apr 17, 2020 the second of a fourpart audio series from stephen kings bestselling book, four past midnight. Secret window, secret garden enters the suddenly strange life of writer mort rainey, recently divorced, depressed, and. Im not complainingive been known to read the same book two or three times, so im obviously not averse to a familiar plot.
Capitalizing on the publication of on writing, book of the month club who are the stephen king, on writing secret windows scribners. The off beat humor, excellent camera work, chemistry between characters and, as you said, overall ambiance make it a solid film. Secret windows stephen king 2000 hc book of the month. The stephen king story predates fight club both the book and. Secret window, secret garden is a novella written by stephen king that was included in his 1990 collection four past midnight.
Two past midnight secret window secret garden by stephen. Aug 20, 2016 the beginning of secret window, secret garden the base material of the johnny depp film, secret window starts in a classic stephen king style. After attending the university of maine, he worked as a sportswriter for his local newspaper and labored away for a while in an. Why secret window doesnt get more credit from stephen king. The movie, starring johnny depp at his peaka year after his success with the first pirates of the caribbean entrantdeserves more fanfare. Stephen king is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Stephen king is a prolific american author who is known for his suspense and fantasy novels. Mar 29, 2004 secret window, secret garden follows, and when i say that the pieces in the novel follow a wrote path, im really talking about this piece right here. After reading this book, i went back to my own first drafts and completely rewrote them. Contentsshow summary mort rainey is visited by a man who takes the name of john shooter, with a manuscript which proves to be an almost exact copy of a story that mort himself wrote and published some years earlier. Four past midnight contains four novellas by stephen king.
A writer is stalked at his remote lakeside cabin by a psychotic stranger seeking revenge for perceived plagiarism. Ulf andersengetty in our recent interview with stephen king, we asked the author to name the best book he. Nov 05, 2014 stephen king poses during a portrait session on november 16th, 20 in paris, france. And we must not be ungrateful for silver bullet, which i awarded three stars because it was either the worst movie ever made from a stephen king story, or the funniest, and you know what side of that im gonna come down on. Depp was great in it, especially the scenes with turturro. Nov 09, 2011 a writer is stalked at his remote lakeside cabin by a psychotic stranger seeking revenge for perceived plagiarism. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A note on secret window, secret garden by stephen king short story. Two past midnight four past midnight audio cd september 23, 2008 by stephen king author visit amazons stephen king page. Secret window contains all the creepy, mysterious, plotflip ending joys that stephen king inspired creations have to offer, complete with a smalltown maine setting.
Essays and fiction on the craft of writing cover dirty, fep page stuck together by king, stephen isbn. Secret windows stephen king 2000 hc book of the month club. Both are about authors who are thinly veiled analogues of king himselfthad beaumont in the dark half and mort rainey in secret window, secret garden. I find this list interesting because you get to see just how consistent he is as an author. This is an example that, if king should have chosen to develop the plot further, we could end up with a terrific book. Recently divorced writer mort rainey is alone at tashmore lake that is, until a figure named john shooter arrives. Johnny depp reliably delivers one in many of his eccentric, broody outcast roles, particularly enjoyable alongside john turturros own brand of offkilter related. His recent work includes the institute, elevation, the outsider, sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen king and the bill hodges trilogy, end of watch, finders keepers, and mr.
Youre drawn in right from the first sentence and, now that youre hooked, its impossible to put that book back down again. Secret windowfour past midnight by stephen king 200403. While reading this story by stephen king, several times came to my mind the short novel by robert louis stevenson, the strange case of mr jekyll and mr hyde. Secret window this is the basic plot of the recent movie with johnny depp.
King has written several novels since his first short story sale in 1967 that have become pop cultural signposts. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Edgar allan poe, robert bloch, critical essay by notes on contemporary literature. Secret window, secret garden audiobook on cd by stephen king. Secret window contains all the creepy, mysterious, plotflip ending joys that stephen kinginspired creations have to offer, complete with a smalltown maine setting.
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