The Body

This edition features a stunning vintage cover design!

#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King's timeless novella The Body, originally published in his 1982 collection Different Seasons and adapted into the 1986 film classic Stand by Me, now available as a stand-alone edition.

This edition features a stunning vintage cover design!

Four rambunctious young boys venture into the Maine woods in search of a boy from a nearby town who has disappeared. Gordie Lachance and his three friends set out on a quest to find the missing boy's body along the railroad tracks. The Body is set outside King's iconic fictional town of Castle Rock, which is the setting of many of King's most popular books including It and The Stand, and Castle Rock, a 10-episode Hulu original series, based on King's short stories. King's The Body is an iconic coming of age story that explores the loneliness and isolation of young adulthood.

15 Auflagen

Taschenbuch, 179 Seiten

Am 25. August 2026 von Scribner veröffentlicht.

ISBN:: 978-1-6682-6416-4
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Themen

novella
first-person narrative
post-traumatic stress disorder
World War II
law school
Vietnam War
Fiction, horror

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Amber Herbert hat The Body von Stephen King besprochen

A Novella Just as Brilliant as Its Acclaimed Film Adaptation

4,5 stars

Stand By Me was one of my favorite movies growing up. This novella is just as brilliant and offers even more context to what happens to the boys after their standoff with Ace. There's more introspection, an added story of Gordie's (one he published as an adult), and precious moments where King captures what it's like to be twelve and straddling the line between adolescence and young adulthood. The film isn't 100% faithful but never deviates too far from the source material. Whether you read the novella or watch the film, you're in for a treat.