Rita Hayworth and Shawshank redemption

Stephen King First published 1982

About this book

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is a novella by Stephen King from his 1982 collection Different Seasons, subtitled Hope Springs Eternal. The novella has also been published as a standalone book. The story is entirely told by the character Red, in a narrative he claims to have been writing from September 1975 to January 1976, with an additional chapter added in spring 1977.

Also appears in:

  • Different Seasons
  • Novels: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption / Apt Pupil
  • Stephen King Goes to the Movies

Subjects

  • fiction
  • fiction, general
  • large type books
  • maine, fiction
  • prisoners
  • prisons