“You know, when you’re young, you have moments of such happiness. You think you’re living in someplace magical, like Atlantis must have been. Then we grow up, and our hearts break in two.” –Sir Anthony Hopkins as Ted Brautigan The Losers are still in Harwich, Connecticut, only now they’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of Scott […]
Hearts in Atlantis
Stephen King Goes To War With the Past In ‘Hearts In Atlantis’ [The Losers’ Club Podcast]
“But kids lose everything, kids have slippery fingers and holes in their pockets and they lose everything.” Hearts in Atlantis is a weird book. It begins with “Low Men in Yellow Coats”, a wistful tale that breezes by the Dark Tower as it touches on classic Stephen King themes of childhood, magic, and the underlying […]
Stephen King Delivers a Devastating Dark Tower Detour With ‘Hearts in Atlantis’ [The Losers’ Club Podcast]
“What if there were no grownups? Suppose the whole idea of grownups was an illusion?” Is “Low Men in Yellow Coats” a good title or a dumb one? Is it a novel or a novella? And is it best remembered as a gutting portrait of lost innocence or an integral stop on the road to […]