From Page To Screen (63) The Shawshank Redemption
This week on From Page To Screen I'll be tackling The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King. First let's discuss the Book . Rita Hayword and The Shawshank redemption is a Novella written by Stephen King as part of his short story collection Different Seasons. The Novella was released August 27, 1982 by Viking Press. The story is heavily based on 'God Sees the Truth, But Waits' by Leo Tolstoy. At the ending of the Different Season, there is a brief afterword written by Stephen King dated January 4, 1982. In it, he explains why he had not submitted the novellas for publication by themselves. He goes on to say that early in his career, his agents and editors expressed concern that he would be dismissed as someone who only wrote horror. However, due to his horror novels becoming quite popular they made him much in demand as a novelist. Since the novellas, did not deal with the supernatural, they were very difficult to publish at the time as there was not a mas...