FIRST EDITION OF HEARTS IN ATLANTIS, BOLDLY INSCRIBED BY STEPHEN KING
KING, Stephen. Hearts in Atlantis. (New York): Scribner, (1999). Octavo, original black and blue paper boards, original dust jacket. $1300.
First edition, boldly inscribed on the title page, "For Mary—thanks to ya—My heart's a'blazin! Stephen King 7/18/01."
"We now know what Stephen King, the master of horror, is afraid of. In Hearts in Atlantis, Kind takes up the Vietnam War… This time, instead of horror, King has written something with an emotional strategy much slower and more diffuse. Hearts in Atlantis is a book about survivor guilt" (New York Times). The basis for the 2001 movies starring Anthony Hopkins.
A fine copy.