'Hearts in Atlantis'

'Hearts in Atlantis' published in 1999. Stephen King offers his readers a journey back to the sixties and seventies. Five different stories which are closely related to one another. Despite the fact that each subsequent story takes us into another decade of the 20th century.

'Low Men in Yellow Coats' 

A story about 11-year-old Bobby and his friendship with the crazy Theodor. A story of a physical conflict between three boys from school and an emotional one - with Bobby's mother.  But above all, it is a book about enemies from another world.

'Hearts in Atlantis'

University of Maine, a depiction of the American youth, students' life in a dorm, falling into addictions and the most important - opposition to the Vietnam War ... 

'Blind Willie'

It refers to the first story, where Wille was a villain. However, it has its own personal story. Memories from Vietnam alternate with those from school. Then Wille commits a disgusting act which he is paying for with his own punishment.

'Why We're in Vietnam'

John Sullivan, Bobby's best friend, asks himself this question before mysterious Ted showes up. John gets seriously wounded in the bush. He returns back home, but not alone. An old Vietnamese woman killed by Ronniet Malenfant comes with him. 

'Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling'

A very short ending in which Bobby, after nearly forty years of absence, arrives to Harwich.