Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling
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Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling is the last and shortest of the five interconnected novella
s collected in Hearts in Atlantis
by Stephen King
.
Bobby Garfield, as a boy main character of the first and largest story 'Low Men in Yellow Coats' (which tells the story filmed under the title 'Hearts in Atlantis'), returns to his hometown for the burial of his childhood friend Sully-John. He meets his very first love Carol, who he has believed dead for many years. Magically, his old baseball glove is sent back to him by his grandfatherly friend Ted Brautigan, the breaker of 'The Dark Tower
7', who tried to flee from the low men in the first story.
The book's title is a reference to The Platters
' 1958 hit single, "Twilight Time
," in which the first line used "Heavenly shades of night are falling; it's twilight time...".
Novella
A novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative usually longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17,500 and 40,000...
s collected in Hearts in Atlantis
Hearts in Atlantis
Hearts in Atlantis is a collection of two novellas and three short stories by Stephen King, all connected to one another by recurring characters and taking place in roughly chronological order....
by Stephen King
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
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Bobby Garfield, as a boy main character of the first and largest story 'Low Men in Yellow Coats' (which tells the story filmed under the title 'Hearts in Atlantis'), returns to his hometown for the burial of his childhood friend Sully-John. He meets his very first love Carol, who he has believed dead for many years. Magically, his old baseball glove is sent back to him by his grandfatherly friend Ted Brautigan, the breaker of 'The Dark Tower
The Dark Tower
Dark Tower may refer to:* The Dark Tower , an unfinished novel by C. S. Lewis* Barad-dûr the fortress of Sauron in the fantasy world of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings* The Dark Tower , a 1933 comedy by George S...
7', who tried to flee from the low men in the first story.
The book's title is a reference to The Platters
The Platters
The Platters were a vocal group of the early rock and roll era. Their distinctive sound was a bridge between the pre-rock Tin Pan Alley tradition and the burgeoning new genre...
' 1958 hit single, "Twilight Time
Twilight Time (song)
"Twilight Time" is a popular song with lyrics by Buck Ram, and the music by The Three Suns .Original hits of "Twilight Time" included the Three Suns and Les Brown & His Band of Renown ....
," in which the first line used "Heavenly shades of night are falling; it's twilight time...".