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The Body
52 pages • 1 hour read
Stephen King
Stephen King
Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in
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Gordon “Gordie” Lachance
Gordie Lachance is the story’s narrator. At an undisclosed point in the future, he’s a wealthy author. He writes the story The Body to make sense of his emotions surrounding the weekend when he and his friends went to see the body of Ray Bowers. Precocious, introspective, and intelligent, Gordie is a natural storyteller. His home life is lonely, as the death of his brother Dennis has rendered his parents indifferent and near catatonic. As an adult, Gordon is still interested in stories but has questions
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The Body is a novella written by Stephen King and published in his collection Different Seasons.
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Gordie LaChance is a young teenager living in a small town in Maine in Gordie has had a rough family life for about a year since his older brother Dennis ("Denny") was killed in a vehicle accident in the Army. Gordie looked up to his brother, who treated him very well but his parents are still deeply in shock over their older son's death and haven't begun to recover. Gordie's father often chides his younger son about the friends he has, suggesting they're slow-witted or feeble. Gordie's best friend, Chris Chambers, comes from a broken home with an extremely abusive alcoholic father and where the boys are expected to become delinquents&#;like his next older brother, Billy.&#; Gordie is hanging out with Chris and their other friend Teddy Duchamp in their treehouse in a vacant lot on a very hot, late-summer day. While they play poker, Vern Tessio&#;bursts in with exci
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The Body (King novella)
coming-of-age story novella by Stephen King
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| Author | Stephen King |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Coming-of-age story |
| Publisher | Viking |
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| Publication place | United States |
| Media&#;type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 72 |
The Body is a novella bygd American writer Stephen King. The Body was published in King's collection Different Seasons and later adapted into the film Stand by Me.[1]
The story takes place during the summer of in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine. After a boy disappears and is presumed dead, twelve-year-old Gordie LaChance and his three friends set out to find his body along the railway tracks. During the course of their journey, the boys, who all come from abusive or dysfunctional families, come to grips with death and the harsh truths of growing up in a small factory town that does not seem to offer them much of a future.
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