Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Tod. Vier Kurzromane.

Different Seasons (1982) is a collection of four Stephen King novellas with a more dramatic bend, rather than the horror fiction for which King is famous. The four novellas are tied together via subtitles that relate to each of the four seasons.

[Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption][1]--the most satisfying tale of unjust imprisonment and offbeat escape since The Count of Monte Cristo.

[Apt Pupil][2]--a golden California schoolboy and an old man whose hideous past he uncovers enter into a fateful and chilling mutual parasitism.

[The Body][3]--four rambunctious young boys venture into the Maine woods and in sunlight and thunder find life, death, and intimations of their own mortality.

[The Breathing Method][4]--a tale told in a strange club about a woman determined to give birth no matter what. ([source][5])

[1]: openlibrary.org/works/OL14917488W/Rita_Hayworth_and_Shawshank_Redemption [2]: openlibrary.org/works/OL149093W/Apt_Pupil [3]: openlibrary.org/works/OL149108W/The_Body [4]: openlibrary.org/works/OL19652127W/The_Breathing_Method [5]: www.stephenking.com/library/story_collection/different_seasons.html