英文簡介:The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American, it tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a banker who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Prison for the murder of his wife and her lover despite his claims of innocence. During his time at the prison, he befriends a fellow inmate, Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, and finds himself protected by the guards after the warden begins using him in his money laundering operation.
英文簡介:The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American, it tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a banker who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Prison for the murder of his wife and her lover despite his claims of innocence. During his time at the prison, he befriends a fellow inmate, Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, and finds himself protected by the guards after the warden begins using him in his money laundering operation.
《肖申克的救贖》是美國作家斯蒂芬·金的中篇小說，也是其代表作。收錄於小說合集《四季奇譚》中，副標題為“春天的希望”。
該作講述銀行家安迪，被當作殺害妻子的兇手送上法庭。妻子的不忠、律師的奸詐、法官的誤判、獄警的兇暴、典獄長的貪心與卑鄙，將正處在而立之年的安迪一下子從人生的巔峰推向了世間地獄。而獄中發生的一系列事情迫使忍無可忍的安迪終於在一個雷電交加的夜晚，越獄而出，重獲自由。當翌日典獄長開啟安迪的牢門時，發現他已不翼而飛，預感到末日來臨的典獄長在檢察人員收到安迪投寄的罪證之前，畏罪自殺。監獄作為故事背景帶有寓意性，以安迪、典獄長、獄警和囚犯們所構成的這個世界，本身就是錯謬、混亂的。安迪是一個無罪的好人，卻被關進監獄接受改造。肖申克的幾任典獄長沒有一個是清白的，但他們卻在那裡頤指氣使，教化訓導著無罪的安迪。在這樣一個錯謬、黑白顛倒的世界，現代派作家筆下的人物通常會自甘墮落或精神崩潰，而斯蒂芬·金塑造的安迪卻像一隻浴火後重生的火鳳凰，健康自信地飛出了煉獄的火坑。這樣的結果同樣寄託著作者要使荒原上的人們堅守善良人性並“振奮”起來的創作主旨。