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The Life to Come
- Narrated by: Wendy Bos
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
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The Life to Come
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Publisher's Summary
The dazzling new novel from Michelle de Kretser, author of Questions of Travel, best seller and winner of the Miles Franklin Award.
Set in Sydney, Paris and Sri Lanka, The Life to Come is a mesmerising novel about the stories we tell and don't tell ourselves as individuals, as societies and as nations. It feels at once firmly classic and exhilaratingly contemporary.
Pippa is a writer who longs for success. Celeste tries to convince herself that her feelings for her married lover are reciprocated. Ash makes strategic use of his childhood in Sri Lanka but blots out the memory of a tragedy from that time.
Driven by riveting stories and unforgettable characters, here is a dazzling meditation on intimacy, loneliness and our flawed perception of other people.
Profoundly moving as well as wickedly funny, The Life to Come reveals how the shadows cast by both the past and the future can transform, distort and undo the present. This extraordinary novel by Miles Franklin-winning author Michelle de Kretser will strike your soul.
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- Kaz
- 02-07-2021
Recommend reading instead of listening to this one
The narrator had to tackle a few different accents and they came off a bit stilted. Would have preferred to read this one myself.
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- Martina
- 24-01-2019
Not for me.
Didn't capture my imagination or catch my attention at all right from the start.
Slow and Laboured.
Could not finish it.
Disappointed as I enjoyed the previous novel.
Will try it in hard copy as some works are not conducive to be read out loud.
I feel mean saying this about a prize winner but this is my honest opinion.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-07-2018
persevere
struggled to join the dots...best read as short stories. last one is excellent and rewards the effort
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- Kerry Kilner
- 19-07-2018
Complex, thought provoking. loved it.
this is a wonderfully structured and complex work that bitingly explores contemporary Australian society. Perfect.
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