
A Cure for Suicide
A Novel
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Narrado por:
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Cassandra Campbell
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Kirby Heyborne
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De:
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Jesse Ball
Long-Listed for the National Book Award
From the author of Silence Once Begun, a beguiling new novel about a man starting over at the most basic level and the strange woman who insinuates herself into his life and memory.
A man and a woman have moved into a small house in a small village. The woman is an "examiner", the man her "claimant". The examiner is both doctor and guide, charged with teaching the claimant a series of simple functions: This is a chair, this is a fork, this is how you meet people. She makes notes in her journal about his progress: He is showing improvement, yet his dreams are troubling. One day the examiner brings the claimant to a party, where he meets Hilda, a charismatic but volatile woman whose surprising assertions throw everything the claimant has learned into question. What is this village? Why is he here? And who is Hilda?
A fascinating novel of love, illness, despair, and betrayal, A Cure for Suicide is the most captivating novel yet from one of our most audacious and original young writers.
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"Elegant, spellbinding.... With the simplicity of a fable and the drama of a psychological thriller, Ball tells a story about starting over from nothing, reconstructing life from its most basic elements. These acts of narrative deconstruction highlight his strengths as a deeply questioning writer at home in fact as much as abstraction.... Ball deftly explores questions with the eye of a poet and the logic of a philosopher, revealing new facets with perfect timing and acuity. At each unforeseeable turn, A Cure for Suicide is a story Ball ensures we understand and, because it is subtle and breathtaking, we are happy to be told." (Sarah Gerard, The New York Times Book Review)
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Not sure, probably not. In the beginning of the book the characters and the flow of the story moves forward in a perfect order. Then something changes and you, the reader, are not sure if you are listening to a reflection of the character or the continuum of the story.If you’ve listened to books by Jesse Ball before, how does this one compare?
None before, maybe some in the future...What about Cassandra Campbell and Kirby Heyborne ’s performance did you like?
The Reader interpretation of the book was enjoyable, however, the story was just not worth any more time.Was A Cure for Suicide worth the listening time?
Sorry, this book was difficult to follow, for me. I gave up on the story with 1Hr43M remaining. The dots of the story just stopped, connecting.First Enlightening than Confusing
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second half of the book. I spend part 2 wondering when it would end.
concept interesting but story drawn out
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A book specific to myself
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Comes up short on so many levels ...
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