The Blizzard Party

A Novel

De: Jack Livings

Narrado por: Rebecca Lowman

Duración: 15 h y 56 m

Resumen del Editor

A panoramic novel set in New York City during the catastrophic blizzard of February 1978

On the night of February 6, 1978, a catastrophic nor'easter struck the city of New York. On that night, in a penthouse in the Upper West Side’s stately Apelles, a crowd gathered for a wild party. And on that night, Mr. Albert Haynes Caldwell - a partner emeritus at Swank, Brady & Plescher; Harvard class of '26; father of three; widower; atheist; and fiscal conservative - hatched a plan to fake a medical emergency and toss himself into the Hudson River, where he would drown.

In the eye of this storm: Hazel Saltwater, age six. The strange events of that night irrevocably altered many lives, but none more than hers. The Blizzard Party is Hazel’s reconstruction of that night, an exploration of love, language, conspiracy, auditory time travel, and life after death.

Cinematic, with a vast cast of characters and a historical scope that spans WWII Poland, the lives of rich and powerful Manhattanites in the late 1970’s, and the enduring effects of 9/11, The Blizzard Party is an epic novel in the form of a final farewell.

©2021 Jack Livings. (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“This audiobook has it all - mystery, mayhem, and sci-fi in a story that flashes forward and back as it revels in the lost world of late 1970s Manhattan. Narrator Rebecca Lowman presents the many complex characters at just the right pace. She carefully delivers the various voices - male and female, accented and not - and keeps the reality-stretching doings moving along.” (AudioFile Magazine)

"[A] brilliant debut novel...Livings calls to mind the work of Michael Chabon as he brings insight into the way events and circumstances shape his characters' lives. This is one to savor." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

"[An] ambitious debut...[The Blizzard Party] features moments of brilliance, especially in the dialogue and the surprising connections. A literary feast." (Booklist)

for the love of Gd, shut up

there are things in life that are wasted on me; good scotch for example or old black and white silent films... I can now add this to the list. While some might enjoy the long-winded run-on sentences laboriously describing each and every detail of every moment, I did not and found myself wishing the author would just STFU already. By the time the paragraph of linguistical imagery was done i often forgot what the heck was being described in the first place.
If I could return it I would.