Aniara

De: Harry Martinson, Hugh MacDiarmid - translator, Elspeth Harley Schubert - translator

Narrado por: The Voice of Nick

"Who could foresee that just this flight, all in the day’s work as it seemed, was singled out to be unique and doomed to bear us all away from Earth and Sun, Venus and Mars, and life’s entire environment?"

Featuring 11 beautiful illustrations and dozens of hours of behind-the-scenes videos documenting the artwork's creation in an attached PDF.

Nobel laureate Harry Martinson's 1956 sci-fi epic, translated by Hugh MacDiarmid and Elspeth Harley Schubert. A passenger ship is lost in space during a routine journey, and its 8,000 inhabitants must somehow come to terms with their new life. What awaits them in the bitter Galactic night?

Hugh MacDiarmid and Elspeth Harley Schubert's classic translation highlights the story's poetry, while The Voice of Nick's intense narration brings to light every moment of darkness, foreboding, and loneliness in this endless journey through the void.

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Great narration, but story was not my favorite

Admirable sci-fi effort. I have a lot of respect for this writer doing something notably unique in the field (when it was written, and even still today). Interesting to blend the concept of epic poetry with a genre which usually doesn’t tread anywhere near that.

Having said that, this was not really for me. I got lost constantly, the poetry parts were not engaging for me, and the only thing that kept me listening was the truly great, dramatic narration on Audible. I’m biased for sure, but if it weren’t for the dramatic reading, I never would’ve finished this.