Anima Rising

A Novel

De: Christopher Moore

Narrado por: Mary Jane Wells

Christopher Moore's novel comes to life in this incredible audio edition, an AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award winner! Narrator Mary Jane Wells displays an impressive range of character voices, accents, and tonal shifts that perfectly compliment the story's pace and humor.

“A brilliant amalgamation of history, literature, horror, humor and humanity, unfolding with page-turning energy.” — Petalama Argus-Courier

From New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore comes a hilariously deranged tale of a mad scientist, a famous painter, and an undead woman’s electrifying journey of self-discovery.

Vienna, 1911. Gustav Klimt, the most famous painter in the Austrian Empire, the darling of Viennese society, spots a woman’s nude body in the Danube canal. He knows he should summon a policeman, but he can’t resist stopping to make a sketch first. And as he draws, the woman coughs. She’s alive!

Back at his studio, Klimt and his model-turned-muse Wally tend to the formerly-drowned girl. She’s nearly feral and doesn’t remember who she is, or how she came to be floating in the canal. Klimt names her Judith, after one of his most famous paintings, and resolves to help her find her memory.

With a little help from Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, Judith recalls being stranded in the arctic one hundred years ago, locked in a crate by a man named Victor Frankenstein, and visiting the Underworld.

So how did she get here? And why are so many people chasing her, including Geoff, the giant croissant-eating devil dog of the North?

Poor Things meets Bride of Frankenstein in Anima Rising, Christopher Moore’s most ingenious (and probably most hilarious) novel yet.

The humor

This was such a fun book and the narrator was phenomenal. All the characters real and fictitious were all written well! Highly recommend

A Strange Tale of Turn of the Century Art and Science

Intriguing tale that kept my attention. Moore’s dark humor is clearly honed to a fine point.

the narrator was amazing

I enjoyed the story, and the narrator was one of the best I've heard. all the voices and accents were different, but ready to follow.

And now for something completely different

The more I think about this book the more I wonder about how Christopher Moore's brain works. How does he read a book such as Frankenstein or view Gustav Klimt's paintings and create this? I was mesmerized and entertained all while laughing. I did not want it to end.

An absolute hoot

The narration is spectacular. Hire her for everything please
The story is amusing, irreverent, and touching (not sappy).