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Walk Through Walls
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Marina Abramovic
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 10-25-16
- Language: English
- Publisher: Random House Audio
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $35.00
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Publisher's Summary
"I had experienced absolute freedom - I had felt that my body was without boundaries, limitless; that pain didn't matter, that nothing mattered at all - and it intoxicated me."
In 2010 more than 750,000 people stood in line at Marina Abramović's MoMA retrospective for the chance to sit across from her and communicate with her nonverbally in an unprecedented durational performance that lasted more than 700 hours. This celebration of nearly 50 years of groundbreaking performance art demonstrated once again that Marina Abramović is truly a force of nature.
The child of Communist war-hero parents under Tito's regime in postwar Yugoslavia, she was raised with a relentless work ethic. Even as she was beginning to build an international artistic career, Marina lived at home under her mother's abusive control, strictly obeying a 10:00 p.m. curfew. But nothing could quell her insatiable curiosity, her desire to connect with people, or her distinctly Balkan sense of humor - all of which inform her art and her life.
The beating heart of Walk Through Walls is an operatic love story - a 12-year collaboration with fellow performance artist Ulay, much of which was spent penniless in a van traveling across Europe - a relationship that began to unravel and came to a dramatic end atop the Great Wall of China.
Marina's story, by turns moving, epic, and dryly funny, informs an incomparable artistic career that involves pushing her body past the limits of fear, pain, exhaustion, and danger in an uncompromising quest for emotional and spiritual transformation. A remarkable work of performance in its own right, Walk Through Walls is a vivid and powerful rendering of the unparalleled life of an extraordinary artist.
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- V. Ledovsky
- New York, NY
- 11-20-16
Fascinating read
NYT reviewer who panned this phenomenal memoir ought to be fired or at the very least banned from covering fine arts ever again. It blows my mind how much people can miss the point when creative genius is the target of observation.
This was easily the best autobiography I've ever read. Entertaining, inspiring, honest. Superb all around.
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- Jeremy
- 10-30-18
Pure magic
Powerful stories filled with life, struggle and creativity. Words, actions and history coalesce into fabric of this artist. Inspiration flows and I feel touched deeply by these words. The humanness and other worldliness of her stories echo inside the space of my mind. As an artist I feel honored to listen to this life read by the artist. Her work moves in ways deeper than she may ever know. Thank you
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- Ricardo
- 04-13-18
wonderful!
Such a great insight into a very important artist. Abramovic reading is haunting, done with both deadpan control and humor.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-07-18
Just finished, and about to listen again
Hands down one of the best audiobooks and books I’ve ever encountered. This woman is a treasure to humanity and the whole earth. There is so much to learn from her story that I feel I must listen again in order to really absorb it all.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-05-17
Wow...
Marina Abramovich gives a peek into her Life and inspiration that has defined her as a person. Most of all it is honest. Great read!
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- Nuria Costa
- 10-21-17
Fascinating life and good writer
Very well-written. Vivid images. Feelings are palpable through each chapter. Easy to follow. I agree on another reviewer: this is the perfect audiobook.
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- Cecilia
- 03-05-17
Fascinating memoir; excellent narration
All I knew about Abramovic was that she cut herself during a performance. Wow, that was only the tip of the iceberg on this amazing lady. This is a human story -- love, loss, shame, pride -- an Anramovic isn't afraid to talk about any of it. Besides being a fascinating story, Abramovic's narration was some of the best in the business. To hear her in the Eastern European accented English read this book, which is so rich in the history of her country and her people, was a great experience. She read with passion. I felt like she was really reading to me. One of the best audiobooks I have experienced, and my new favorite memoir!!
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- Tomi Metsdniemi
- Helsinki, - Finland
- 02-08-17
The perfect audiobook
I loved the performance -what a precise word to describe this intelligent, heartful and wise biography. If only every person in the world would hear this. Authentic, beautiful, unexpected.
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- Amazon Customer
- sacramento, california, Usa
- 01-28-17
10/10 give the lady an oscar
she actually read her book unlike 95% of the other bios & english isn't even her first language
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- Drew
- 01-04-17
Inspirational!
Marina's voice is very calming - it's a joy to listen to her read her story. This book was a refreshing reminder how powerful the human mind is. Marina has lived quite a fascinating life - never a dull moment in this book - it kept me entertained from start to finish.