The Ruined House: A Novel

  • Autor: Ruby Namdar
  • Narrador: Paul Boehmer
  • Editora: HarperCollins USA
  • Duração: 21:03:17
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Sinopse

“In The Ruined House a ‘small harmless modicum of vanity’ turns into an apocalyptic bonfire.  Shot through with humor and mystery and insight, Ruby Namdar's wonderful first novel examines how the real and the unreal merge.  It's a daring study of madness, masculinity, myth-making and the human fragility that emerges in the mix.""

—Colum McCann, National Book Award-winning author of Let the Great World Spin

Winner of the Sapir Prize, Israel’s highest literary award

Picking up the mantle of legendary authors such as Saul Bellow and Philip Roth, an exquisite literary talent makes his debut with a nuanced and provocative tale of materialism, tradition, faith, and the search for meaning in contemporary American life.

Andrew P. Cohen, a professor of comparative culture at New York University, is at the zenith of his life. Adored by his classes and published in prestigious literary magazines, he is about to receive a coveted promotion—the crowning achievement of an enviable career. He is on excellent terms with Linda, his ex-wife, and his two grown children admire and adore him. His girlfriend, Ann Lee, a former student half his age, offers lively companionship. A man of elevated taste, education, and culture, he is a model of urbanity and success.

But the manicured surface of his world begins to crack when he is visited by a series of strange and inexplicable visions involving an ancient religious ritual that will upend his comfortable life.

Beautiful, mesmerizing, and unsettling, The Ruined House unfolds over the course of one year, as Andrew’s world unravels and he is forced to question all his beliefs. Ruby Namdar’s brilliant novel embraces the themes of the American Jewish literary canon as it captures the privilege and pedantry of New York intellectual life in the opening years of the twenty-first century.

Capítulos

  • 081 Chapter 16

    Duração: 04min
  • 082 Chapter 17

    Duração: 09min
  • 083 Chapter 18

    Duração: 08min
  • 084 Mishna

    Duração: 27min
  • 085 Book 5 - Chapter 01

    Duração: 03min
  • 086 Chapter 02

    Duração: 07min
  • 087 Chapter 03

    Duração: 13min
  • 088 Chapter 04

    Duração: 06min
  • 089 Chapter 05

    Duração: 07min
  • 090 Chapter 06

    Duração: 13min
  • 091 Chapter 07

    Duração: 01min
  • 092 Chapter 08

    Duração: 07min
  • 093 Chapter 09

    Duração: 10min
  • 094 Chapter 10

    Duração: 04min
  • 095 Chapter 11

    Duração: 09min
  • 096 Chapter 12

    Duração: 08min
  • 097 Chapter 13

    Duração: 01min
  • 098 Chapter 14

    Duração: 10min
  • 099 Chapter 15

    Duração: 06min
  • 100 Chapter 16

    Duração: 22min
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