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

  • 141 Chapter 18

    Duração: 07min
  • 142 Chapter 19

    Duração: 08min
  • 143 Chapter 20

    Duração: 13min
  • 144 Chapter 21

    Duração: 02min
  • 145 Chapter 22

    Duração: 11min
  • 146 Chapter 23

    Duração: 08min
  • 147 Chapter 24

    Duração: 01min
  • 148 Chapter 25

    Duração: 05min
  • 149 Chapter 26

    Duração: 10min
  • 150 Chapter 27

    Duração: 02min
  • 151 Chapter 28

    Duração: 08min
  • 152 Chapter 29

    Duração: 08min
  • 153 Chapter 30

    Duração: 04min
  • 154 Chapter 31

    Duração: 11min
  • 155 Epilogue

    Duração: 05min
  • 156 Credits

    Duração: 34s
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