The Ruined House: A Novel
- Autor: Ruby Namdar
- Narrador: Paul Boehmer
- Editora: HarperCollins USA
- Duração: 21:03:17
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
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001 The Ruined House
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002 Book 1 - Chapter 01
Duração: 09min -
003 Chapter 02
Duração: 03min -
004 Chapter 03
Duração: 14min -
005 Chapter 04
Duração: 02min -
006 Chapter 05
Duração: 06min -
007 Chapter 06
Duração: 11min -
008 Chapter 07
Duração: 02min -
009 Chapter 08
Duração: 03min -
010 Chapter 09
Duração: 07min -
011 Chapter 10
Duração: 09min -
012 Chapter 11
Duração: 05min -
013 Chapter 12
Duração: 04min -
014 Chapter 13
Duração: 05min -
015 Chapter 14
Duração: 02min -
016 Chapter 15
Duração: 08min -
017 Chapter 16
Duração: 17min -
018 Chapter 17
Duração: 02min -
019 Chapter 18
Duração: 01min -
020 Chapter 19
Duração: 15min