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