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Title: Ravelstein
Author: Saul Bellow
Narrator: Peter Ganim
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-11-09
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 43 votes
Genres: Fiction, Literary
Publisher's Summary:
Abe Ravelstein is a famously iconoclastic university professor who has died from AIDS; his close friend Chick is writing a memoir about him. As the story unfolds, we hear Ravelstein's (and Chick's) complex, challenging, often uproarious thoughts on mortality, history, art, sex, even vaudeville routines from the distant past. At the same time, we are drawn into a beautifully nuanced portrait of a rare and fascinating friendship. Deeply insightful and always moving, Ravelstein is an unforgettable journey through love and memory.
As an added bonus, when you purchase our Audible Modern Vanguard production of Saul Bellow's book, you'll also receive an exclusive Jim Atlas interview. This interview where James Atlas interviews Azar Nafisi about the life and work of Saul Bellow begins as soon as the audiobook ends.
Critic Reviews:
"This book rings with laughter and joy.... Ravelstein is an extraordinary character ." (
The Washington Post)
"No contemporary of ours is more consistently brilliant and more defiantly risky than Saul Bellow." (
The New York Times Book Review)
"His voice has the meticulous range and certainty of a cathedral choir. The wit is exquisitely mannered; the intelligence both fearless and elegant." (
The Boston Globe)
