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The Red Book: A Reader's Edition
- Philemon
- Narrated by: Mike Fraser
- Length: 20 hrs
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Summary
UPDATE: In response to listener feedback, this audio edition of The Red Book has now been revised to exclude footnotes in the reading.
An audio edition of the famous Red Book text and essay.
The Red Book, published to wide acclaim in 2009, contains the nucleus of C. G. Jung's later works. It was here that he developed his principal theories of the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of individuation that would transform psychotherapy from treatment of the sick into a means for the higher development of the personality.
As Sara Corbett wrote in the New York Times, "The creation of one of modern history's true visionaries, The Red Book is a singular work, outside of categorization. As an inquiry into what it means to be human, it transcends the history of psychoanalysis and underscores Jung's place among revolutionary thinkers like Marx, Orwell and, of course, Freud."
The Red Book: A Reader's Edition features Sonu Shamdasani's introductory essay and the full translation of Jung's vital work in one audiobook. The Red Book is skillfully narrated by Mike Fraser.
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- Sam Covill
- 21-01-22
Exceptional book with brilliant narration
The narration is perfect. I would highly recommend this edition. The complexity of the work will require repeated relistens, but this will be with pleasure as the narration is so good. Listen in a dark room with no distractions!
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- Jonathan Baldie
- 09-07-20
Wonderfully rich and deep
Classic Jung - a bit of a maze, and stuttering at times, but nevertheless a vital piece of psychological thought.
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- Connor Shaw
- 11-12-21
The alchemy of a mind, insightful and personal to the author.
The book wasn’t, what I thought it would be. It is full of allegory and, subliminal self reflection. The mode of the book is one of a crusade into strings of awareness and, realisation.
It’s done in steps with reference to mythology from across the globe the and, cultural aspects of awareness. Geek mythical gods, female priestess / gods of knowledge are present and, man are present that of the self and his thirst of knowledge.
It reminds me of a play broken into Acts.
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- D Kelch
- 23-12-21
Updated audio version
The earlier negative reviews for this audio work are based on the fact the footnotes were originally included. It has now been updated with the footnotes removed. Despite having not heard the original, I think that was the correct decision.
The footnotes are a wonderful resource in the printed editions, but I don’t imagine they would make for a good listening experience.
If you want the footnotes you can get the Reader’s Edition or the full facsimile version.
If you want to have this excellent work read to you, then I think this version is flawless.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-06-23
View altering book with professional narration
Had to rethink my prespective on existence many-many times while listening through this book. Highly recommend to anyone who is ready. The narration is perfect at letting it come through.
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- Leah Lotous
- 23-03-21
Thank you
Jung's family.. thank you so much for letting this be shared with all of us.
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- ross mitchell
- 19-06-23
Into the depths you go
This can help you piece together what you know, if you allow it to
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- Robert Smith
- 06-09-20
The Red Audiobook
Really happy that they have finally made an audiobook of the Red Book! I think the narrator does a really good job and has a more expressive voice than most audiobook narrators I’ve heard. However, I think it is a bit of a missed opportunity not to have it read by a narrator with a Swiss accent like Jung’s. That would have really added something.
I have to agree with others reviewers here that they should have left out the footnotes in the audiobook version - they really break up the flow of the main text. Perhaps the publisher could release an alternative version without footnotes?
Overall - it’s awesome that they have made this audiobook and I hope there is more to come from this publisher (black books etc).
Update 05/07/21: Impressed that the publisher listened to the feedback regarding the footnotes. Just listened to the new updated version with them removed - so much better. You can now get fully immersed in the reading and it flows beautifully. Good work.
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- Ema
- 31-12-21
This is the best book ever.
For those who love C.G Jung and psychology and psychoanalysis this is a must.
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- Beatrice
- 05-10-23
Moved in my disappointment to write another review
I am truly surprised that so many people have said that this narration is good. My own experience is that it detracts from the poetry and drama of Jung's stories. Each character is given exactly the same voice tone so that it's hard to tell who is speaking. Emphasis is placed on grammatically strange words in the sentences, rendering them odd to listen to. For me this is monotone, unemotional, robotic and difficult. It seems crazy - given that this is a book of the most incredible soul and depth about Jung's journey beyond ego and into the objective psyche. It could be so beautiful and absorbing.
As an illustration, I share a story. Recently I had this recording playing while sitting in the lounge and studying the text alongside the audio. My partner, a couple of weeks later, did an impression of what he'd heard and he was doing an impression of an AI voice. To us it sounds like a male google Alexa device is reading it. Maybe it could be redone by an actor like Benedict Cumberbatch (his reading of William Golding's The Spire was wonderful) or the narrator of Phillip Pullman's books.
Could be so rich. Please do it again and honour this incredible creative work!
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