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Flights
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2018
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From the 17th century, we have the story of the Dutch anatomist Philip Verheyen, who dissected and drew pictures of his own amputated leg. From the 18th century, we have the story of a North African-born slave turned Austrian courtier stuffed and put on display after his death. In the 19th century, we follow Chopin’s heart as it makes the covert journey from Paris to Warsaw. In the present we have the trials of a wife accompanying her much older husband as he teaches a course on a cruise ship in the Greek islands, and the harrowing story of a young husband whose wife and child mysteriously vanish on a holiday on a Croatian island.
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- Chris
- 05-07-20
Pointless
I have to admit to enduring only 3 hours before giving up and skipping through. This is not a novel but a vignette off various unconnected bits of travel related stories.... Some might find it dreamy but I found it dull, pointless, irritating and jarring...I rarely don't finish a book, but this I could not figure on for more than five minutes. Maybe it's a better read than a listen although I am a touch bemused b as to how's it won the booker prize...
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- CarolynK
- 04-06-20
Brilliant writing but not a novel
The writing and some of the stories in this collection are mesmerising but be aware that this is not a novel. Included in the series of stories ranging from vignettes to novellas are some haunting tales; a Polish man on holiday in Croatia whose wife and child disappear, a Russian woman with an urge to escape a life dictated by love for her disabled child. Loosely linked by themes of flight and the cage that is the body, the stories build in power. Stick with it and you won't be disappointed.
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- Rachel Hart
- 08-09-19
Gave up
Maybe audio is not the best format for this chaotic, confusing & frustrating book. Was it supposed to be funny? Was the narrator supposed to be so smug & mocking? Reminded me of Olivia Laing’s work, which I would listen to again. But not this. Gave up after 90 mins.
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- zjawka
- 31-01-20
Unusual and peaceful
I loved the way Olga took us on the traveling board of different personalities. Genius
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- Mrs Prudence Irvine
- 16-05-19
Confused portrayal
The light tone of the narrator seemed incongruous with the narrative. A voice more matched to less brittle literature. Consequently, I couldn’t get past two hours of listening.
7 people found this helpful
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- Saxena
- 03-08-19
waste of 12hours of audio time
bought the book on audible reco as a winner of 2018 man Booker prize. however I am totally disappointed and feel I have wasted around 15hours of my time enduring the insipid book. it's not even a book, just a collection of discrete notes jumping from one topic to other, some short and some sizeable but with no interweaving thread. wondering what judges found in it that I couldn't. though Olga's imagination and texts sometimes show spark of brilliance but overall it's a torture to go thru till end. voice and diction of Jennifer is good but she also could not cope up with the ever Changing topics, some intense and others frivolous. this requires regular change in tone and pitch from one note to other and Jennifer couldn't do justice here, not her fault though. just a putdownable book.
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- Bananas in Pyjamas
- 22-11-21
Pretentious ramblings
Endured 4 hours before I gave up completely. The book comes across as the pretentious disconnected ramblings of someone trying to find underlying meaning where there is none. The voice of the narrator is also unappealing and distracting. Perhaps it would be (slightly) better as a written book than an audiobook but somehow I doubt that, since the content itself if so uninspiring.
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- Nick D
- 14-03-21
Narration irritating
This is great book by an amazing author. It is narrated in a posh, highly-strung, gender stereotyped, irritating voice. I regret i downloaded it. I will buy a copy to read
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- Corsaire
- 03-03-21
Vague and unfulfilling
Was hoping for a hard-to-define, engaging and thought-provoking listen like Maria Popova's Figuring, but this was rambling and whimsical without ever seeming to arrive at a point, or a point of interest. I certainly don't recognise it as a novel about travel or the human body, as it is described. It seems more like a collection of of rather peripatetic thoughts.
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- adnil
- 09-05-22
made it through 2 hours and then....
Sorry but I think this is not a book for audible even though the narrator was fine. Would be much better to read this (as opposed to listen to it) as it jumps all over the place. Some very good imagery but, not something I want to struggle with while I'm driving.
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- Leonor Cárdenas
- 22-08-20
Really good but sometimes hard to follow the story
The narrative makes it difficult to follow without the traditional book marker. Otherwise amazing. yeah