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Ghostwritten
- Narrated by: various
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Winner of the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.
Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award.
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Critic reviews
"Nine disparate but interconnected tales (and a short coda) in Mitchell's impressive debut examine 21st-century notions of community, coincidence, causality, catastrophe and fate....Mitchell's wildly variegated story can be abstruse and elusive in its larger themes, but the gorgeous prose and vibrant, original construction make this an accomplishment not to be missed." (Publishers Weekly)
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- MISS
- 02-02-13
It's abridged!
I didn't notice it was abridged and there doesn't seem to be an unabridged version on the site...
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- Mark
- 06-05-07
Clever and thoughtful but the ending!
Well written and very impressive, but while I enjoyed the majority of the episodes, detail & imagination shone out, some of the episodes were less pleasing. The whole package I felt was let down by the ending. I feel sufficiently enlightened to comprehend the metaphysical aspect of the book, so I am concerned that I am missing something here in the ending. Perhaps another listener will enlighten us with regard to the ending. Well worth listening to.
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- Stevie Bach
- 20-06-20
excellent
Absorbing characters, amazing tales. Many short stories combined in one loose worldly narrative. A very worthwhile read.
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- S.M.Then
- 10-02-13
Uneven and unsatisfactory
The stories set in the West were very good while those in the East were dull and meaningless. The links between the stories were tenuous.