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SUM: Egalitaire (Clarke Peters) / Absence (Kerry Fox)

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SUM: Egalitaire (Clarke Peters) / Absence (Kerry Fox)

By: David Eagleman
Narrated by: Clarke Peters, Kerry Fox
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Summary

Two stories from SUM: Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman.

In 'Egalitaire', read by Clarke Peters, in the afterlife you discover that a female God understands that life is not simply a matter of good and evil.

In 'Absence', read by Kerry Fox, Heaven looks exactly the vision of Eden you expected, but God is gone.

In SUM, David Eagleman entertains 40 fictional possibilities of life beyond death. With wit and humanity, he asks the key questions about existence, hope, technology, and love. These stories are full of big ideas and bold imagination.

This release is one of 20 pairings of readings from the audiobook, which assembles a stellar cast of narrators who bring the scenarios of SUM brilliantly alive: Gillian Anderson, Emily Blunt, Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker, Jack Davenport, Lisa Dwan, David Eagleman, Noel Fielding, Kerry Fox, Stephen Fry, Clarke Peters, Lemn Sissay, and Harriet Walter.

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"You will not read a more dazzling book this year." (Stephen Fry)
"SUM has the unaccountable, jaw-dropping quality of genius." (Observer)
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