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Narrated by:
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Sarah Naudi
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Written by:
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Samantha Harvey
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
**WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024**
Six astronauts rotate in their spacecraft contemplating the world below
A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of the human body. But mostly they observe. Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling it sixteen times, spinning past continents and cycling through seasons, taking in glaciers and deserts, the peaks of mountains and the swells of oceans. Endless shows of spectacular beauty witnessed in a single day.
Yet although separated from the world they cannot escape its constant pull. News reaches them of the death of a mother, and with it comes thoughts of returning home. They look on as a typhoon gathers over an island and people they love, in awe of its magnificence and fearful of its destruction.
The fragility of human life fills their conversations, their fears, their dreams. So far from earth, they have never felt more part - or protective - of it. They begin to ask, what is life without earth? What is earth without humanity?
'Beautiful in every aspect'
SARAH MOSS, author of Summerwater
'One of the most beautiful novels I have read in a very long time'
MARK HADDON, author of The Porpoise
'One of the UK's most exquisite stylists'
GUARDIAN
‘Awe-inspiring’
Max Porter
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- Renuka
- 27-11-24
The exquisite narrative and the narrator
The prose is so good that I could actually imagine the way countries of our planet looked from space or feel the old church that protected the people inside from the flood waters outside
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- Anonymous User
- 15-12-24
Earth away from earth...
Sometimes you start missing ones, loved once when you realize they are going away, even the imagination of them going away makes you feel missing them.
The loved one in this book our mother earth. And this is perhaps the shortest description of this book.
What a mindblowing detailed description! Sometimes you think Samantha has done masters in geography, then you think, no may be she has studied cosmology, may she is a historian or politics also.
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- Aneesha
- 18-01-25
An Ode to our Earth in 16 Orbits
Excellent storytelling in a voice that suited the narrative. Lyrical prose brought forth with a gentle narration of each word.
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- Vijay
- 14-12-24
The utter meaninglessness of the book.
This is the most unconventional audiobook that I’ve encountered. At times, it felt as though the narrator was merely reciting the names of countries from an atlas or listing random objects.
The absence of a plot wasn’t surprising—I had anticipated it from the news articles discussing its Booker Prize win. What truly struck me was the sheer purposelessness of the book. Attempt this at your own risk.
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- Vinz
- 13-12-24
Not much of a story
I was really excited to listen to this award winning book
However, there is isn't much of a story here.. just profound musings.. meh!! 😐😕
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-03-25
Reads like poetry in prose!
The author paints a living, breathing, picture of life in and from space while contemplating deeply on our existence in the universe. Her impressive use of language leaves you feeling transported but never lost. This is a book I will be delighted to pick up over and over!
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- Ipsita Gochhayat
- 03-02-25
A horrible novel, a novel poem
This book won the Booker Prize 2024 and that’s the reason I picked it up, and have regretted from the second chapter onwards. Probably the book isn’t that bad but it certainly did not match my expectation. You see, the book is categorised as a novel and in that genre I believe it’s a dismal one. It is,however, tolerable as a non-fiction and it could have been phenomenal as a poem.
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