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Stella Maris
- Author
- Cormac McCarthy
- Narrator
- Edoardo Ballerini, Julia Whelan
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 6 December 2022
- Run Time
- 4 hours 54 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
A profound exploration of the nature of reality and the human mind, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road and No Country for Old Men.
'A drought-busting, brain-vexing double act’ – Guardian
Alicia Western is the following: Twenty years old. A brilliant mathematician at the University of Chicago. And a paranoid schizophrenic who does not want to talk about her brother, Bobby.
Told entirely through the transcripts of Alicia’s psychiatric sessions, Cormac McCarthy's Stella Maris is a moving companion to The Passenger. It is a powerful enquiry that questions our notions of God, truth, and life itself.
‘Cormac McCarthy was such a virtuoso, his language was so rich and new . . . his books were terrifying and absolute. His sentences were astonishing.’ - Anne Enright
Critics Review
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Remarkable… a staggering achievement
Scotsman
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His sentences have the solidity of stones and the clarity of diamonds
Financial Times
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A true work of literature… If McCarthy’s goal was for these books to haunt readers long after they are set aside, then he has succeeded.
LA Review of Books
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Remarkable… [Stella Maris] harmonises both sadly and gorgeously with its recent predecessor. Side by side, both novels affirm the extraordinary poetry and strangeness of McCarthy’s vision
Sydney Morning Herald
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Like Bach’s concertos, these triumphant novels depart the realm of art and encroach upon science, aimed at some Platonic point beyond our reckoning where all spheres converge
TIME
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Great additions to McCarthy's already outstanding oeuvre and proof that the mind of one of our greatest living writers is as sharp as it has ever been.
NPR
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Details
- Author
- Cormac McCarthy
- Narrator
- Edoardo Ballerini, Julia Whelan
- Duration
- 4 hours 54 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 December 2022
- ISBN
- 9781035006786
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Psychological thriller, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction
Synopsis
A profound exploration of the nature of reality and the human mind, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road and No Country for Old Men. 'A drought-busting, brain-vexing double act’ – GuardianAlicia Western is the following: Twenty years old. A brilliant mathematician at the University of Chicago. And a paranoid schizophrenic who does not want to talk about her brother, Bobby.Told entirely through the transcripts of Alicia’s psychiatric sessions, Cormac McCarthy's Stella Maris is a moving companion to The Passenger. It is a powerful enquiry that questions our notions of God, truth, and life itself.‘Cormac McCarthy was such a virtuoso, his language was so rich and new . . . his books were terrifying and absolute. His sentences were astonishing.’ - Anne Enright
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