Creation Lake
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Creation Lake
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Narrated by:
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Rachel Kushner
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By:
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Rachel Kushner
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024**
Seductive and cunning American spy-for-hire Sadie Smith has been sent by her mysterious but powerful employers to a remote corner of France.
Her mission: to infiltrate a commune of radical eco-activists influenced by the beliefs of an enigmatic elder, Bruno Lacombe, who has rejected civilisation, lives in a Neanderthal cave, and believes the path to enlightenment is a return to primitivism.
Sadie casts her cynical eye over this region of ancient farms and sleepy villages, and finds Bruno’s idealism laughable, but just as she is certain she’s the seductress and puppet master of those she surveils, Bruno Lacombe is seducing her with his ingenious counter-histories, his artful laments, his own tragic story.
Beneath this a taut, dazzling story of espionage and intrigue lies one of a woman caught in the crossfire between the past and the future, and a profound treatise on human history.
'The most exciting writer of her generation' BRET EASTON ELLIS
'Reinvents the spy novel in one cool, erudite gesture' HERNAN DIAZ
'Compulsively readable... Kill Bill written by John le Carré' OBSERVER
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- Aine O'C
- 20-10-24
Admirable and impressive but hard to care about
It’s brilliantly written and I found the character of Sadie interesting and well drawn. But overall it felt more like a demonstration of research than a novel so I learned stuff but didn’t feel or care much.
This fit the character but, on top of the very detailed, slow story, made for near boredom on occasion.
I also had very mixed feelings about the narration.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-09-24
Creative writing
I found this very difficult and wasn’t keen on the narrator/author. There’s no doubt the writing is brilliant but I don’t think it transfers well to audible. I will read the book some time. This could win the Booker 2024
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- sean harley
- 25-09-24
Wonderful
Great story and characters. Funny and moving. Love to hear Rachel reading too. Can’t wait to read and listen to her next book.
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- Vicki
- 15-12-24
Interesting book terrible narration
I guess the author should be able to narrate their work but this was almost impossible to listen to. So monotonous and no differentiation between the voices of different characters. I can see why the book has been critically acclaimed but I wish I’d read it instead of listened.
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- jackjustreading
- 20-10-24
Not for me
I DNFd this. I kept waiting for something to happen and got so bored, I couldn’t give it the time or patience any longer. A very frustrating read.
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- sueg
- 11-09-24
Needs to be re-recorded to do the work justice
The narration is painfully insouciant, detracting from what seems to be a brilliant book. If it is re-recorded, I would definitely repurchase.
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- Greg Collini
- 22-11-24
Don’t get the audible version
The writing and concepts are interesting, but I don’t think I can get past the first couple of hours because of the delivery. It’s such a monotone drawl that I presumed it was AI generated, but I think recent AI would make a much better job. Please listen the sample first.
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- Chuck DeLacroix
- 18-01-25
compelling
it rambled a little but the author has a completely fascinating mind. it held me totally.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-10-24
I don’t get it
Why is this book so hyped up? I loved the mars room but this no thanks. Im surprised it’s short listed
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- Anonymous User
- 07-12-24
Thin cliches and stereotypes
Highly annoying protagonist who has little depth and little character development. Some clever ploys but all in all she has written much better books and with a town out there to read, why waste your time.
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