Blue Skies

by T. C. Boyle Narrated by Florian Lukas

Overview

Was passiert, wenn die Natur zurückbeißt? - Der neue Roman von T.C. Boyle Der Countdown zur Apokalypse läuft: Kalifornien geht in Flammen auf, Überschwemmungen bedrohen Florida. «Der Planet stirbt, siehst du das nicht?«, wirft Cooper seiner Mutter vor, die ihre Küche gehorsam auf frittierte Heuschrecken umstellt. Heftige Diskussionen gibt es auch mit Schwester Cat. Sie hat sich als Haustier eine Tigerpython namens Willie angeschafft, die sie sich wie ein glitzerndes Juwel um die Schultern hängt. Die Frage nach dem Verhältnis zur Umwelt geht wie ein Riss durch die Familie, bis eines Nachts Willie aus dem Terrarium verschwindet. Mit »Blue Skies« hat T.C. Boyle den ultimativen Roman über den Alltag in unseren Zeiten geschrieben. Unheimlich, witzig und prophetisch. Ungekürzte Lesung mit Florian Lukas 12h 23min

Editorial Reviews

July 2023 - AudioFile

Alyssa Bresnahan narrates a satirical novel about the climate crisis. Cat lives in Florida with her frequently absent fiancé. On impulse she buys a pet snake for company. In California her brother, Cooper, an entomologist, loses an arm to an infected tick bite. Bresnahan manages to make both Cat and Cooper believably sympathetic without softening their unlikable personality traits: Cat is needy and often careless, while Cooper is selfish and frequently pedantic. Neither Cat nor Cooper is a bad person per se, and that is what Bresnahan captures in her portrayal of both. As lives and the environment spin out of control, Bresnahan maintains her calm delivery, creating a much needed counterpoint to the chaos. K.M.P. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

AudioFile - JULY 2023

Alyssa Bresnahan narrates a satirical novel about the climate crisis. Cat lives in Florida with her frequently absent fiancé. On impulse she buys a pet snake for company. In California her brother, Cooper, an entomologist, loses an arm to an infected tick bite. Bresnahan manages to make both Cat and Cooper believably sympathetic without softening their unlikable personality traits: Cat is needy and often careless, while Cooper is selfish and frequently pedantic. Neither Cat nor Cooper is a bad person per se, and that is what Bresnahan captures in her portrayal of both. As lives and the environment spin out of control, Bresnahan maintains her calm delivery, creating a much needed counterpoint to the chaos. K.M.P. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940159852458
Publisher:	Der Hörverlag
Publication date:	05/29/2023
Edition description:	Unabridged
Language:	German

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