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No One Is Talking About This
- Narrated by: Kristen Sieh
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
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Summary
Bloomsbury presents No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood, read by Kristen Sieh.
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2021.
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021.
This is a story about a life lived in two halves.
It’s about what happens when real life collides with the increasing absurdity of a world accessed through a screen.
It’s about where we go when existential threats loom and the high stakes of reality that claim us back.
It’s about living in world that contains both an abundance of proof that there is goodness, empathy and justice in the universe and a deluge of evidence to the contrary.
Irreverent and sincere, poignant and delightfully profane, No One Is Talking About This is a meditation on love, language and human connection from one of the most original voices of our time.
Critic reviews
"I really admire and love this book. Patricia Lockwood is a completely singular talent and this is her best, funniest, weirdest, most affecting work yet." (Sally Rooney)
"A furiously original novel, alive and unstable." (Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror)
"A formidably gifted writer who can do pretty much anything she pleases." (New York Times Book Review)
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- dillpickle
- 01-02-22
Something All Of Its Own
This is such a strange and beautiful little book, that it is difficult to describe it. It starts out quite arch, artificial,and almost pleased with its own cleverness (much like the portal it so often references) and then that performance falls away to reveal something tender, tentative and utterly human. I've never read (listened) to anything like it before - Lockwood's background as a poet clearly influenced the writing. To top it off, Kristen Sieh's narration was perfect, and added in something extra to the story.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-12-21
not what I expected but I loved every minute
I think this book will really resonate with people of a certain generation. The author simultaneously mocks and worships 'the portal' (the internet), finding humour where there is none and reverentially contemplating the ridiculous - and handles this balancing act with ease. The book takes a shocking U-turn around the halfway mark and becomes something quite different - real, personal, ageless. Highly recommended.
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- I Braun
- 06-12-21
Beautiful
So, so Beautiful. Engrossing and thought provoking. Profound listening experience and the reading is superb.
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- Aisling
- 18-05-21
Fantastic
I absorbed this audiobook in 24 hours, it's surprising, emotional and wonderfully written and recorded. Definitely recommend choosing this book, you won't regret it.
Now I'm off to get a hard copy so I can experience it all over again!
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- Miss M. Maheshwari
- 24-06-22
Beautiful, moving
At the start listening to this felt jarring, like hearing someone read tweets, but the performance and the story are gripping and excellent. It’s such a compelling reflection of how we live our lives today, the realities of a life lived through our devices and the very extraordinary turn reality can take which reminds that often the most significant moments of our lives only mean something to a very small number of people.
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- M. Peters
- 22-01-22
Funny and Touching
A story both funny and touching is made even stronger by an excellent audiobook narrator.
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- Kilagroo
- 13-12-21
Not my cup of tea
I couldn't finish it, I couldn't really make head nor tail out of it, I think its prob way above my academic level 🤣 am sure it's amazing for other people but it was lost on me, Apologies to the author
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- ThatPersonOverThere
- 24-12-21
Laugh and cry
Such a fascinating and unpredictable mixture of irreverent laugh out loud mockery of our ridiculous online culture and heart-wrenching humanity. Wonderful.
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- Abigail Taubin
- 05-04-21
Writing. Reading. Everything
This is very very very well read. And written. I’m going to listen again. Now
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- Anonymous User
- 26-09-21
Chaotic
The first part was a struggle. Very chaotic. I didin't get all those irritating and worthless thoughts. So unnecessary in normal life. The second part was very emotional.
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