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I Thought My Father Was God audiobook

  • By: Paul Auster
  • Narrator: Paul Auster
  • Length: 9 hours 6 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: August 10, 2004
  • Language: English
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I Thought My Father Was God Audiobook Summary

When Paul Auster was asked to join NPR’s Weekend All Things Considered program to tell stories, he turned the proposition on its head: he would let the stories come to him. He invited listeners to submit brief, true-life anecdotes about events that touched their lives.

And so the National Story Project was born. just over a year old, it’s one of NPR’s most popular features. The response has been so overwhelming, with more than 4,000 stories submitted so far, that Auster decided to cull the top works andmake them available in a book — and now this audio tape. His selections — hilarious blunders, wrenching coincidences, brushes with death, miraculous encounters, improbable ironies — come from people of all ages and walks of life.

This one-of-a-kind collection is a testament to the power of storytelling that offers a glimpse into the American soul. By turns poignant, nostalgic, funny and strange, it is an audiobook to be treasured and shared for years to come.

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Paul Auster is the bestselling author of Oracle Night, The Book of Illusions, and Timbuktu. I Thought My Father Was God, the NPR National Story Project anthology, which he edited, was also a national bestseller. His work has been translated into thirty languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Narrator Paul Auster
Length 9 hours 6 minutes
Author Paul Auster
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date August 10, 2004
ISBN 9780060784423

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Ahmad

May 01, 2022

I Thought My Father Was God and Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project = True Tales of American Life, Paul Auster True Tales of American Life (First published under the title: I Thought My Father Was God, and Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project) (2001). The true-life stories in this unique collection provide "a window into the American mind and heart" (The Daily News). One hundred and eighty voices - male and female, young and old, from all walks of life and all over the country - talk intimately to the reader. Combining great humor and pathos this remarkable selection of stories from the thousands submitted to NPR's (National Public Radio).تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز هفدهم ماه جولای سال2009میلادیعنوان: داستان‌های واقعی از زندگی آمریکایی؛ گردآوری و ویراستار: پل آستر؛ مترجم: مهسا ملک مرزبان؛ تهران، نشر افق، سال1387؛ در679ص؛ شابک9789643695040؛ چاپ دوم سال1390؛ چاپ سوم سال1393؛ چاپ دیگر: تهران، نشر افق، سال1391، در600ص، شابک9789643698843؛موضوع: داستانهای واقعی از نویسندگان ایالات متحده آمریکا - سده21مفهرست: «مقدمه»؛ فصل اول حیوانات: «جوجه اثر لیندا الگانت»؛ «راسکال اثر بیل هافمن»؛ »پروانه زرد اثر سیمونت جکسون»، «اژدرمار اثر جودیت بث کوهن»، «پو اثر پاتریشیا ال لامیرت»؛ «آواره ی نیویورک اثر ادیت تس مارکر»؛ «گوشت دنده ی خوک اثر اریک واین»؛ «بی اثر سوزان استرو»؛ «دو عشق اثر ویل کافی»، «خرگوش اثر باری فوی»؛ «کارولینا اثر کلی اونیل»، «اندی و مار اثر رون فابیان»؛ «و آسمان آبی اثر کرکی استوارت»؛ «نمایش، اثر مایکل اوپنهایمر»؛ «سرگیجه اثر جنت اشمیت ژوپان»؛ فصل دوم اشیا: ...؛ فصل سوم خانواده، ...؛ فصل چهارم بزن بزن، ...؛ فصل پنجم دیگران؛ فصل ششم جنگ، ...؛ فصل هفتم عشق؛ ...؛ فصل هشتم مرگ، ...؛ فصل نهم رویاها، ...؛ فصل دهم تاملات؛ ...؛ مجموعه‌ ای از یکصدوهشتاد داستان کوتاه واقعی است؛ که در بیشتر آن‌ها ماجرایی ماورایی، نامنتظره، و معجزه‌ آسا، دستمایه‌ ی آفرینش داستان‌هایی خیال انگیز شده است؛ «پل استر» نویسنده‌ ی صاحب سبک آمریکایی، در ماه اکتبر سال1999میلادی، از شنوندگان برنامه‌ ی رادیویی می‌خواهند، که یکی از داستان‌های واقعی زندگی خود را بنویسند، تا در برنامه خوانده شود؛ واکنش مردم اعجاب‌انگیز است؛ «استر» بیش از چهار هزار نامه دریافت می‌کنند؛ گویی هر کس، داستانی برای گفتن دارد، و «استر»، با روایت این داستان‌ها، جلوه‌ ای از آگاهی، اندیشه، و تجربه‌ های مشترک انسان‌ها را، از جنبه‌ های گوناگون، به نمایش می‌گذارند؛ نکته‌ ی بسیار مهم این داستان‌ها، ایجاز است؛ گویی نویسندگان مجبور بوده‌ اند، حساب هر تک کلمه را داشته باشندتاریخ بهنگام رسانی 06/05/1399هچری خورشیدی؛ 11/02/1401هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

Alice

February 26, 2008

This is the perfect book to read before bed, because you can read it in tiny chunks, but it's also the worst book to read before bed, because you think, "just one more tiny chunk! Look how tiny!" and then you've read 30 more and it's 2 a.m. I love this book. It's hard to believe that there are so many magical moments occurring in people's lives, but hell, I want to believe it.

Marco

November 25, 2012

"Non so cosa sia più straziante: il dolore manifestato apertamente o quello sopportato di nascosto per non affliggere coloro che amiamo. Ma so che quella sera nel seminterrato ci stringemmo l'uno all'altra e sfogammo tutta l'infelicità che ci aveva condotti ai nostri segreti e solitari muri del pianto. E da allora non abbiamo mai più sentito il bisogno di piangere da soli." Quando Paul Auster lanciò questo progetto, chiese solo due cose agli americani: che le loro storie fossero vere e brevi. Ed è questo a essermi piaciuto così tanto. L'incredibile veridicità della maggior parte dei racconti. Incredibile perché è difficile immaginare che certi eventi siano realmente accaduti a persone comuni. Tra queste pagine troviamo le lacrime e i sorrisi, la morte e la vita. Ci parlano dell'America da un punto di vista qualsiasi. È l'America dei suoi abitanti, l'America restituita al suo popolo. Paul Auster è sceso dal gradino dello scrittore e ha chiesto a agli americani di scrivere per lui. Li ha presi per mano e li a guidati nei loro ricordi, nei loro dolori e nelle loro gioie, creando questo piccolo gioiello.Una raccolta di 126 racconti che soprendono per la loro forza e per la verità che trasudano. Ci raccontano anche di come la scrittura possa aiutare a esorcizzare i propri demoni, di quante cose saremmo capaci di liberarci se scrivessimo tutti. Paul Auster ha restituito alla letteratura una certa poetica del vero, e per una volta l'America non ci appare Hollywodiana come nei film, ma così umana che non riusciamo nemmeno a riconoscerla.

Ana

August 27, 2019

Brilhante! Um desafio lançado ao comum mortal americano resultou num belo livro recheado de histórias simples, tristes ou hilariantes, geniais! Algumas fizeram-me rir muito, outras sorrir pela delicadeza e ingenuidade, outras deixaram-me pensativa ou em pranto. Posso dizer que a ideia de não devolver o livro à Biblioteca passeou pelo meu pensamento, mas isso seria brutalmente criminoso. Mais ninguém iria ler este achado!😏Decidi assim que hei de comprar o livro para o possuir em liberdade, podendo sublinhar e ler histórias a pessoas de que gosto, quando me apetecer! 😎

María

July 25, 2016

AMO a este libro. No es realmente de Paul Auster, sino que es sobre anécdotas reales que él recopiló a través de un programa de radio. Yo no he leído cosas todavía suyas, así que no puedo decir mucho de su habilidad como autor, pero igual se nota que hubo una mano literata que arregló los relatos porque SON TODOS INCREÍBLES, así que bien por Auster que puede ser un escritor fantasma cuando se le pide. O su pluma es buena, o las historias son buenas. Probablemente las dos, y así el libro FUNCIONA.El proyecto es buenísimo... el proyecto de dejar a la gente hablar, y de que cuenten sus propias cosas (a través de Auster). Me recuerda a ese fragmento de la típica Desiderata que siempre está en los carteles inspiracionales de las ferias, que dice: "Escucha al aburrido y al ignorante, ellos también tienen su historia". Con esto no digo que la gente no escritora sea aburrida e ignorante... pero sí creo que, aunque todo el mundo tiene algo interesante que contar, no siempre está el encanto para decirlo, ni el saber usar las palabras adecuadas, como probablemente sí tiene Auster. Como, de hecho, hizo.Para mí es tan así, que este es de los pocos libros que encuentro que no tiene desperdicio, de los pocos que tengo en copia física, ahora que estamos en la era de la tecnología. Está separado según categorías: amor, animales, objetos, muerte, viajes, cosas así, y lo mejor de todo es que CADA RELATO ES VERDADERO. O eso se supone. Y es que yo soy fan absoluta de todos los relatos verdaderos, porque cuando los pienso, y los estudio, imagino que también logro averiguar más cosas de este misterioso universo.Obvio que tampoco es perfecto, a veces se pone muy patriota, por ejemplo, en los relatos de guerra, y luego uno siempre se pregunta cuál fue el criterio de elección general... pero aún así lo recomiendo TOTAL Y COMPLETAMENTE. Se supone, o al menos en la carátula de mi edición, dice que refleja la cultura estadounidense, recopilando historias de su gente... pero yo creo que, más que eso, y sin ánimo de ponerme snob y grandilocuente, simplemente refleja la experiencia humana. Contextualizada, claro, pero la experiencia humana de todos modos. Lo que le pasa a cualquiera, le puede pasar a uno y viceversa. Como los cardúmenes.A mí me gustó muchísimo. Todavía llevo en mi corazón alguno de los relatos, y a veces se los cuento a mis amigos.En conclusión, vale la pena leerlo. Aunque sea de a pedacitos, porque además el libro se presta a eso.

Dario

September 02, 2020

This is easily one of the best and most worthwhile short story collections I have ever read. My favourite categories were Slapstick, Strangers and Dreams. My least favourite was the concluding one, Reflections (some were a bit too free-form for my taste), but even so I can’t see myself giving this less than five stars.This collection reinforces one thing: no matter who you are or where you come from, everyone has a story to tell, one that is worth sharing. The harsh reality that is portrayed in a lot of these stories is nevertheless countered by other stories that gave me a bit more faith in humanity. And all the better for it.

Alan

May 22, 2007

Collected stories from a show Auster ran on NPR. Real folks telling real stories with an extraordinary twist, these were the only qualifications. Lends narrative credence to the fact that people are endlessly varied and endlessly fascinating. Highly highly recommended.

York

February 25, 2017

Este libro es casi un poemario, y como tal exige que su lectura sea lenta y gradual, a su ritmo, por más que uno quiera atascarse y terminarlo en dos días, que bien podría hacerse por el ritmo de cada historia.Después de leer este compendio, con sus altas y sus bajas, uno termina sintiendo que toda la historia y secretos de la literatura contemporánea bien podrían esconderse entre las páginas de esta recopilación. Organizados por temas, Creía que mi Padre era Dios reúne muchas anécdotas, con una simetría mágica, emocionante, intensa. Ríes, lloras, reflexionas, vives.La gran belleza de este texto y que lo aleja completamente de los libros motivacionales y de autoayuda, es que en ningún momento intenta ni apuesta por ser algo inspirador. Son fragmentos de vidas que por algún motivo han tenido un eco, lo suficientemente grande y entrañable como para llegar aquí, en papel. Sin embargo siempre se queda este dejo, de que no importa, al final está la muerte, y la casualidad, y las ganas rabiosas de querer creer en el destino, y lo único que sobrevive son los lazos, la mortalidad, las letras...

Suko

September 09, 2011

Collection of true stories submitted by NPR listeners. Many of them are stranger-than-fiction episodes (which Paul Auster obviously has a penchant for) and make for a good bedtime read. There were a handful of stories that left an impression deep enough to make me want to jot down the story synopsis, but apparently not deep enough for me to remember when I failed to actually write them down :p Except for one. There was this story, towards the very end of the book, about a woman in her 60s who who purposely downshifted her lifestyle and became a homeless. She sold her house and all her possessions, invested the money in some fund from which she receives a few hundred dollars a month (she makes it clear that she's not on welfare), moved to another state where it's warmer, rented a spot in someone's backyard where she pitched a tent, and she spends her days reading at the library, watching dress rehearsals at the local theater for free, goes to gallery openings where she can both enjoy art and free appetizers. She doesn't explain what led her decision and what kind of life she's led before (except she does have a daughter who she talks to occasionally on the phone), but she comes across as an intelligent, decent and responsible American citizen. She ends her piece by noting she does have anxiety and fear about what'd happen if she got sick, about the imminent winter season, about the future. Her closing sentence is "Wish me luck."Ever since I heard this story, she's stuck in the back of my mind, and every so often, I send her my best wishes and hope that she is doing well.On a side note, purchasing this audiobook on iTunes made me realize how iPod app is very audiobook-unfriendly. Lack of chapter divisions and bookmark functionality make it difficult to re-listen to stories that you liked or even to find the spot where you left after re-launching the app. It annoyed me enough to swear I'd never buy an audiobook on iTunes and to go sign up on Audible.com. Their app is soooo much better.

Marta

May 18, 2021

El típico libro que lees antes de ir a dormir y que te deja con buen sabor de boca. Son más de 100 anécdotas reales de ciudadanos estadounidenses clasificadas por temas: el amor, la amistad, la familia, la guerra, los animales, los sueños, reflexiones, entre otros. Algunas te hacen sonreír, otras te hacen reflexionar, otras suspirar, con otras empatizas porque estás en una situación parecida a la del autor y algunas otras te provocan lástima. En conclusión, un libro que en muy poquitas páginas consigue suscitar muchas emociones, muy buen libro. Nivel B2 alto si lo queréis leer en inglés.

Regina

October 09, 2018

Si pudiera, le daría un abrazo a cada uno de los autores y autoras de los relatos que Paul Auster compiló en este libro. Gente común y corriente que sólo quiere contarnos una historia. Hay demasiada magia y maravilla en este libro.

Clara

August 14, 2015

Increíble.

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