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The Swallowed Man audiobook
- By: Edward Carey
- Narrator: Edward Carey
- Category: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Fiction
- Length: 4 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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The Swallowed Man Audiobook Summary
“Profound and delightful. . . . A strange and tender parable of two maddening obsessions; parenting and art-making.” —Max Porter, author of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny
The ingenious storyteller Edward Carey returns to reimagine a time-honored fable: the story of an impatient father, a rebellious son, and a watery path to forgiveness for the young man known as Pinocchio
In the small Tuscan town of Collodi, a lonely woodcarver longs for the companionship of a son. One day, “as if the wood commanded me,” Giuseppe—better known as Geppetto—carves for himself a pinewood boy, a marionette he hopes to take on tour worldwide. But when his handsome new creation comes magically to life, Geppetto screams . . . and the boy, Pinocchio, leaps from his arms and escapes into the night. Though he returns the next day, the wily boy torments his father, challenging his authority and making up stories—whereupon his nose, the very nose his father carved, grows before his eyes like an antler. When the boy disappears after one last fight, the father follows a rumor to the coast and out into the sea, where he is swallowed by a great fish—and consumed by guilt. He hunkers in the creature’s belly awaiting the day when he will reconcile with the son he drove away.
With all the charm, atmosphere, and emotional depth for which Edward Carey is known, The Swallowed Man is a parable of parenthood, loss, and letting go, from a creative mind on a par with Gregory Maguire, Neil Gaiman, and Tim Burton.
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The Swallowed Man Full Details
| Narrator | Edward Carey |
| Length | 4 hours 11 minutes |
| Author | Edward Carey |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Release date | April 28, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9780593288757 |
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The publisher of the The Swallowed Man is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: historical fiction books, historical novels, fairytale, folktales, folklore, fatherhood, family, illustrated, illustrated books, fairy tale, fairytale retelling, saga, book club recommendations, best book club books, pinocchio books, literary fiction, fables, pinocchio, fairy tales, fairytales, magic books, little, magical realism, mythology, historical, alternate history, folk tales, historical fiction, fiction, novels, fiction books, books fiction, books historical fiction, historical fiction novels, magical realism books, Fiction, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Fiction, Historical The BISAC Subject Code is Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Fiction
Additional info
The publisher of the The Swallowed Man is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Penguin Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780593288757.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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