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The Morningside [sound recording] : a novel / Téa Obreht.
"When Silvia and her mother finally land in a place called Island City, after being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-too-distant future, they end up living and working at The Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower where Silvia's aunt, Ena, has been serving as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her life because her mother has been so diligently secretive about the family's past. But in Ena there is an opening: a person willing to give a young girl glimpses into the folktales of her demolished homeland in the Old World, a place of natural beauty and communal spirit that is lacking in Silvia's new home. As Silvia begins seeing the world with magical possibilities, she becomes obsessed with the mysterious woman who lives in the penthouse of the Morningside, with three massive Rottweilers who may or may not be more than they appear. Silvia's mission to unravel the truth about this woman's life, and her own haunted past, will transform her own life in the most unexpected of ways"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593824139
- Physical Description: 7 audio discs (8.5 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 inches
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Audio, [2024]
- Copyright: ℗2024
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Compact discs. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Carlotta Brentan. |
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| Subject: | Aunts > Fiction. Belonging (Social psychology) > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction. High-rise apartment buildings > Fiction. Magic > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Audiobooks. Dystopian fiction. Magic realist fiction. Novels. |
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"When Silvia and her mother finally land in a place called Island City, after being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-too-distant future, they end up living and working at The Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower where Silvia's aunt, Ena, has been serving as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her life because her mother has been so diligently secretive about the family's past. But in Ena there is an opening: a person willing to give a young girl glimpses into the folktales of her demolished homeland in the Old World, a place of natural beauty and communal spirit that is lacking in Silvia's new home. As Silvia begins seeing the world with magical possibilities, she becomes obsessed with the mysterious woman who lives in the penthouse of the Morningside, with three massive Rottweilers who may or may not be more than they appear. Silvia's mission to unravel the truth about this woman's life, and her own haunted past, will transform her own life in the most unexpected of ways"-- - Random House, Inc.
âA touching, inventive novel about belonging and lossâ (People) from the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tigerâs Wife and Inland
âI marveled at the subtle beauty and precision of Obrehtâs prose. . . Read in the context of todayâs conflicts and injustices, climate emergencies, and political and racial divisionsâtogether more dystopian than any dystopian novelâthe book surprised me most with its undercurrent of hope.ââJessamine Chan, author of The School for Good Mothers, in The New York Times (Editorsâ Choice)
A LIT HUB AND CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ⢠SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE ⢠LONGLISTED FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE
Thereâs the world you can see. And then thereâs the one you canât. Welcome to the Morningside.
After being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-so-distant future, Silvia and her mother finally settle at the Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower in a place called Island City where Silviaâs aunt Ena serves as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her new life because her mother has been so diligently secretive about their familyâs past, and because the once-vibrant city where she lives is now half-underwater. Silvia knows almost nothing about the place where she was born and spent her early years, nor does she fully understand why she and her mother had to leave. But in Ena there is an opening: a person willing to give the young girl glimpses into the folktales of her demolished homeland, a place of natural beauty and communal spirit that is lacking in Silviaâs lonely and impoverished reality.
Enchanted by Enaâs stories, Silvia begins seeing the world with magical possibilities and becomes obsessed with the mysterious older woman who lives in the penthouse of the Morningside. Bezi Duras is an enigma to everyone in the building: She has her own elevator entrance and leaves only to go out at night and walk her three massive hounds, often not returning until the early morning. Silviaâs mission to unravel the truth about this womanâs life, and her own haunted past, may end up costing her everything.
Startling, inventive, and profoundly moving, The Morningside is a novel about the stories we tellâand the stories we refuse to tellâto make sense of where we came from and who we hope we might become.
