Remember when digital books were all the rage and various companies were rushing to bring out new readers?
Well, no more it seems. Audio books are now where it's at.
That's according to a lengthy article in the Seattle Times entitled "Listen carefully, book lovers: Top authors are skipping print for audio."
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Thursday, March 2, 2017
Lincoln in the Bardo: An American Chorale
In a previous post, I referred to George Sanders' first novel, "Lincoln in the Bardo" as the current "book of the moment."
What sort of a book is it? Well, among many other things, it has been described as a cacophony of voices.
That may be most evident in the audio version for which Saunders rounded up 166 different people, one for each voice in the book.
"I love the way that the variety of contemporary voices mimics and underscores the feeling I tried to evoke in the book: a sort of American chorale," Saunders told Time Magazine.
What sort of a book is it? Well, among many other things, it has been described as a cacophony of voices.
That may be most evident in the audio version for which Saunders rounded up 166 different people, one for each voice in the book.
"I love the way that the variety of contemporary voices mimics and underscores the feeling I tried to evoke in the book: a sort of American chorale," Saunders told Time Magazine.
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