Spoon River Anthology (CD) (ISBN-13: 9781572702790)

Deemed "essential" in the canon of American literature, this audiobook masterpiece performed in its entirety by a full cast of fifty makes the classic accessible to everyone. From a cemetery in a fictional mid-American town, the dead speak the truths about their lives. Some speak of hardships and sordid affairs, while others speak of their simple, honest, happy lives. Some are elderly and others are youthful or children, but mortality has claimed them all. Their voices reach us deeply--alternately plaintive, anguished, enigmatic, angry, contemptuous, and comedic, evoking themes of love, hope, disappointment, despair, and abiding faith. As the Spoon River residents examine their lives, they invite us to do the same.

Author: Edgar Lee Masters
ISBN-10: 1572702796
ISBN-13: 9781572702790
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Language: English
Published: 09/07/2002
Pages: 4
Format: CD
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 6.38h x 6.38w x 0.99d
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Review Citation(s):
Kliatt 05/01/2003 pg. 51