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Everything Under
- Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
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Summary
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018
Words are important to Gretel, always have been. As a child, she lived on a canal boat with her mother, and together they invented a language that was just their own. She hasn’t seen her mother since the age of 16, though - almost a lifetime ago - and those memories have faded. Now Gretel works as a lexicographer, updating dictionary entries, which suits her solitary nature.
A phone call from the hospital interrupts Gretel’s isolation and throws up questions from long ago. She begins to remember the private vocabulary of her childhood. She remembers other things, too: the wild years spent on the river; the strange, lonely boy who came to stay on the boat one winter; and the creature in the water – a canal thief? – swimming upstream, getting ever closer. In the end there will be nothing for Gretel to do but go back.
Daisy Johnson’s debut novel turns classical myth on its head and takes readers to a modern-day England unfamiliar to most. As daring as it is moving, Everything Under is a story of family and identity, of fate, language, love and belonging that leaves you unsettled and unstrung.
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"Daisy Johnson is a new goddamn swaggering monster of fiction." (Lauren Groff)
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- Kazgriki
- 06-08-21
Engaging narration
There's a dream like quality to this story, enhanced by the performance poet type of rhythm of the narrator. I found the switching between viewpoints a little confusing at first but overall, an interesting book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-10-19
Hard work!
Too disjointed, you lose who’s talking and about whom, found myself really frustrated by this. Persevered to the end!
Narrator was only redeeming thing
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- silverlinings
- 18-11-18
Challenging
Beautifully written, resonant. It is a difficult read; I tried the book, but was missing a lot, as I am a lazy reader and tend to skip descriptive passages. Listening to it enabled me to enjoy and appreciate the atmosphere and the sense of place.
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- rosie123
- 27-07-20
Enchanting
I could listen to this kind of inventive, lyrical prose all day long - in fact I did do. It's a complcated story, mainly because the chronology is messed with but I see that that is because it is all part of tbe 'riddle' theme. To say I loved this novel is heavily underlined by the fact that, not only is the chronology complex, but my tablet was misbehaving all the way through and kept jumping back and forwards by sometimes large amounts. Any other time i would have swapped devices but i was enjoying the prose so much that i just went with it.
Even though tbere is the underlying theme relating to Greek mythology, all the (real) characters are believable and I cared about each of them. I hardly ever enjoy a book if i can't believe in the characters.
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- VMJ
- 09-02-19
Dreamlike and brilliant, like tapestry
An amazing story, not easy, not linear, but complex and beautifully written. It follows the twists and turns in the lives of damaged people in a dreamlike way. I loved it
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- Biscuit Muncher
- 09-07-19
Good read.
Enjoyable if a little meandering. Highlights the reality of dementia. Good performances, would recommend reading.
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- Karen G
- 13-11-18
Brilliant
Utterly unique with a jaw dropping twist ! This is a must read, treat yourself to this treasure .
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- T. Greb
- 06-02-19
beautiful and dark
loved how this book is written. poetic, magical, the style draws you in. I did not have a problem following it or understanding the various layers of metaphor. the story is very dark but I could not stop listening to it. would definitely recommend.
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- Mrs L
- 06-11-19
Such a good listen
This book is beautifully written, with some really lovely and unusual descriptive phrases, which echo Gretel's job as a lexicographer. The narrator does a fantastic job of it too, it's totally immersive.
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- Vivienne
- 15-10-18
Powerful tale
Beautifully written and narrated. Lyrical imagery that draws upon the mythic and nature. Gives me plenty to think. about.
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