Antkind
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Fred Berman
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Written by:
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Charlie Kaufman
About this listen
The bold and boundlessly original debut novel from the Oscar®-winning screenwriter of Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Synecdoche, New York.
Long-listed for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
“A dyspeptic satire that owes much to Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon...propelled by Kaufman’s deep imagination, considerable writing ability and bull’s-eye wit." (The Washington Post)
“An astonishing creation...riotously funny...an exceptionally good [book].” (The New York Times Book Review)
“Kaufman is a master of language...a sight to behold.” (NPR)
Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR and Men's Health
B. Rosenberger Rosenberg, neurotic and underappreciated film critic (failed academic, filmmaker, paramour, shoe salesman who sleeps in a sock drawer), stumbles upon a hitherto unseen film made by an enigmatic outsider - a film he’s convinced will change his career trajectory and rock the world of cinema to its core. His hands on what is possibly the greatest movie ever made - a three-month-long stop-motion masterpiece that took its reclusive auteur 90 years to complete - B. knows that it is his mission to show it to the rest of humanity. The only problem: The film is destroyed, leaving him the sole witness to its inadvertently ephemeral genius.
All that’s left of this work of art is a single frame from which B. must somehow attempt to recall the film that just might be the last great hope of civilization. Thus begins a mind-boggling journey through the hilarious nightmarescape of a psyche as lushly Kafkaesque as it is atrophied by the relentless spew of Twitter. Desperate to impose order on an increasingly nonsensical existence, trapped in a self-imposed prison of aspirational victimhood and degeneratively inclusive language, B. scrambles to re-create the lost masterwork while attempting to keep pace with an ever-fracturing culture of “likes” and arbitrary denunciations that are simultaneously his bête noire and his raison d’être.
A searing indictment of the modern world, Antkind is a richly layered meditation on art, time, memory, identity, comedy, and the very nature of existence itself - the grain of truth at the heart of every joke.
©2020 Charlie Kaufman (P)2020 Random House AudioYou may also enjoy...
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What the critics say
“A terrific debut novel that makes Gravity’s Rainbow read like a Dr. Seuss story...a masterwork of postmodern storytelling.” (Kirkus Reviews)
“Pynchonesque ... Kaufman’s debut brims with screwball satire and provocative reflections on how art shapes people’s perception of the world.” (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
“This novel is magnificently imaginative, bringing to mind Beckett, Pynchon, and A. R. Moxon’s more recent The Revisionaries (2019). With this surprisingly breezy read, given its length, Kaufman proves to be a masterful novelist, delivering a tragic, farcical, and fascinating exploration of how memory defines our lives.” (Booklist)
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- 2021-03-06
Awkward
The main character seemed hesitant to own his heritage. I understand that he may have wanted to avoid stigma but it made him less likeable. I didn't like how he fetishized his girlfriend because of her race, that made me uncomfortable and want to stop listening. It's a challenging book.
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- Anonymous User
- 2023-06-10
Beautiful nonsense
I just wanted to say that i love this book. I've read it twice and now I've listened to the audio book. It's the funniest book i've ever read and easily the most original. I really hope charlie kaufman writes another novel. Also very well read by fred berman. 10/10 from all angles.
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- Kai Cohan
- 2020-12-09
A mind boggling masterpiece
First off, a thank you to Fred Berman for delivering such a succinct and perfect performance of a baffling character.
I don't know what to tell you... It's the best book I have ever read and crosses over so many dimensions of story telling, narrative structure and sheer absurd brilliant comedy... this truly is a masterpiece of fiction and well worth the time.
I am going to read it again and again.
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- Deckard
- 2022-02-28
Wha... what did I just read?
I... I don't even know what I listened to. I loved every minute of it. But seriously... what did I listen to?
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- DangitMeng JCC
- 2021-02-12
johnmalkovich wrote book in johnMalkovich's head
usually I get embarrassed when I slip up (or lie) and say I read a book when i actually listened to an audiobook while at work. cuz I have this stupid idea that reading books is for the sophisticates and audiobooks are for dumdums. but this may be the one time where if u read the book u spent ur time quite ineptly and if u listened to it u came out with a rewarding enriching experience. cuz the narrator is amazing and def elevates it. he captures the kaufmanesque self obsession and highbrow idiocy in a way kaufman or jones or gondry or Clooney never have. if I had read this book I'd probly find it a grating death march thru countless parallel scenarios and reimagined iterations of past scenes and characters ...and descriptions within descriptions like a digital saragossa manuscript. it's very interesting in parts but it can be really tedious in others. it's self absorbed yeah but I dont mind that if ur not also boring ...but with this dude narrating it it somehow comes together perfectly. I laughed out loud at least once or twice a chapter...anyhow...this is the best depiction of a kaufman work in my opinion.
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