The Sunset Limited
A Novel in Dramatic Form
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Narrated by:
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Austin Pendleton
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Ezra Knight
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Tom Stechschulte
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Written by:
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Cormac McCarthy
About this listen
A startling encounter on a New York subway platform leads two strangers to a run-down tenement where a life or death decision must be made.
In that small apartment, Black and White, as the two men are known, begin a conversation that leads each back through his own history, mining the origins of two fundamentally opposing world views. White is a professor whose seemingly enviable existence of relative ease has left him nonetheless in despair. Black, an ex-con and ex-addict, is the more hopeful of the men, though he is just as desperate to convince White of the power of faith as White is desperate to deny it. Their aim is no less than this: to discover the meaning of life.
Deft, spare, and full of artful tension, The Sunset Limited is a beautifully crafted, consistently thought-provoking, and deceptively intimate work by one of the most insightful writers of our time.
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- CKH Vancouver
- 2023-05-02
Dark, Emotional, Philosophical - unique novel
Stunning. Read this on a whim, not usually into plays, but this felt very unique.
Very spare stage direction, as the two characters questionsed the human condition with intelligence, insight, and compassion. The dialogue on the questions of God and religion were unexpected.
Recommend this read.
Trigger warning: one character has attempted suicide.
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- Raymond Boggs
- 2023-02-05
This is the best book I’ve read or listened to. It is gripping. Funny and thoughtful.
Reviews ought not to require 15 word or more. It doesn’t take fifteen words to say awesome.
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-04-20
Kafka On Wheels
One of McCarthy's most powerful works, impeccably performed and presented. Both readers did a fantastic job bringing these characters to life. I loved every second of it.
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