Readopolis
Bertrand Laverdure
From award-winning writer Bertrand Laverdure comes Readopolis, a novel translated by Oana Avasilichioaei.
It's 2006 and down-and-out protagonist Ghislain works as a reader for a publishing house in Montreal. He's bored with all the wannabe writers who are determined to leave a trace of their passage on earth with their feeble attempts at literary arts. Obsessed by literature and its future (or lack thereof), he reads everything he can in order to translate reality into the literary delirium that is Readopolis--a world imagined out of Chicago and Montreal, with few inhabitants, a convenience store, a parrot, and all kinds of dialogues running amok: cinematic, epistolary, theatrical, and Socratic.
In the pages of Readopolis, Laverdure playfully examines the idea that human beings are more connected by their reading abilities than by anything else. Funny and sardonic, whimsical and tragic, this postmodern novel with touches of David Foster Wallace and Raymond Queneau portrays the global village of readers that the Internet created, even before the 2.0 revolution.
Author - Bertrand Laverdure.
Narrator - Oana Avasilichioaei.
Published Date - Monday, 15 January 2024.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Bertrand Laverdure
Oana Avasilichioaei
Literature in Translation Series
Book*hug Press
English Audiobooks
Findaway Audiobooks
Description:
From award-winning writer Bertrand Laverdure comes Readopolis, a novel translated by Oana Avasilichioaei. It's 2006 and down-and-out protagonist Ghislain works as a reader for a publishing house in Montreal. He's bored with all the wannabe writers who are determined to leave a trace of their passage on earth with their feeble attempts at literary arts. Obsessed by literature and its future (or lack thereof), he reads everything he can in order to translate reality into the literary delirium that is Readopolis--a world imagined out of Chicago and Montreal, with few inhabitants, a convenience store, a parrot, and all kinds of dialogues running amok: cinematic, epistolary, theatrical, and Socratic. In the pages of Readopolis, Laverdure playfully examines the idea that human beings are more connected by their reading abilities than by anything else. Funny and sardonic, whimsical and tragic, this postmodern novel with touches of David Foster Wallace and Raymond Queneau portrays the global village of readers that the Internet created, even before the 2.0 revolution. Author - Bertrand Laverdure. Narrator - Oana Avasilichioaei. Published Date - Monday, 15 January 2024.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:00:12
Chapter 2
Duration:00:00:09
Chapter 3
Duration:00:00:54
Chapter 4
Duration:00:50:26
Chapter 5
Duration:00:29:55
Chapter 6
Duration:00:19:24
Chapter 7
Duration:00:01:01
Chapter 8
Duration:00:09:13
Chapter 9
Duration:00:11:26
Chapter 10
Duration:00:23:11
Chapter 11
Duration:00:16:22
Chapter 12
Duration:00:25:14
Chapter 13
Duration:01:08:22
Chapter 14
Duration:00:49:15
Chapter 15
Duration:00:10:21
Chapter 16
Duration:00:24:35
Chapter 17
Duration:00:28:56
Chapter 18
Duration:00:13:08
Chapter 19
Duration:00:06:07
Chapter 20
Duration:00:01:14
Chapter 21
Duration:00:00:46
Chapter 22
Duration:00:00:48
Chapter 23
Duration:00:00:53