The Ruined House: A Novel
- Author: Ruby Namdar
- Narrator: Paul Boehmer
- Publisher: HarperCollins USA
- Duration: 21:03:17
Synopsis
“In The Ruined House a ‘small harmless modicum of vanity’ turns into an apocalyptic bonfire. Shot through with humor and mystery and insight, Ruby Namdar's wonderful first novel examines how the real and the unreal merge. It's a daring study of madness, masculinity, myth-making and the human fragility that emerges in the mix.""
—Colum McCann, National Book Award-winning author of Let the Great World Spin
Winner of the Sapir Prize, Israel’s highest literary award
Picking up the mantle of legendary authors such as Saul Bellow and Philip Roth, an exquisite literary talent makes his debut with a nuanced and provocative tale of materialism, tradition, faith, and the search for meaning in contemporary American life.
Andrew P. Cohen, a professor of comparative culture at New York University, is at the zenith of his life. Adored by his classes and published in prestigious literary magazines, he is about to receive a coveted promotion—the crowning achievement of an enviable career. He is on excellent terms with Linda, his ex-wife, and his two grown children admire and adore him. His girlfriend, Ann Lee, a former student half his age, offers lively companionship. A man of elevated taste, education, and culture, he is a model of urbanity and success.
But the manicured surface of his world begins to crack when he is visited by a series of strange and inexplicable visions involving an ancient religious ritual that will upend his comfortable life.
Beautiful, mesmerizing, and unsettling, The Ruined House unfolds over the course of one year, as Andrew’s world unravels and he is forced to question all his beliefs. Ruby Namdar’s brilliant novel embraces the themes of the American Jewish literary canon as it captures the privilege and pedantry of New York intellectual life in the opening years of the twenty-first century.
Chapters
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041 Chapter 20
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042 Chapter 21
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043 Chapter 22
Duration: 04min -
044 Mishna
Duration: 29min -
045 Book 3 - Chapter 01
Duration: 03min -
046 Chapter 02
Duration: 03min -
047 Chapter 03
Duration: 06min -
048 Chapter 04
Duration: 15min -
049 Chapter 05
Duration: 01min -
050 Chapter 06
Duration: 02min -
051 Chapter 07
Duration: 04min -
052 Chapter 08
Duration: 09min -
053 Chapter 09
Duration: 13min -
054 Chapter 10
Duration: 02min -
055 Chapter 11
Duration: 06min -
056 Chapter 12
Duration: 18min -
057 Chapter 13
Duration: 02min -
058 Chapter 14
Duration: 02min -
059 Chapter 15
Duration: 08min -
060 Chapter 16
Duration: 05min