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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061 Chapter 17
Duration: 11min -
062 Chapter 18
Duration: 12min -
063 Chapter 19
Duration: 09min -
064 Chapter 20
Duration: 04min -
065 Leviticus
Duration: 24min -
066 Book 4 - Chapter 01
Duration: 14min -
067 Chapter 02
Duration: 06min -
068 Chapter 03
Duration: 04min -
069 Chapter 04
Duration: 09min -
070 Chapter 05
Duration: 02min -
071 Chapter 06
Duration: 07min -
072 Chapter 07
Duration: 09min -
073 Chapter 08
Duration: 11min -
074 Chapter 09
Duration: 05min -
075 Chapter 10
Duration: 14min -
076 Chapter 11
Duration: 12min -
077 Chapter 12
Duration: 01min -
078 Chapter 13
Duration: 17min -
079 Chapter 14
Duration: 02min -
080 Chapter 15
Duration: 08min