| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 40 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Narrated by Paul Hecht. |
| Summary |
A PEN/Hemingway Award winner, Louis Begley creates multi-faceted characters that come to life under the spell of his crystalline prose. Returning his readers to the wealthy and privileged world of About Schmidt, he introduces them, this time, to an especially poignant protagonist. "A happy man, as the world goes," Thomas Mistler feels an odd sense of liberation now that he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. This hard-driving Madison Avenue mogul suddenly has an excuse to live for the moment. But spending time alone in Venice is not the free-wheeling, self-indulgent experience he had hoped for. As growing evidence of his physical decline intrudes, Mistler's sense of control diminishes. With one final impulsive purchase, though, he boldly plans his exit on his own terms. Bitingly candid and sometimes funny, this small gem of a novel addresses the complexities of responsibility, pleasure, and suffering. Narrator Paul Hecht renders the subtle, understated, and intimate prose with amazing ease. The last tape contains an interview with the author. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Advertising executives -- Fiction.
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Terminally ill -- Italy -- Venice -- Fiction.
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Vacations -- Italy -- Venice -- Fiction.
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Liver -- Cancer -- Patients -- Fiction.
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Social isolation -- Fiction.
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Venice (Italy) -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Hecht, Paul. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781449877811 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1449877818 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13507704 |
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