EPISODE · Nov 2, 2017 · 5 MIN
The Standing Chandelier: A Novella by Lionel Shriver
from Listen to Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary Women · host Angela Cole
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/351359 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Standing Chandelier: A Novella Author: Lionel Shriver Narrator: Lionel Shriver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 31 minutes Release date: November 2, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘This early stocking filler of a novel … is a brutal treat’ Daily Mail From the award-winning novelist and short story writer, Lionel Shriver, comes a literary gem, a story about love and the power of a gift. When Weston Babansky receives an extravagant engagement present from his best friend (and old flame) Jillian Frisk, he doesn’t quite know what to make of it – or how to get it past his fiancée. Especially as it’s a massive, handmade, intensely personal sculpture that they’d have to live with forever. As the argument rages about whether Jillian’s gift was an act of pure platonic generosity or something more insidious, battle lines are drawn… Can men and women ever be friends? Just friends? Described by the Sunday Times as ‘a brilliant writer’ with ‘a strong, clear and strangely seductive voice’, Lionel Shriver has written a glittering examination of friendship, ownership and the conditions of love.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/351359 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Standing Chandelier: A Novella Author: Lionel Shriver Narrator: Lionel Shriver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 31 minutes Release date: November 2, 2017 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘This early stocking filler of a novel … is a brutal treat’ Daily Mail From the award-winning novelist and short story writer, Lionel Shriver, comes a literary gem, a story about love and the power of a gift. When Weston Babansky receives an extravagant engagement present from his best friend (and old flame) Jillian Frisk, he doesn’t quite know what to make of it – or how to get it past his fiancée. Especially as it’s a massive, handmade, intensely personal sculpture that they’d have to live with forever. As the argument rages about whether Jillian’s gift was an act of pure platonic generosity or something more insidious, battle lines are drawn… Can men and women ever be friends? Just friends? Described by the Sunday Times as ‘a brilliant writer’ with ‘a strong, clear and strangely seductive voice’, Lionel Shriver has written a glittering examination of friendship, ownership and the conditions of love.
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