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Clade
- Narrated by: Ian Bliss
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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Clade
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Publisher's Summary
A provocative, urgent audiobook about time, family and how a changing planet might change our lives, from James Bradley, acclaimed author of The Resurrectionist and editor of The Penguin Book of the Ocean.
Compelling, challenging and resilient, over 10 beautifully contained chapters Clade canvasses three generations, from the very near future to late this century. Central to the novel is the family of Adam, a scientist, and his wife, Ellie, an artist. Clade opens with them wanting a child and Adam in a quandary about the wisdom of this.
Their daughter proves to be an elusive little girl and then a troubled teenager, and by now cracks have appeared in her parents' marriage. Their grandson is in turn a troubled boy, but when his character reappears as an adult he's an astronomer, one set to discover something astounding in the universe.
With great skill James Bradley shifts us subtly forward through the decades, through disasters and plagues, miraculous small moments and acts of great courage. Elegant, evocative, understated and thought-provoking, it is the work of a writer in command of the major themes of our time.
Critic Reviews
"James Bradley's lithe and inventive novels defiantly resist the present.... Clade triumphs because Bradley renders his characters graspable...prioritises the human touch.... It is impossible not to be swept along by the sheer pace of the narrative.... [There is] a palpable sense of urgency and consequence that is conveyed subtly, without any heavy-handed didacticism or sententiousness." (Malcolm Forbes, The Australian)
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- Anonymous User
- 14-10-2019
Thoughtful and real, just what I wanted
This isn't your normal story, it feels like dipping into memories from the near future.
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- Tracy
- 13-09-2016
Hmm, still undecided
I thought I would love this book. And I did. Kind of. It also irritated me quite a bit . Tasters and characters sketched lightly when I wanted more depth - never felt like there was time to get to know the characters, to engage with or care for them. Some of the science also seemed a little sketchy. But. That said there were other things I loved - the lack of melodrama. The honesty of the love stories - parental love, married love, the way we deal with loss of love and loved ones, with grief . So. It only gets 3 stars because in the end I feel strangely unsatisfied
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- Paul irving
- 07-02-2017
0 stars is not an option but this was -1! Refund?
Nothing about this book matches my reading needs - not the storyline, not tbe narrator, nothing. It was so awful I can't believe it was recommended to me based on previous (nearly 500) purchases.
Avoid like cholera!
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Liv
- 19-11-2018
Don't like sci-fi in general. Very complicated story line. Overly convoluted scientific explanation that was hard to follow.
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