The Vitals
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The Vitals
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Narrated by:
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Victoria Graves
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By:
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Tracy Sorensen
About this listen
Deep inside Tracy's body live the organs of the peritoneal cavity.
Ute, a wandering womb.
Rage, an existential spleen.
Gaster, a gleeful gorger.
Liv, a workaholic liver.
But there is also Baby, an ever-growing tumour, and Baby's child Bunny, whose cells are multiplying alarmingly.
Together, the organs must fight for homeostasis ... and Tracy's survival.
The Vitals is Tracy Sorensen's cancer memoir transformed by imagination into something far richer and stranger. Narrated by her internal organs, it will make you infinitely more aware of the peculiar world inside your body, and illuminate all the hidden parts that make you human.
Critic Reviews
'This book pulls off the holy trinity of great writing: it's experimental, playful and meaningful all at once. I felt changed after reading it, put back together differently - in the same way that Sorensen was left radically changed after surviving cancer. It has shifted my view of organs and bodies (my own and others') forever. There's a courage that animates this book that is hard to define, but I think it's the sort of artistic and personal courage that comes not only from enduring something that is beyond words, but of still being willing to take creative risks on the other side in order to 'voice' the unsayable. The Vitals is suffused by courage of this kind - and I'm grateful to Sorensen for risking so much to bring this book into being.' - Ceridwen Dovey, award-winning author of Only the Animals
'The most original book about cancer ever written' - Nick Horne
'Deftly crafted and wildly original' - Dr Leah Kaminsky
What listeners say about The Vitals
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 04-08-2023
Brilliant!
What an astonishing, engrossing and funny book! 😆 laugh out loud within minutes, as the gut reacts to the brain 🧠 ... original and inventive, poignant, deep and reflective, with more than a touch of philosophy, spirit and insight.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- jelaiw
- 19-08-2024
Performance may not do story and writing justice
The dominance of narrator makes this a laboured read to al already dense story and theme. Perhaps the brief was to be performative , in which case it is excellent . But as a listener to a book, this fails the writing and story telling. Rapid reading, sardonic tone and over emphasis distract. The best audio books when you don’t notice the reader until the very end when book finishes. As a regular audio book reader for the past 30 years, this would have to be one of the irritating. This is a shame bc story is compelling concept. I’d be interested in what the author thinks of narration ?
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