Moving between twenty-first-century America and seventeenth-century England, The Book of Air and Shadows is a modern thriller that brilliantly re-creates William Shakespeare's life at the turn of the seventeenth century and combines an ingenious and intricately layered plot with a devastating portrait of a contemporary man on the brink of self-discovery...or self-destruction.
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Moving between twenty-first-century America and seventeenth-century England, The Book of Air and Shadows is a modern thriller that brilliantly re-creates William Shakespeare's life at the turn of the seventeenth century and combines an ingenious and intricately layered plot with a devastating portrait of a contemporary man on the brink of self-discovery...or self-destruction.
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Add this copy of The Book of Air and Shadows: a Novel (Audio Cd) to cart. $14.95, good condition, Sold by Meadeco Media rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from VINE GROVE, KY, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Tantor Audio.
At once entertaining and profound. The voice of the narrator is terrific. I sent this to a German friend b/c I thought the style would be easy to follow, the plot gripping, the characters compelling, and the impression lasting. I copied out several passages to remember for myself. Has some good things to say about literature, the movies, and life.
SeldomSeen
Dec 1, 2009
Be Gone Foul Spirit
A lost Shakespearian manuscript. Rare book dealers. Russian mobsters. Though the premise seemed fresh and intriguing, the execution of the plot was torturous, the main character completely unsympathetic, the story-telling unnecessarily convoluted and the pace stupefying. Normally a quick reader, this novel took me more than a month to wade through.
