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The Wake
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
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Publisher's Summary
In the aftermath of the Norman Invasion of 1066, William the Conqueror was uncompromising and brutal. English society was broken apart, its systems turned on their head. What is little known is that a fractured network of guerrilla fighters took up arms against the French occupiers.
In The Wake, a postapocalyptic novel set 1,000 years in the past, Paul Kingsnorth brings this dire scenario back to us through the eyes of the unforgettable Buccmaster, a proud landowner bearing witness to the end of his world. Accompanied by a band of like-minded men, Buccmaster is determined to seek revenge on the invaders. But as the men travel across the scorched English landscape, Buccmaster becomes increasingly unhinged by the immensity of his loss, and their path forward becomes increasingly unclear.
Written in what the author describes as "a shadow tongue" - a version of Old English updated so as to be understandable to a modern audience - The Wake renders the inner life of an Anglo-Saxon man with an accuracy and immediacy rare in historical fiction.
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- Ori Kowarsky
- 2021-03-27
Superb in every way
Perfect synthesis of story, language and performance. The Audible version is more of a waking dream than a book. Will certainly seek out both the author and the narrator again. Intense, dangerous stuff.
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- Hugues Dufour
- 2019-04-02
Exceptional.
The story is unique and spellbinding. The narration is top-notch. I was pulled in and couldn't stop listening.
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