The Folding Star

Released: December 3, 2024
Length: 16 hrs 36 mins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Publisher: Macmillan Digital Audio

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Shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize, The Folding Star is a compelling novel set in a Flemish city where thirty-three-year-old Edward Manners seeks a fresh start. As he becomes captivated by a seventeen-year-old girl and drawn into the world of a 1890s Belgian painter, the story explores themes of obsession, love, and mortality. Celebrated for its insight and humor, the book offers a nuanced and universal meditation on complex human emotions.

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