Ransom

By: David Malouf

Narrated by: Simon Vance

In his first novel in more than a decade, award-winning author David Malouf reimagines the pivotal narrative of Homer's Iliad - one of the most famous passages in all of literature. This is the story of the relationship between two grieving men at war: fierce Achilles, who has lost his beloved Patroclus in the siege of Troy; and woeful Priam, whose son Hector killed Patroclus and was in turn savaged by Achilles. A moving tale of suffering, sorrow, and redemption, Ransom is incandescent in its delicate and powerful lyricism and its unstated imperative that we imagine our lives in the glow of fellow feeling.

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Superb Writing, Excellent Narration

What was a pretty quick moment in the original ILIAD becomes an incredibly heartfelt travel story. From a change as small as altering the identity of Priam’s herald Idaeus, an incredible wellspring of emotion and storytelling opportunities bursts forth. Superb writing. I’ll always think of this book now, whenever I read that section of the ILIAD. Narrator Vance does a great job as always. [AUDIBLE]

源の物語でこんな短い部分はすごく細かい劇的話。新しいカートの運転手キャラクターがめっちゃいい考え。そんな小さい変更からたーくさんエモーション出す！イーダイオスとプリアモスの旅が1番面白い部分、アクションなし、ホメロスの話で詳細少ない。ずっと作者の自分のコンセプト、けど今からイリアス読んだらこの本いつも考える。ナレーターのヴァンス俳優がいつも通り立派

Simply wonderful!

A moving story

Easy to picture and feel the journey into Achilles's camp.
Silvia P.

Enjoyable

An interesting take on a small snippet of the Trojan War. The story was written with a very poetic style, but its repetitive imagery might grate on some people. The narration was magnificent.

Loved it

I loved the book. Remarkable narrator. Please audible, more recorded books written by David Malouf

the development of a back story only mentioned in passing in Homer's Illiad.

The haunting of a story like the Illiad on a reader begs for more detail and the filling in and expanding of the tale. Malouf does a masterful job here of extending that masterwork.