Euphoria, Lily King
Euphoria, Lily King
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Euphoria
A Novel

Author: Lily King

Narrator: Simon Vance, Xe Sands

Unabridged: 6 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/03/2014

Synopsis

From New England Book Award winner Lily King comes a breathtaking novel about three young anthropologists of the 1930s caught in a passionate love triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers, and ultimately, their lives.English anthropologist Andrew Bankson has been alone in the field for several years, studying the Kiona river tribe in the territory of New Guinea. Haunted by the memory of his brothers' deaths and increasingly frustrated and isolated by his research, Bankson is on the verge of suicide when a chance encounter with colleagues, the controversial Nell Stone and her wry and mercurial Australian husband, Fen, pulls him back from the brink. Nell and Fen have just fled the bloodthirsty Mumbanyo and, in spite of Nell's poor health, are hungry for a new discovery. When Bankson finds them a new tribe nearby—the artistic, female-dominated Tam—he ignites an intellectual and romantic firestorm between the three of them that burns out of anyone's control.Set between two World Wars and inspired by events in the life of revolutionary anthropologist Margaret Mead, Euphoria is an enthralling story of passion, possession, exploration, and sacrifice from accomplished author Lily King.

About Lily King

Lily King is the author of several award-winning novels. Euphoria won the Kirkus Prize and the New England Book Award for Fiction and was named a best book of the year by Time magazine, the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, and many others. Her debut novel, The Pleasing Hour, won the Barnes & Noble Discover Award and was a New York Times Notable Book and an alternate for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Her second book, The English Teacher, was a Publishers Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year, a Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year, and the winner of the Maine Fiction Award. Father of the Rain was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, a Publishers Weekly Best Novel of the Year, and winner of the 2010 New England Book Award for Fiction.

About Simon Vance

Simon Vance is the critically acclaimed narrator of approximately 400 audiobooks, winner of 27 AudioFile Earphones Awards, and a 12-time Audie Award-winner. He won an Audie in 2006 in the category of Science Fiction and was named the 2011 Best Voice in Biography and History and in 2010 Best Voice in Fiction by AudioFile magazine.   Vance has been a narrator for the past 25 years, and also worked for many years as a BBC Radio presenter and newsreader in London.  Some of his best-selling and most praised audiobook performances include Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hilary Mantel’s Bring Up the Bodies (an Audie award-winner), Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale, Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander series (all 21 titles), the new productions of Frank Herbert’s original Dune series, and Rob Gifford’s China Road (an AudioFile 2007 Book of the Year). Vance lives near San Francisco with his wife and two sons.

About Xe Sands

Xe Sands is an Earphones award-winning narrator known for her authentic characterizations and intimate delivery. She has more than a decade of experience bringing stories to life through narration, performance, and visual art and has recorded more than two hundred titles. She has also been recognized for her engaging romance narrations.

Reviews

Goodreads review by switterbug (Betsey)

Three anthropologists form a circumstantial friendship in the 1930s while studying tribes in Papua, New Guinea. American Nell Stone (who is inspired by Margaret Mead) already has a best selling book on natives of the Solomon Islands. Nell's Australian husband, Fen, is jealous of her success, and is......more

Goodreads review by Julie

I picture Lily King in her office, surrounded by a library’s worth of research materials. Drafts of Euphoria are stacked in descending towers along one wall, each draft a stair-step lower. I picture a writer chipping away at her words, like a sculptor to marble, until the true work reveals itself; t......more

Goodreads review by Angela M is taking a break.

I loved so much about this novel - the writing, the atmosphere, the tension of the love triangle, a glimpse of what it might have been like for renowned anthropologist Margaret Mead as she studied native tribes in New Guinea. Even though this novel is inspired by a short time in Mead’s life, it is n......more

Quotes

“Enthralling…In the beauty and cruelty of others, we discover our own.” Vogue

“A taut, witty, fiercely intelligent tale of competing egos and desires in a landscape of exotic menace—a love triangle in extremis.” New York Times Book Review

“It’s smart and steamy, and like the best historical fiction, it made me want to read about Mead.” USA Today

“In a perfect marriage of words and voice, narrators Simon Vance and Xe Sands join author Lily King to produce an extraordinary audiobook experience…Sands and Vance perform the stupendous feat of creating memorable versions of the same characters. Their performances offer nuanced interpretations of the different personalities and…a unique narrative pace that enhances the listener’s understanding of this unforgettable tale. Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award.” AudioFile

“Masterful…A thrilling and beautifully composed novel…a riveting and provocative novel, absolutely first rate.” Seattle Times

“Euphoria is at once romantic, exotic, informative, and entertaining.” Reader’s Digest

“This audio version, read by Simon Vance and Xe Sands, may well become my favorite audio of 2015…The narrators make this intense, emotionally charged tale of desire and depair, both physical and intellectural, even more vivid.” BookPage (audio review)

“Stunningly passionate and gorgeously written.” Andre Dubus III, New York Times bestselling author

“King builds an intense, seductive, sexual, and intellectual tension among the three [anthropogists]: This taut, fraught triangulation is the novel’s driving force.” San Francisco Chronicle

“Fresh, brilliantly structured, and fully imagined.” Andrea Barrett, National Book Award–winning author

Awards

  • Indie Next List
  • New York Times   Bestseller
  • AudioFile Earphones Award
  • New England Book Award
  • USA Today Notable Book
  • O Magazine Title to Pick Up Now
  • Reader’s Digest Pick
  • Marie Claire Magazine Pick
  • National Geographic Pick
  • Boston Globe Pick
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch Pick
  • Kirkus Prize
  • Publishers Weekly Best Book
  • Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books
  • AudioFile Best Audiobook of the Year
  • New York Magazine Top 10 Books
  • New York Times Best Book
  • Amazon Best Book
  • Entertainment Weekly Best Book
  • National Book Critics Circle Award
  • Audie Award
  • BookPage Top Pick
  • Voice Arts Award
  • PopSugar Pick
  • Guardian Pick
  • Kirkus Reviews Pick
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