Stop-Time

Name: Stop-Time
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Frank Conroy
ISBN: 9798212012782

Author: Frank Conroy

Narrator: Robert Fass

Unabridged: 11 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 08/27/2022

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs, Family & Relationships

Synopsis

First published in 1967, Stop-Time was immediately recognized as a masterpiece of modern American autobiography, a brilliant portrayal of one boy’s passage from childhood to adolescence and beyond.Here is Frank Conroy’s wry, sad, beautiful tale of life on the road; of odd jobs and lost friendships, brutal schools and first loves; of a father’s early death and a son’s exhilarating escape into manhood.

About Frank Conroy

Frank Conroy (1936-2005) graduated from Haverford College in 1958. He was director of the prestigious Writers' Workshop. He wrote an autobiography Stop-Time, published in 1967, and a collection of stories, Midair, published in 1985. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, GQ, Harper’s Magazine, and Partisan Review.

About Robert Fass

Robert Fass is a veteran actor and twice winner of the prestigious Audie Award for the year’s best narration. He has earned many Earphones Awards and AudioFile magazine “Best of the Year” accolades.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Beth

"Stop-Time" is such a unique book. The writing is so evocative, making even the most mundane details fascinating. I think if I could make a wish and emulate the writing style of any writer, past or present, I very well might choose Frank Conroy. My favorite passage is Conroy's description of how he......more

Goodreads review by Ada

3,7. Vaig gaudir bastant més amb la lectura de Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life del Finnegan. Sembla que Stop-Time és pioner a Estats Units en aquest gènere (narrativa memorística d'es riptors "anònims"), però no m'ha cautivat massa.......more

Quotes

“A book whose honesty and evocation of youth is a triumph.” New York Times

“The tribulations of an American youth during the Thirties and Forties…He undergoes the traditional rite de passage of disrupted family life, boyhood miseries and marvels, mixed-up schooling, and contrasted adventures in Florida, New York, and Europe. A mirror of growing up, of emotional survival, upsettingly reflective of us all.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Robert Fass’s new performance of writer Frank Conroy’s 1967 memoir has the feel of classic storytelling in the 1930s and ‘40s. It’s a perfect match for the stories unfolding here.” AudioFile