The Road Home, Jim Harrison
The Road Home, Jim Harrison
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The Road Home

Author: Jim Harrison

Narrator: Mark Bramhall, various narrators, Andrew Eiden, Christian Baskous, Jane Oppenheimer, Stacey Glemboski

Unabridged: 19 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/08/2021

Synopsis

The Road Home lies in the shadows of Manifest Destiny and Wounded Knee; it is etched into the landscape of an old man’s memory and into the stubborn dreams of a young man’s heart. In one of Jim Harrison’s greatest works, five members of the Northridge family narrate the tangled epic of their history on the expanses of the Nebraska plains. They strive to understand their fates, to reconcile with demons of the past, to live in accordance with the land and to die with grace. As the family grapples with the mysterious forces that both pull them apart and draw them inextricably back together, they must come to term with life’s greatest and hardest lessons: the deception of passion, the pain of love, the vitality of art, and the supplication to nature’s generosity and fury.

About Jim Harrison

Jim Harrison (1937–2016) was the author of over thirty-five books of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, including Legends of the Fall, The Road Home, The English Major, and The Farmer’s Daughter. His writing appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Playboy, and the New York Times. He earned a National Endowment for the Arts grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Spirit of the West Award from the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association. His work has been recognized worldwide and published in twenty-two languages.

About Mark Bramhall

Mark Bramhall has won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration, more than thirty AudioFile Earphones Awards, and has repeatedly been named by AudioFile magazine and Publishers Weekly among their “Best Voices of the Year.” He is also an award-winning actor whose acting credits include off-Broadway, regional, and many Los Angeles venues as well as television, animation, and feature films. He has taught and directed at the American Academy of Dramatic Art.

About Andrew Eiden

Andrew Eiden is an actor and winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award for narration. He has been acting since the age of four, working at regional theaters, in national commercials, and on numerous television shows.

About Christian Baskous

Christian Baskous is an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator. His theatrical credits include numerous roles in the New York Shakespeare Festival, Circle in the Square, the Kennedy Center, and Theater for the New City, as well as other regional theaters. His film and television work includes appearances in Glory, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Law & Order, Swan’s Crossing, and Swift Justice.

About Jane Oppenheimer

Jane Oppenheimer is an experienced narrator, voiceover artist, and actress with a bachelor's degree in theater from Carnegie Mellon University. She has narrated numerous audiobooks and has performed on stage in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Her voiceover work can be heard on commercials as well as corporate campaigns and short documentaries.

About Stacey Glemboski

Stacey Glemboski is a seasoned voice artist and audiobook narrator of many books in the science fiction and young adult fiction genres.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Drew

"The Road Home" is epic but grounded firmly in reality to a depth few writers attempt to explore, or are capable of exploring. Harrison writes in the article "Bar Pool": "I seek the substantial in life." It's one of my favorite quotes and gives you a sense of what you'll find on each page of any of......more

Goodreads review by amy

At least one sentence or concept takes my breath away on every page of this 400 page book. The kind of book that breaks your heart with the simple realities of humanity. Full of history, birds, adventure and love. I read Dalva first, but the books can go in either order really.......more

Quotes

“A graceful novel…To read this book is to feel the luminosity of nature in one’s own being.” New York Times Book Review

“This novel-chronicle, laced with social criticism, will surely satisfy Harrison’s legion of fans, make new admirers of first-time readers of his work, and ultimately take its place among the major works of American literature.” Booklist

“A vivid meditation on the defining power of the family, and of the kind of redemption offered by an awareness of nature’s rather pitiless beauty.” Kirkus Reviews

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