The Testament of Mary

The Testament of Mary

Meryl Streepâ€™s performance of Colm TÃ³ibÃn's acclaimed portrait of Mary is hailed by the New York Times Book Review as â€œan ideal audiobook,â€ presenting the three-time Academy Award-winner in â€œyet another great role.â€

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Colm TÃ³ibÃn's The Testament of Mary presents Mary as a solitary older woman still seeking to understand the events that become the narrative of the New Testament and the foundation of Christianity. In the ancient town of Ephesus, Mary lives alone, years after her son's crucifixion. She has no interest in collaborating with the authors of the Gospel. They are her keepers, providing her with food and shelter and visiting her regularly. She does not agree that her son is the Son of God; nor that his death was "worth it"; nor that the "group of misfits he gathered around him, men who could not look a woman in the eye," were holy disciples. This woman who we know from centuries of paintings and scripture as the docile, loving, silent, long-suffering, obedient, worshipful mother of Christ becomes a tragic heroine with the relentless eloquence of Electra or Medea or Antigone, in a portrait so vivid and convincing that our image of Mary will be forever transformed.

Now Meryl Streep brings TÃ³ibÃn's tour de force of imagination and language to unforgettable life with â€œsimplicity, honesty, [and] a clarity that draws us into the emotional landscape of the book through the beauty of the writing,â€ writes Charles Isherwood in the New York Times Book Review. â€œStreep has an impressive ability to crest the structurally intricate sentÂences TÃ³ibÃn has fashioned, which sometimes have the flowing, rhythmic cadences of certain passages in the Bible itself,â€ Isherwood writes of her performance. â€œStreepâ€™s voice is familiar to generations of moviegoers, but its beauty as an instrument can be appreciated in this context as it often cannot be in films.â€¦TÃ³ibÃn's exquisite book [is] rendered by Streep with all its detached, quiet, consoling humanity intact.â€
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster Audio
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 9781442363472
ReleaseDate 2013-09-10
UnitCount 1
Format Audiobook
EANs 9781442363472

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster Audio
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	9781442363472
ReleaseDate	2013-09-10
UnitCount	1
Format	Audiobook
EANs	9781442363472

The Testament of Mary

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