
Haven
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Narrated by:
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Aidan Kelly
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By:
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Emma Donoghue
In this beautiful story of adventure and survival from the New York Times bestselling author of Room, three men vow to leave the world behind them as they set out in a small boat for an island their leader has seen in a dream, with only faith to guide them.
In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks—young Trian and old Cormac—he rows down the river Shannon in search of an isolated spot on which to found a monastery. Drifting out into the Atlantic, the three men find an impossibly steep, bare island inhabited by tens of thousands of birds, and claim it for God. In such a place, what will survival mean?
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Critic reviews
“Told with the clarity of a fable, Haven transports us into territories unknown, where ‘fog makes an island of every man.’ Donoghue’s men of the cloth confront challenges that rattle not only their faith in God, but their faith in each other and in the natural world. This is a patient, thoughtful novel with much to say about spirituality, hope, and human failure, and about the miracle of mercy.” (Esi Edugyan, Giller Prize-winning author of Washington Black)
“Haven is a beautiful and timely novel about isolation, passion and the conflict between obedience and self-preservation. The island setting and the characters stayed with me long after I finished reading.” (Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater)
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a fascinating story
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The narrator, Aidan Kelly, enhances the novel’s emotional depth, making this story of survival and sacrifice immediate and compelling.
Haven is a haunting exploration of belief and the human condition, Highly recommended for fans of richly detailed and morally complex narratives.
Impressive Writing, Research and Narrator
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Captivating story of 7th-century monks
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Fascinating listen
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Keep reading, it gets better
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Very interesting subject
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The pitfalls of religious fanaticism
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A haunting book that will stay with a reader for sometime
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Bland
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I disliked perhaps what was an over attention to detail, especially describing things and names I did not know.
imagination almost like midrash, reading, imagining between what we know and don’t know.
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