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Room on the Sea

By: André Aciman
Narrated by: Jeff Daniels
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Paul was reading a newspaper. Catherine was reading a novel. So begins Room on the Sea, André Aciman's scorching and elegiac love-story about a middle-aged man and woman who meet in the bullpen of jury selection and spend a sultry summer’s week trespassing ever further into each other's hearts.

What begins as a flirtation quickly evolves into something deeper, something Paul and Catherine must carry on in secret - and with the understanding that anything more than a casual crush is out of the question. But as the week draws to a close, the end of their rendezvous comes into focus, and Paul and Catherine are forced to decide whether to act on their feelings or leave the fantasy of what could have been to the annals of the past.

By turns scintillating and philosophical, Room on the Sea is a compulsively listenable story of love, fate, and last chances.

©2021 André Aciman (P)2021 Audible Originals, LLC. Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Heartfelt Short Stories

About the Creator

André Aciman was born in Alexandria, Egypt and is an American memoirist, essayist, novelist, and scholar. He is the New York Times best-selling author of Call Me by Your Name and Find Me as well as of Out of Egypt and Eight White Nights, Harvard Square, False Papers, and Alibis. Homo Irrealis, his latest collection of essays, will appear in January 2021. Audible will soon release his novellas The Gentleman from Peru and Mariana. Aciman is the director of The Writers’ Institute and teaches Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center, CUNY. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, The New Republic, Condé Nast Traveler, as well as in many volumes of The Best American Essays.

About the Performer

Daniels is a five-time Emmy nominee, winning in Best Lead Actor for The Newsroom and Best Supporting Actor for Godless. He has also received Golden Globe nominations on the big screen for his performances in The Purple Rose of Cairo, Something Wild, and The Squid and the Whale, as well as one for The Newsroom. Daniels is also a three-time individual Screen Actors Guild Award nominee. His other major screen roles include the Dumb and Dumber franchise, The Martian, Looper, Good Night and Good Luck, Gods and Generals, The Hours, Pleasantville, Gettysburg, Radio Days, Terms of Endearment, and Ragtime. Daniels is also a three-time Tony nominee, for To Kill a Mockingbird (the highest grossing American play in Broadway history), Blackbird, and God of Carnage. Most recently, Daniels was seen as former FBI director James Comey in The Comey Rule, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. He also starred in the Showtime drama American Rust and just reprised his role as Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird’s run on Broadway.
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Beautiful Writing • Engaging Dialogue • Compelling Characters • Charming Love Story • Emotional Depth • Smooth Voice
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I loved it. It is a great story for
baby boomers, or anyone over 50💖💖

wonderful romance

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What a charming & sweet love story. Jeff Daniels as narrator infused it with a simple tenderness that I really enjoyed.

Wow!

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This was a nice story but Jeff Daniels voice was like nails on a chalk board.

Nice Story but

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You may need to be in the second half of life to appreciate this wonderful look at life and love. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and and looking forward to a trip to Naples.

A charming story

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I simply loved this. "Exquisite" is the word that comes to mind for describing the words and story. Perfect pacing and brilliant narration (Kudos to Mr. Daniels) make the characters and their encounters a joy to experience.

I highly recommend.

An Amazing Gem

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this was slightly scandalous, romantic, and short but sweet. sometimes, the most scandalous story is the most entertaining. enjoyed!!

like the Pina colada song

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for a minute you can imagine yourself and going back in time a life one wishes they have had and I think most people would agree maybe

I enjoyed it a lot

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If you try to explain to someone who hasn’t read or listen to this, they wouldn’t understand. It’s a common coming-of-age story, it’s morality turned on his head.

I have never listen to anything like this before

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Andre Aciman uses words as if adding spices to a dish. As a 70 year old woman, he captures quite accurately the feelings of knowing love, having lost love and the rare opportunity of finding love again.
I throughly enjoyed this short story.
Jeff Daniels is brilliant as a reader!

Beautiful love story

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I loved everything about this offering. I finished it in one sitting. Jeff Daniels adds the perfect tone and texture to this warm, rich story of two strangers who meet in the jury duty room and form a deep, meaningful connection. A joy to read about adults , (old enough to have retirement conversations) in such an honest way.
Felt like a soft, warm blanket on a cold day.

Wonderful

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