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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.
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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 love story

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!

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Wonderful

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.

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a bit confusing

I struggled to continue with this book after Wednesday. I wasnt sure where the plot went & mostly kept it as a background noise during my lunch at work.

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A beautiful experience

This is an absolutely lovely story. The characters are compelling, and I found myself eagerly wanting to know them better. Jeff Daniels voice is perfect for audio narration. The only minor complaint I have is that often times the conversation is just between the two main characters and Jeff Daniels makes no attempt to distinguish their voices from one another. Occasionally, I wasn’t sure who was speaking. Overall, highly recommended.

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Absolutely loved it

I did not want it to end! I will listen again, and perhaps yet again.

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seriously could not stop listening

beautiful, beautiful story. absolutely stunning. jeff daniels brought these characters to life & i absolutely loved his narration.

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Beyond wonderful

What an enchanting, endearing, loving story. The only problem was that it was too short.

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curious

I have enjoyed listening to Jeff Daniel's read this story. This has been am easy listen.

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wonderful romance

I loved it. It is a great story for
baby boomers, or anyone over 50💖💖

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Wow!

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

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