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Length11h 48m
About this audiobook
2026 Audie Winner – Fantasy | Winner of the AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award
Christopher Moore's novel comes to life in this incredible audio edition! Narrator Mary Jane Wells displays an impressive range of character voices, accents, and tonal shifts that perfectly compliment the story's pace and humor.
“A brilliant amalgamation of history, literature, horror, humor and humanity, unfolding with page-turning energy.” — Petaluma Argus-Courier
From New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore comes a hilariously deranged tale of a mad scientist, a famous painter, and an undead woman’s electrifying journey of self-discovery.
Vienna, 1911. Gustav Klimt, the most famous painter in the Austrian Empire, the darling of Viennese society, spots a woman’s nude body in the Danube canal. He knows he should summon a policeman, but he can’t resist stopping to make a sketch first. And as he draws, the woman coughs. She’s alive!
Back at his studio, Klimt and his model-turned-muse Wally tend to the formerly-drowned girl. She’s nearly feral and doesn’t remember who she is, or how she came to be floating in the canal. Klimt names her Judith, after one of his most famous paintings, and resolves to help her find her memory.
With a little help from Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, Judith recalls being stranded in the arctic one hundred years ago, locked in a crate by a man named Victor Frankenstein, and visiting the Underworld.
So how did she get here? And why are so many people chasing her, including Geoff, the giant croissant-eating devil dog of the North?
Poor Things meets Bride of Frankenstein in Anima Rising, Christopher Moore’s most ingenious (and probably most hilarious) novel yet.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.1 (6.1K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, LibraryThing
GenreFantasy, Humor, General Fiction
Length11 hrs 48 mins
Narrated byMary Jane Wells
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMay 13, 2025
LanguageEnglish
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