Length46m
About this audiobook
Palms of Borrowed Time is a literary crime novel about a former pickpocket who decides to stop taking from a city that taught him how to survive. Set in a crowded urban landscape where poverty, loyalty, and quiet violence overlap, the story follows a man whose greatest skill is noticing what others miss. When he chooses restraint over theft, his decision disrupts criminal networks, family expectations, and his own identity. Through intimate moments, moral tension, and deeply human choices, the novel explores what it costs to change, what it means to stay, and how empty hands can still carry responsibility. This is not a story of easy redemption, but of presence, consequence, and learning to live without hiding.
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GenrePoetry, Literary Classics
Length46 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 28, 2026
LanguageEnglish
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