Length12h 21m
About this audiobook
“A nail-biting narrative, setting stark human dilemmas against a lush, exotic backdrop.”— People
“Extraordinary. . . . Nothing is as it seems, and the ending is as shocking as it’s satisfying.” — Boston Globe
From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett, a provocative and assured novel of morality and miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforest
In a narrative replete with poison arrows, devouring snakes, scientific miracles, and spiritual transformations, State of Wonder presents a world of stunning surprise and danger, rich in emotional resonance and moral complexity.
As Dr. Marina Singh embarks upon an uncertain odyssey into the insect-infested Amazon, she's forced to surrender herself to the lush but forbidding world that awaits within the jungle. Charged with finding her former mentor Dr. Annick Swenson, a researcher who has disappeared while working on a valuable new drug, she will have to confront her own memories of tragedy and sacrifice as she journeys into the unforgiving heart of darkness.
Stirring and luminous, State of Wonder is a world unto itself, where unlikely beauty stands beside unimaginable loss beneath the rain forest's jeweled canopy. Patchett delivers a gripping adventure story and a profound look at the difficult choices we make in the name of discovery and love.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.0 (258.3K)
Includes Goodreads, StoryGraph, LibraryThing, Amazon
GenreFantasy, General Fiction
Length12 hrs 21 mins
Narrated byHope Davis
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 7, 2011
LanguageEnglish
More from Ann Patchett
The Dutch HouseAnn Patchett9h 53m4.1 (734.2K)$29 · $0.00
WhistlerAnn Patchett10h 45m4.6 (4.6K)$29 · $0.00
These Precious DaysAnn Patchett11h 14m4.5 (45.2K)$29 · $0.00
TaftAnn Patchett9h 14m$29 · $0.00
LambslideAnn Patchett7m3.9 (1.3K)$4 · $0.00
Tom LakeAnn Patchett11h 23m4.1 (580.3K)$29 · $0.00
This Is the Story of a Happy MarriageAnn Patchett11h 36m4.1 (46.8K)$29 · $0.00
CommonwealthAnn Patchett10h 33m3.9 (255.6K)$29 · $0.00
Escape GoatAnn Patchett7m4.0 (1.5K)$4 · $0.00
RunAnn Patchett9h 20m3.7 (69.5K)$29 · $0.00
The Magician's AssistantAnn Patchett11h 9m3.9 (61.8K)$29 · $0.00
What Now?Ann Patchett54m4.1 (4.3M)$11 · $0.00
The Patron Saint of LiarsAnn Patchett14h 12m4.0 (113.7K)$33 · $0.00
Truth & BeautyAnn Patchett8h 7m4.1 (56.2K)$8 · $0.00
Bel CantoAnn Patchett11h 18m4.0 (371.4K)$29 · $0.00
Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver21h 3m4.5 (949.4K)$46 · $0.00
Remarkably Bright CreaturesShelby Van Pelt11h 17m4.4 (1.7M)$29 · $0.00
Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Toshikazu Kawaguchi Book SetToshikazu Kawaguchi18h 55m4.5 (1.4K)$40 · $0.00
The Song of AchillesMadeline Miller11h 15m4.3 (2.3M)$29 · $0.00
The Left and the LuckyWilly Vlautin6h 40m4.4 (1.1K)$24 · $0.00
Hunt of the DragonJuliette Cross9h 46m4.4 (736)$20
Deadly GameChristine Feehan13h 20m4.3 (15.8K)$30
THE RETURN OF THE KINGJ.R.R. Tolkien21h 5m4.7 (1.2M)$7 · $0.00
WildfireIlona Andrews12h 45m4.5 (62.9K)$33 · $0.00
Lolth's WarriorR. A. Salvatore13h 20m4.6 (2.4K)$33 · $0.00
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du BoisHonoree Fanonne Jeffers29h 49m4.5 (58K)$8 · $0.00
Lola in the MirrorTrent Dalton13h 40m4.5 (43.9K)$33 · $0.00
Going PostalTerry Pratchett13h 36m4.5 (163.8K)$33 · $0.00
The Leo Tolstoy CollectionLeo Tolstoy9h 1m4.5 (4.9K)$12 · $0.00
Sword and ShadowMichelle Sagara16h 51m4.5 (2.2K)$40 · $0.00
A Tree Grows in BrooklynBetty Smith14h 55m4.4 (577.6K)$33 · $0.00
Dark GuardianChristine Feehan12h 32m4.5 (26.3K)$33 · $0.00
The Neil Gaiman ReaderNeil Gaiman27h 3m4.5 (3.2K)$53 · $0.00
The HobbitJ. R. R. Tolkien10h 51m4.4 (4.9M)$12 · $0.00
Bad HabitAlana S. Portero5h 37m4.4 (52.3K)$24 · $0.00
WhistlerAnn Patchett10h 45m4.6 (4.6K)$29 · $0.00
Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver21h 3m4.5 (949.4K)$46 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
Remarkably Bright CreaturesShelby Van Pelt11h 17m4.4 (1.7M)$29 · $0.00
Desperate MeasuresBrenda Jackson8h 59m4.7 (670)$28 · $0.00
This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m4.6 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
War LordBernard Cornwell13h 21m4.6 (33.1K)$33 · $0.00
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m4.6 (9.3K)$18 · $0.00
Something Like LoveBeverly Jenkins10h 21m4.6 (2.7K)$29 · $0.00
Black History CollectionFrederick Douglass, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois27h 9m4.6 (2.6K)$18 · $0.00
The Old Man and the Sea (Annotated)Ernest Hemingway4h 27m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
White HotIlona Andrews13h 18m4.5 (136.9K)$5 · $0.00
The Ghost by the Billabong (The Matilda Saga, #5)Jackie French14h 58m4.6 (773)$33 · $0.00
Cast in BloodMichelle Sagara16h 35m4.6 (607)$33 · $0.00
The Captain Blood Trilogy (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini29h 20m4.6 (1K)$3 · $0.00
Ship of the Line (Annotated)Cecil Louis Troughton Smith11h 13m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
The George Orwell CollectionGeorge Orwell24h 46m4.5 (14.4K)$12 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust15h 38m4.5 (9.2K)$2 · $0.00
Driving ForceElle James4h 58m4.6 (407)$20 · $0.00
When God Calls the HeartBrian Bird, Michelle Cox3h 24m4.6 (439)$10 · $0.00
You may also like
Green Mansions (Annotated)W. H. Hudson9h 54m3.8 (14.7K)$2 · $0.00
LandfallsNaomi J. Williams13h 55m3.9 (1.4K)$23 · $0.00
The Plague DogsRichard Adams15h 20m4.0 (13.1K)$25
Lost HorizonJames Hilton8h 12m4.1 (30.8K)$1 · $0.00
The Adventurer's SonRoman Dial10h 39m4.0 (9.9K)$29 · $0.00
Denali’s HowlAndy Hall7h 22m4.2 (5.1K)$20
Gone BushPaul Kilgour7h 8m4.1 (288)$24 · $0.00
Mardi and A Voyage Thither Volume 1 & 2Herman Melville22h 51m3.5 (3.5K)$2.30
WoodcraftNessmuk3h 29m4.2 (1.6K)$6 · $0.00
Abandoned -- Illustrated VersionJules Verne7h 42m4.2 (2K)$2.30
AbandonedJules Verne7h 42m4.3 (1.1K)$2.30 · $0.00
Lonesome TravelerJack Kerouac5h 53m3.9 (9.7K)$20
Wanderings in South AmericaCharles Waterton7h 46m4.0 (1.7K)$1 · $0.00
The Piazza TalesHerman Melville9h 3m4.0 (9.5K)$21 · $0.00
Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical ForestW. H. Hudson8h 58m3.8 (5.8K)Free
Chasing ShadowsGreg Skomal, Ret Talbot14h 17m4.2 (969)$33 · $0.00
The Collected Letters of George Sand and Gustave Flaubert (Annotated)Gustave Flaubert, George Sand13h 33m4.3 (411)$2 · $0.00
The Secret of the CavesFranklin W. Dixon4h 11m4.2 (7.3K)$20
Woodcraft and Camping (Annotated)George Washington Sears3h 30m4.6 (1.2K)$1.99 · $0.00
THE GOLD HUNTERS (A Western Mystery Classic) (Annotated)James Oliver Curwood7h 1m4.0 (268)$2 · $0.00