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The Nature of Blood

Caryl PhillipsNarrated by Kevin Kenerly, various narrators, Allen Lewis Rickman, Elizabeth Knowelden, Julian Elfer, Matthew Lloyd Davies, Yelena Schmulenson

Length7h 55m

About this audiobook

In this ambitious novel, Phillips creates a dazzling kaleidoscope of historical fiction, one that illuminates the dark legacy of Europe’s obsession with race and blood. At the center of The Nature of Blood is a young woman, a Nazi death camp survivor, devastated by the loss of everyone she loves. Her story is interwoven with a cast of characters from both the present and past: her uncle Stephan, Othello the Moorish general, three Jews in fifteenth-century Venice, and an Ethiopian Jew struggling for acceptance in contemporary Israel. Tracing these characters through disparate lands and centuries, Phillips creates an unforgettable group portrait of individuals overwhelmed by the force of European tribalism.

Audiobook details

GenreFantasy, Dystopia, General Fiction

Length7 hrs 55 mins

Narrated byKevin Kenerly, various narrators, Allen Lewis Rickman, Elizabeth Knowelden, Julian Elfer, Matthew Lloyd Davies, Yelena Schmulenson

FormatAudiobook

Publish dateAug 30, 2022

LanguageEnglish

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About the author

Caryl Phillips

Caryl Phillips is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction. His novel A Distant Shore won the Commonwealth Writers Prize, and his other awards include the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in New York.View all by Caryl Phillips