The Pharmacopoeia of Penance
a quiet chronicle in eight actsBy Phillip A. Holland
Length1h 28m
About this audiobook
For centuries he has bottled other people's regrets. Then a baker hands him a warm loaf of bread, and the numbness begins to crack. A slice-of-life novel in eight acts about an immortal learning to be touched by an ordinary life — and the long, quiet labour of carrying what is left when that life is gone.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenreFantasy, Literary Classics
Length1 hr 28 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 17, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Epigraph
3ACT I — THE SEALED VESSEL
41. Ozone and Ledger
52. Two Inches Left of the Ring
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63. Marrow-Vale
7ACT II — THE UNLATCHED DOOR
84. The Boy with the Broken Bayonet
95. Iron Hinges After a Long Winter
106. A Matter of Mud on the Foyer
11ACT III — THE AMBER HEARTH
127. Expected
138. Rosemary and a Burned City
149. Parsnips at First Light
15ACT IV — THE THINNING GLASS
1610. Hammered Lead
1711. He Was the Glass
1812. Sourdough, Circled in Ink
19ACT V — THE FOUR AT THE LANTERN
2013. The Weight We Each Carry
2114. The Carriage to the Fracture
2215. A Loaf Broken at the Edge of the Void
23ACT VI — THE CREAM ENVELOPE
2416. The Bell That Did Not Ring
2517. Rye and Burnt Honey
2618. The Labor of Endurance
27ACT VII — THE SILVER MORTAR
2819. The Coin in the Flour
2920. The Clay Vessel
3021. The Frost on the Cobblestones
31ACT VIII — THE UNLOCKED DOOR
3222. The Table, Warm Now
3323. The Mortar Was Never for Grinding
3424. I Am Here
35Colophon
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