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Voice of the Fire
- 25th Anniversary Edition
- Narrated by: Maxine Peake, Jason Williamson, Toby Jones, Mark Gatiss, Alan Moore and multiple narrators
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
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Summary
An epic audiobook in 12 parts.
Northampton. The center of England. Twelve extraordinary characters transport you through 6,000 years of astonishing history. As Alan Moore’s place-writing masterpiece reaches its 25th anniversary, New Perspectives brings this expansive work to life through twelve immersive audio journeys.
Violence, madness, lust, and ecstasy all weave together in patterns of recurring visions, restless apparitions, and gut-wrenching narrative that offer an unprecedented voice to one of the country’s most enigmatic regions. A prehistoric boy learns a deadly lesson, a murderess dresses up as her victim, a Roman emissary confronts an unbearable truth about the empire, two lovers burn at the stake for witchcraft, and a poet begins his doomed walk from one incarceration to another.
Blending history with wild imagination, this collection of remarkable tales submerge you in the power of language and unveil the deepest secrets hidden in the land. Spoken by an exceptional cast, from Maxine Peake to Sleaford Mods vocalist Jason Williamson, this is epic cinema for the ears, firmly rooted in the author’s home town of Northampton.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-12-22
Magnificent
amazing in every way. the original book is already magnificent, the voice acting makes it better. truly amazing performances, getting Alan Moore on it makes it also wonderful
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- Anonymous User
- 27-07-22
don't give up it's a masterpiece
I nearly couldn't get past the first couple chapters (very ye olde English) but it was definitely worth it and the language modernises pretty quickly.
Quit dilly-dallying and get the book already
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-09-22
Fascinating
Unusual and compelling. Some of the performances are captivating, emphasised by the haunting soundscapes.
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- mr
- 09-08-21
superb
Blown away by this, brilliant book, brilliant performances. Hard to think of another audio book which I have enjoyed so much.
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- Persephone
- 04-07-23
Everything burns
A gem of a book read beautifully by an array of artists not excluding the author himself.
A shadow reflection of the psychic geography of the aforementioned authors native town.
Grimy, brutal and enthrallingly grotesque in its pulchritude.
The last chapter had me in goose bumps for hours after it’s narration. This is the puissance of Alan Moore.
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- Adam Cavill
- 21-04-23
A remarkable piece of artistry
I have often thought audiobooks could be more than the sum of their parts. I've listened to quite a wide range of them, some with excellent texts, with excellent readers, some fully dramatised.
Voice of the Fire somehow manages to weave performance, text and artfully composed sound design into something truly transcendent of the form.
Within this audiobook you will find interwoven stories of Northampton ranging from prehistory to present day. The stories are beautifully realized by a variety of talents including Maxine Peake, Jason Williamson and Mark Gaddis. It is haunting, beautiful, brutal and heartbreaking by turn.
This is an outstanding piece of art that deserves repeated listening. it will stay with you for a long time.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-12-23
Amazing
Alan Moore himself reading the last chapter is the final flourish to a beautifu piece ofl storytelling
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-09-22
A great but ultimately depressing book
"Only zips and velcro killed him"
A great volume made of stories spread along a perforated timeline which are different but also so much the same. It is interesting, beautifully written but of so depressing. Full of sexual frustrations, defecation, peeing, magic, witchcraft and death. I'm so glad I read Jerusalem first as although it's book is just as well written it's left me feeling very down.
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- Stuart
- 11-05-22
A fascinating series of tales
I bought the novel when it was first released and only read the first chapter. This was my first foray into audio books and what a treat. I feel as though I have listened to a series of radio plays, stretching back over 4000 years. The tales are dark and ominous, horrifying and fantastic. I’m a fan of Alan Moore’s comics, so I had an idea of what to expect. My advice is to persevere, this is a very unique book, maybe a masterpiece.
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- Tijl Deconynck
- 24-09-22
Some people just want to see the world burn.
Some people just want to see the world burn in astounding trembling light of spiritual historical bright blueprints of ghosts long forgotten, of blood, spit, tears and blight.
A reminder of what was and never can pass. The magic of seeing what could happen when stay with the stories of the land, it’s people and their sacrifice.
A cunning display of theatre of soul displayed for those who want to carry the alchemist recipient home.
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