Better To Have Gone: Love, Death and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville
By Akash Kapur
Read by Vikas Adam
12.65 Hours
• Unabridged
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ISBN: 9781398506817
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Summary
Summary
A New York Times Notable Book of 2021
A Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year
A New Statesman Best Book of 2021
A CNN Pick of 2021's Best Books
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“A riveting account of human aspiration and folly taken to extremes.” —Boston Globe
“Kapur is a terrific storyteller…His writing compels you to follow him as he digs deeper.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“Weaves together memoir, history, and ethnography to tell a story of the desire for utopia and the cruelties committed in its name…told with a native son’s fondness, fury, stubborn loyalty, exasperated amusement.” —New York Times
“Narrator Vikas Adam is the contemplative voice behind this true story…The overall effect for listeners is of tuning in to a caring reporter who is shifting through facts, memories, and anecdotes to help us all make sense of an unsolved tragedy.” —AudioFile
“This gripping, magical, deeply moving book is a story of stubborn, self-sacrificing idealism—both its beauty and its cost…The struggle to forge a nobler humanity is often brutal, and the history of Auroville is no exception. But…it is exhilarating to read about a place and time where utopia seemed not just possible but close.” —Larissa MacFarquhar, author of Strangers Drowning
Author
Author Bio: Akash Kapur
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Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography |
| Runtime: | 12.65 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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