2013
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Out of curiosity, I listened to The Bell Jar around 20 years ago. I tempted to listen to this exception recording again, as the reader Christina Moore's voice is a perfect match for Sylvia Plath's text. I have no idea how Maggie Gyllenhaal approaches the book is a subsequent recording, but I can't imagine how it could possibly improve on Moore's purposefully and effectively disengaged performance.
From Recorded Books website:
From Recorded Books website:
Critics consistently praise her ability to convey a book’s distinctive emotional tone.
My favorite match of voice and text?
Barrett Whitener's expansive reading of John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces. Hands down! The novel's episodic narrative relies heavily on dialogue, and Whitener creates pitch-perfect voices for every character.
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