Adverbs

Name: Adverbs
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Daniel Handler
ISBN: 9780061154348

Author: Daniel Handler

Narrator: Oliver Wyman

Unabridged: 7 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 04/11/2006

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Hello. I am Daniel Handler, the author of this book. Did you know that authors often write the summaries of their books that appear here on the package? You might want to think of that the next time you read something like, ""A dazzling page-turner, this novel shows an internationally acclaimed storyteller at the height of his astonishing powers.""Adverbs is a novel about love -- a bunch of different people, in and out of different kinds of love. At the start of the novel, Andrea is in love with David -- or maybe it's Joe -- who instead falls in love with Peter in a taxi. At the end of the novel, it's Joe who's in the taxi, falling in love with Andrea, although it might not be Andrea, and in any case it might not be the same Andrea, as Andrea is a very common name. So is Allison, who is married to Adrian in the middle of the novel, although in the middle of the ocean she considers a fling with Keith and also with Steve, whom she meets in an automobile, unless it's not the same Allison who meets the Snow Queen in a casino, or the same Steve who meets Eddie in the forest.It might sound confusing, but that's love, and as the author -- me -- says, ""It is not the nouns. The miracle is the adverbs, the way things are done."" A dazzling page-turner, this novel shows an internationally acclaimed storyteller at the height of his astonishing powers.Performed by Oliver Wyman

About Daniel Handler

Daniel Handler has written three novels under his own name, including The Basic Eight, Watch Your Mouth, and Adverbs, and many books under the name Lemony Snicket, including All the Wrong Questions, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and the picture book 13 Words.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Oriana on November 02, 2013

This is the kind of book that makes me want to go back and take all my 5-star ratings down to 4, so that giving this one 5 will mean more. This is the kind of book where, all while I was reading it, I was thinking about how I would read it again, more slowly, more thoughtfully, with more intense con......more

Goodreads review by Steve on February 01, 2019

Perhaps you're a reader who'll have better luck. In contrast to me, you won't find yourself stuck When plotlines confuse you and run all amok, And all you can think is to ask WTF?? Befuddled? Bemused? Yes I was, but I don’t feel embarrassed to say it. I’m pretty sure that was Handler’s intent. You s......more

Goodreads review by Ian on October 16, 2011

Back Flips and Party Tricks I hated the first chapter of this novel, so much so that it took almost 200 pages for me to recover and trust Daniel Handler. Still, once it all started to come together, I did an amazing about face. By the end, I loved “Adverbs” and felt sad that I had to leave this crazy......more

Goodreads review by Amy on March 01, 2007

This book looks, at first, to be a series of short stories that are titled with adverbs - Particularly, Often, etc. A cute concept that sparks some curiosity. But it really gets going when you realize that all the characters are connected, but the stories are not chronological nor are narrations alw......more

Goodreads review by Brent on October 03, 2007

I've never read Handler's kid stuff but Adverbs did make me feel young again, if you don't mind that dust-smudged cliche. Not that I'm old even. And I certainly don't yearn for a lost childhood. Adverbs, the novel, or rather Adverbs: A Novel, made English over for me again, for the little while I wa......more