The Believers

Name: The Believers
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: Zoe Heller
ISBN: 9780061805226

Author: Zoe Heller

Narrator: Andrea Martin

Unabridged: 10 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper

Published: 03/03/2009

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Satire, Jewish Fiction

Synopsis

“[Zoe Heller] is an extraordinarily entertaining writer, and this novel showcases her copious gifts, including a scathing, Waugh-like wit.”—New York Times Best-selling author Zoe Heller has followed up the critical and commercial success of What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal with another tour-de-force on the meaning of faith, belief, and trust: The Believers. Tragic and comic, witty and intense, The Believers is the story of a dysfunctional family forced by tragedy to confront their own personal demons. In the vein of Claire Messud and Zadie Smith, Zoe Heller has written that rare novel that tackles the big ideas without sacrificing page-turning readability.

About Zoe Heller

Zoë Heller is the author of Everything You Know and What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal, which was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize and made into an acclaimed film starring Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench. Heller lives in New York.

About Andrea Martin

Andrea Martin has won a Tony® award and two additional nominations for her work on Broadway; she has also won three Emmys® and has eight additional nominations for her television performances.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily on October 23, 2022

2.5 rounded up Unfortunately I didn’t love this book at all. I listened to the audiobook and I just didn't like the narrator and the way she voiced certain characters. Additionally pretty much all of the characters were unlikable and annoying. The plot wasn’t as good as it could have been with no rea......more

Goodreads review by Srividya on December 21, 2016

“Niemand ist mehr Sklave, als der sich für frei hält, ohne es zu sein. None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Elective Affinities Having been a reader since I guess forever, books for me fall into two categories; one t......more

Goodreads review by Vimal on December 22, 2016

I picked this one up on the weight of Notes on a scandal, another book by Zoe Heller which had landed me into her not-exactly-thronging fan club, and right from page 1 I just couldn't have enough of it. The plot isn't something out of the box- A radical New York lawyer, Joel Litvinoff is felled by a......more

Goodreads review by switterbug (Betsey) on February 27, 2011

Zoe Heller is sui generis, a gutsy, peerless writer with master control of her narrative. This is a family saga that takes no prisoners. Her sardonic style is crisp, erudite. Her characters are not caricatures--as outrageous as they are, they feel true. Audrey Litvinoff, the matriarch, is a flinty, p......more

Goodreads review by Girish on December 21, 2016

Every once in a while you pick up a book with little hype and you get blown away. Believers was that book for me - a soap opera worthy storyline that comes as close to an entertaining piece of art - thanks to uninhibited writing! The title 'Believers' I imagined a subtle play on different type of be......more