The Confessions of Max Tivoli

Name: The Confessions of Max Tivoli
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Andrew Sean Greer
ISBN: 9781440795633

Author: Andrew Sean Greer

Narrator: Brian Keeler

Unabridged: 10 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/04/2008

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Out of the womb in 1871, Max Tivoli looked to all the world like a tiny 70-year-old man. But inside the aged body was an infant. Victim of a rare disease, Max grows physically younger as his mind matures. In this finely crafted novel, Max narrates his life story from the vantage point of his late fifties, though his body is that of a 12-year-old boy...

About Andrew Sean Greer

Andrew Sean Greer is the bestselling author of five works of fiction, including The Confessions of Max Tivoli, which was named a Best Book of the Year by both the San Francisco Chronicle and the Chicago Tribune. He is the recipient of the Northern California Book Award, the California Book Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Award, the O Henry Award for Short Fiction, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Public Library. Greer lives in San Francisco.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by James on 2007-11-01 16:46:24

The first 40 or 50 pages kind of had me bored, but as soon as he actually meets Alice it's like this book takes off. There is a couple of pages in there that are absolutely beautifully written. You'll know them when you see them, but there is a quote in that section that is now one of my favorite quotes. 'I had to coax the thorns of my life into the spirals of her heart.' So good.

Goodreads review by Nood-Lesse

Siamo tutti il grande amore di qualcuno. Che ricordi, questo è il miglior incipit che abbia mai letto. La grande rarità è che quel qualcuno sia a nostra volta il grande amore (segreto). Che ricordi, questo è il miglior romanzo d’amore che abbia letto; l’ho preferito ad Amore senza Fine di Spencer, ad......more

Goodreads review by Fabian

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" revamped and reworked in a very satisfying if melancholy way! This earlier book by Greer--whose "Less" becomes more & more memorable as time passes--likens the aging-in-reverse weeper-of-an-affliction with homosexuality. For there are monstrosities in the human p......more

Goodreads review by Chris

I read this book years ago and it has remained one of my favorites. I'm still recommending it to people. Much like One Hundred Years of Solitude, it's a moving, sad, and funny story about love. It's hard to imagine (although impossible) what it would be like to age backwards. The levels and types of......more