Inland Audiobook by Téa Obreht

Multi-voiced narration by Euan Morton, Anna Chlumsky and Edoardo Ballerini (2019)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A bracingly epic and imaginatively mythic journey across the American West, from the author of The Tiger's Wife.

In the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893, two extraordinary lives unfold. Nora is an unflinching frontierswoman awaiting the return of the men in her life—her husband, who has gone in search of water for the parched household, and her elder sons, who have vanished after an explosive argument. Lurie is a former outlaw and a man haunted by ghosts. He sees lost souls who want something from him, and he finds reprieve from their longing in an unexpected relationship that inspires a momentous expedition across the West.

Mythical, lyrical, and sweeping in scope, Inland is grounded in true but little-known history—including the U.S. Army's Camel Corps experiment in the 1850s Southwest. It showcases all of Téa Obreht's talents as a writer, as she subverts and reimagines the myths of the American West, making them entirely—and unforgettably—her own.

Awards & Nominations

• AudioFile Earphones Award (2019)
• Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction (2020, Longlist)
  
  

About Téa Obreht

Téa Obreht was born in Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia in 1985 and has lived in the United States since the age of twelve. Her debut novel, The Tiger's Wife, won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction and was an international bestseller.

Her writing has appeared in The Best American Short Stories, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper's Magazine, and Zoetrope: All-Story, among many others. She has been named by The New Yorker as one of the twenty best American fiction writers under forty. She now lives in New York and teaches at Hunter College.

Critical Praise

The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice): "As it should be, the landscape of the West itself is a character, thrillingly rendered throughout. Here, Obreht's simple but rich prose captures and luxuriates in the West's beauty and sudden menace. Remarkable in a novel with such a sprawling cast, Obreht also has a poetic touch for writing intricate and precise character descriptions."

NPR: "Inland is a classic story, told in a classic way—and yet it feels wholly and unmistakably new. At once a new Western myth and a far realer story than many we have previously received—and that's even with all the ghosts."

Accolades

Inland was named a Best Book of the Year by: Time, The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping, Town & Country, The New York Public Library, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, and BookPage.

Publication Details

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