
The Anemone Bowl
Geoff Olton
The tale of an afterlife.
“If the inability to see other than that which you wish to see can be considered a kind of heaven, then presumably the inability to escape self-knowledge must be one version of hell.”
The ill-fated consequences of happenstance: Born into an English country village community in the 1950s, a young boy is led, through a series of events over which he in effect has little or no control, to take the life of a neighbour’s child, and subsequently his own. And this is the tale, if there can be any, of the subsequent accounting.
The book itself is set in an ever-mutating afterlife that also provides an interim existence before rebirth – an illusory world where, of necessity, it is in large part conveniently repressed memories that hold sway, and where for Eric (if we can suppose that to be his name), each step forward is also leading (with some level of perversity) to the truths of his own personal past transgressions.
Duration - 10h 44m.
Author - Geoff Olton.
Narrator - Jeremy Short.
Published Date - Monday, 06 January 2025.
Location:
United States
Description:
The tale of an afterlife. “If the inability to see other than that which you wish to see can be considered a kind of heaven, then presumably the inability to escape self-knowledge must be one version of hell.” The ill-fated consequences of happenstance: Born into an English country village community in the 1950s, a young boy is led, through a series of events over which he in effect has little or no control, to take the life of a neighbour’s child, and subsequently his own. And this is the tale, if there can be any, of the subsequent accounting. The book itself is set in an ever-mutating afterlife that also provides an interim existence before rebirth – an illusory world where, of necessity, it is in large part conveniently repressed memories that hold sway, and where for Eric (if we can suppose that to be his name), each step forward is also leading (with some level of perversity) to the truths of his own personal past transgressions. Duration - 10h 44m. Author - Geoff Olton. Narrator - Jeremy Short. Published Date - Monday, 06 January 2025.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Forever
Duración:00:03:48
Child
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Prologue
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Chapter one: First Walk
Duración:00:11:24
Chapter Two: The Bowl
Duración:00:17:44
Chaptter Three: Eryne
Duración:00:23:13
Chapter Four: Setting a Course
Duración:00:21:34
Chapter Five: Whack
Duración:00:28:54
Chapter Six: Stella
Duración:00:12:32
Child: on Learning
Duración:00:01:36
Chapter Seven: Mrs Rhondel
Duración:00:31:12
Child: Life as Attitude
Duración:00:00:32
Chapter Eight: A Portrait of a Young Man
Duración:00:13:11
Chapter Nine: Footbridges
Duración:00:10:05
Child: Do Not Spit on People
Duración:00:00:54
Chapter Ten: Losing a Friend
Duración:00:19:39
Chapter Eleven: Up the Valley
Duración:00:18:51
Child: On God and Other Gods
Duración:00:02:24
Chapter Twelve: The Crossing
Duración:00:14:26
Chapter Thirteen: The Ballet
Duración:00:03:12
Chapter Fourteen: Aspects of Reality
Duración:00:26:46
Child: On Character
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Chapter Fifteen: The Road to the Village
Duración:00:14:59
Chapter Sixteen: Reading a Future
Duración:00:22:18
Chapter Seventeen: A Visit
Duración:00:26:43
Chapter Eighteen: The Pool of Time: The Tale of Ibrahim and Yussuf
Duración:00:38:32
Chapter Nineteen: Clive
Duración:00:18:41
Child: On Sloth (You Say)
Duración:00:01:41
Chapter Twenty: Jack-s
Duración:00:45:49
Chapter Twenty One: Jack
Duración:00:21:18
Chapter Twenty Two: Danse Macabre
Duración:00:32:42
Child: On the Wherewithal of War
Duración:00:03:37
Chapter Twenty Three: A Way Forward
Duración:00:19:12
Chapter Twenty Four: Reflections on a Life Gone By
Duración:00:35:32
Child: On Aging and Death
Duración:00:00:39
Chapter Twenty Five: The Stairs
Duración:00:07:51
Chapter Twenty Six: Lessons in Life
Duración:00:43:53
Chapter Twenty Seven: Path to the River
Duración:00:24:47
Chapter Twenty Eight: Final Accountings
Duración:00:13:35
Epilogue
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The Child Speaks
Duración:00:00:47
A Prayer
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Closing Credits
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