The Art of Vanishing
A Memoir of Wanderlust
Artikel konnten nicht hinzugefügt werden
Leider können wir den Artikel nicht hinzufügen, da Ihr Warenkorb bereits seine Kapazität erreicht hat.
Der Titel konnte nicht zum Warenkorb hinzugefügt werden.
Bitte versuchen Sie es später noch einmal
Der Titel konnte nicht zum Merkzettel hinzugefügt werden.
Bitte versuchen Sie es später noch einmal
„Von Wunschzettel entfernen“ fehlgeschlagen.
Bitte versuchen Sie es später noch einmal
„Podcast folgen“ fehlgeschlagen
„Podcast nicht mehr folgen“ fehlgeschlagen
0,00 € im Probezeitraum
BEFRISTETES ANGEBOT
Nur 0,99 € pro Monat für die ersten 3 Monate + 15 € Audible-Guthaben
Angebot endet am 1.12.2025 um 23:59 Uhr. Es gelten die Audible Nutzungsbedingungen.
Bist du Amazon Prime-Mitglied?Audible 60 Tage kostenlos testen
Für die ersten drei Monate erhältst du die Audible Premium Mitgliedshaft für nur 0,99 € pro Monat. Dazu erhältst du ein Bonusguthaben von 15 € für Audible.de. Du wirst per Mail benachrichtigt.
Pro Monat bekommst du ein Guthaben für einen beliebigen Titel aus unserem gesamten Premium-Angebot. Dieser bleibt für immer in deiner Bibliothek.
Höre tausende enthaltene Hörbücher, Audible-Originale, Podcasts und vieles mehr.
Pausiere oder kündige dein Abo monatlich.
Aktiviere das kostenlose Probeabo mit der Option, monatlich flexibel zu pausieren oder zu kündigen.
Nach dem Probemonat bekommst du eine vielfältige Auswahl an Hörbüchern, Kinderhörspielen und Original Podcasts für 9,95 € pro Monat.
Wähle monatlich einen Titel aus dem Gesamtkatalog und behalte ihn.
The Art of Vanishing
Gesprochen von:
Laura Smith
Für 18,95 € kaufen
-
Gesprochen von:
-
Laura Smith
-
Von:
-
Laura Smith
Über diesen Titel
At twenty-five, as her wedding date approached, Laura Smith began to feel trapped. Not by her fiancé, who shared her appetite for adventure, but by the unsettling idea that it was hard to be at once married and free.
Laura wanted her life to be different. She wanted her marriage to be different. And she found in the strangely captivating story of another restless young woman determined to live without constraints both an enticement and a challenge. Barbara Newhall Follett was a free-spirited trailblazer who published her first novel at 11, enlisted as a deck hand on a boat bound for the south China seas at 15 and was one of the first women to hike the Appalachian trail. Then in December 1939, when she was not much older than Laura, she walked out of her apartment on a quiet tree-lined street in Brookline, leaving behind a fraying marriage, and vanished without a trace. Obsessed by her story, Laura set off to find out what had happened.
The Art of Vanishing is a riveting mystery and a piercing exploration of marriage and convention that asks deep and uncomfortable questions: Why do we give up on our childhood dreams? Is marriage a golden noose? Must we find ourselves in the same row houses with Pottery Barn lamps telling our kids to behave? Searingly honest and written with a raw intensity, it will challenge you to rethink your most intimate decisions and may just upend your life.
Kritikerstimmen
"Skillful and sensitive." – The New York Times Book Review
“Told with real insight and remarkable honesty . . . [The Art of Vanishing] interweaves biographical portraiture that is urgently personal and memoir that is deepened by historical exploration. Smith pushes literary boundaries.” –The Atlantic
“On the brink of her impending nuptials, Laura Smith finds herself enthralled by the disappearance of Barbara Newhall Follett, a trailblazing author and adventurer who left behind an unhappy marriage and vanished without a trace in 1939. Grappling with what the future will hold for her, the nature of marriage, and a yearning for some ephemeral idea of freedom, this cleverly-written memoir follows Smith as her restless musings twine with Follett's trail, two kindred spirits finding one another across the span of time.” – Harper’s Bazaar
"A captivating read for everyone who has ever wondered what would happen if you could simply start over." --HelloGiggles
‟The Art of Vanishing is captivating and ingenious—a biography, a memoir of a marriage, and an exploration of a few timelessly vexing questions: Is it possible to forge a life that combines adventure and stability? What role does fantasy play in our day-to-day? Where is the balance between autonomy and intimacy? Laura Smith is a beautiful writer, a sharp critic, and a great storyteller. Once I started reading this book I could not put it down.ˮ
—Kate Bolick, author of Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own
"A haunting and elegant meditation on restlessness, a fascinating literary mystery, and a bold exploration of marriage and wanderlust, this highly original and unsettling book will remain with you long after you finish it.ˮ —Katie Roiphe, author of Uncommon Arrangements
"This is a book that comes from the most urgent and pure place: an obsession with an illusive person who you are sure will solve all the mysteries in your own life. Laura follows the trail to produce a rare book that's both intimate and broad, suspenseful and quiet in all the best ways."
--Hanna Rosin, host of Invisibilia and author of The End of Men
"Seductive . . . a riviting journey mapping the route of two restless women and their search for fulfillment." --Publisher's Weekly
"A bravely introspective tale of wanderlust and lustful wandering." --Kirkus
“Told with real insight and remarkable honesty . . . [The Art of Vanishing] interweaves biographical portraiture that is urgently personal and memoir that is deepened by historical exploration. Smith pushes literary boundaries.” –The Atlantic
“On the brink of her impending nuptials, Laura Smith finds herself enthralled by the disappearance of Barbara Newhall Follett, a trailblazing author and adventurer who left behind an unhappy marriage and vanished without a trace in 1939. Grappling with what the future will hold for her, the nature of marriage, and a yearning for some ephemeral idea of freedom, this cleverly-written memoir follows Smith as her restless musings twine with Follett's trail, two kindred spirits finding one another across the span of time.” – Harper’s Bazaar
"A captivating read for everyone who has ever wondered what would happen if you could simply start over." --HelloGiggles
‟The Art of Vanishing is captivating and ingenious—a biography, a memoir of a marriage, and an exploration of a few timelessly vexing questions: Is it possible to forge a life that combines adventure and stability? What role does fantasy play in our day-to-day? Where is the balance between autonomy and intimacy? Laura Smith is a beautiful writer, a sharp critic, and a great storyteller. Once I started reading this book I could not put it down.ˮ
—Kate Bolick, author of Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own
"A haunting and elegant meditation on restlessness, a fascinating literary mystery, and a bold exploration of marriage and wanderlust, this highly original and unsettling book will remain with you long after you finish it.ˮ —Katie Roiphe, author of Uncommon Arrangements
"This is a book that comes from the most urgent and pure place: an obsession with an illusive person who you are sure will solve all the mysteries in your own life. Laura follows the trail to produce a rare book that's both intimate and broad, suspenseful and quiet in all the best ways."
--Hanna Rosin, host of Invisibilia and author of The End of Men
"Seductive . . . a riviting journey mapping the route of two restless women and their search for fulfillment." --Publisher's Weekly
"A bravely introspective tale of wanderlust and lustful wandering." --Kirkus
Noch keine Rezensionen vorhanden