Stone Arabia Lib/E (Audiobook)

from nmele

Ostensibly about a brother and sister, he self-obsessed and she obsessed with him, this novel strikes me as a profound reflection on our society as it now is.

from YossarianXeno

I didn't know quite what to expect from this; it was a random purchase on my part. I enjoyed the author's use of language, but the story, though it was strong enough to keep me reading, never really demanded my attention.

from ozzer

Denise is the narrator. She is a 47 year old single mom of Ada. She focuses on her brother who has constructed a fantasy world of his imagined life as a rock star and --less so-- on her mother who is slowly descending into dementia--something she is afraid may foreshadow her own future. She is al...

from akblanchard

In Stone Arabia author Dana Spiotta examines the fraught bonds between two siblings. Brother Nik is a rock star manqué; as he approaches the age of fifty he is still living out the fantasies of his youth by spending most of his time recording idiosyncratic albums and writing fictitious reviews of...

from bookfest

Denise and Nik are brother and sister, orbiting one another. Nik is a musician who creates his own world. His music is self-published and distributed to only a few people. His sister may be his complete audience. Nik creates complex record albums, imaginary fans and writes his own reviews. He kee...