Description
A startling encounter on a New York subway platform leads two strangers to a run-down tenement where a life or death decision must be made.
In that small apartment, Black and White, as the two men are known, begin a conversation that leads each back through his own history, mining the origins of two fundamentally opposing world views. White is a professor whose seemingly enviable existence of relative ease has left him nonetheless in despair. Black, an ex-con and ex-addict, is the more hopeful of the men though he is just as desperate to convince White of the power of faith as White is desperate to deny it.
Their aim is no less than this: to discover the meaning of life. Deft, spare, and full of artful tension, The Sunset Limited is a beautifully crafted, consistently thought-provoking, and deceptively intimate work by one of the most insightful writers of our time.
In that small apartment, Black and White, as the two men are known, begin a conversation that leads each back through his own history, mining the origins of two fundamentally opposing world views. White is a professor whose seemingly enviable existence of relative ease has left him nonetheless in despair. Black, an ex-con and ex-addict, is the more hopeful of the men though he is just as desperate to convince White of the power of faith as White is desperate to deny it.
Their aim is no less than this: to discover the meaning of life. Deft, spare, and full of artful tension, The Sunset Limited is a beautifully crafted, consistently thought-provoking, and deceptively intimate work by one of the most insightful writers of our time.
Book Details
Format
Audiobook
Length
2 min
Language
English
Published
Aug 26, 2010
Publisher
Recorded Books
Editions
29 editions
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Letto in pochissimo tempo, ma con un peso maggiore di quanto mi aspettassi. Non l’ideale visto che cercavo qualcosa di leggero, ma immagino di aver avuto quello che mi serviva invece di quello che volevo.
May 4th 2026
Letto in pochissimo tempo, ma con un peso emotivo maggiore di quanto mi aspettassi. Non l'ideale visto che cercavo qualcosa di leggero, ma immagino di aver avuto quello che mi serviva invece di quello che volevo
May 4th 2026
Pacing: fast-paced
Letto in pochissimo tempo, ma con un peso maggiore di quanto mi aspettassi. Non l’ideale visto che cercavo qualcosa di leggero, ma immagino di aver avuto quello che mi serviva invece di quello che volevo.
January 14th 2026