
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
Duration:00:00:12
Forever
Duration:00:03:48
Child
Duration:00:01:33
Prologue
Duration:00:01:40
Chapter one: First Walk
Duration:00:11:24
Chapter Two: The Bowl
Duration:00:17:44
Chaptter Three: Eryne
Duration:00:23:13
Chapter Four: Setting a Course
Duration:00:21:34
Chapter Five: Whack
Duration:00:28:54
Chapter Six: Stella
Duration:00:12:32
Child: on Learning
Duration:00:01:36
Chapter Seven: Mrs Rhondel
Duration:00:31:12
Child: Life as Attitude
Duration:00:00:32
Chapter Eight: A Portrait of a Young Man
Duration:00:13:11
Chapter Nine: Footbridges
Duration:00:10:05
Child: Do Not Spit on People
Duration:00:00:54
Chapter Ten: Losing a Friend
Duration:00:19:39
Chapter Eleven: Up the Valley
Duration:00:18:51
Child: On God and Other Gods
Duration:00:02:24
Chapter Twelve: The Crossing
Duration:00:14:26
Chapter Thirteen: The Ballet
Duration:00:03:12
Chapter Fourteen: Aspects of Reality
Duration:00:26:46
Child: On Character
Duration:00:01:46
Chapter Fifteen: The Road to the Village
Duration:00:14:59
Chapter Sixteen: Reading a Future
Duration:00:22:18
Chapter Seventeen: A Visit
Duration:00:26:43
Chapter Eighteen: The Pool of Time: The Tale of Ibrahim and Yussuf
Duration:00:38:32
Chapter Nineteen: Clive
Duration:00:18:41
Child: On Sloth (You Say)
Duration:00:01:41
Chapter Twenty: Jack-s
Duration:00:45:49
Chapter Twenty One: Jack
Duration:00:21:18
Chapter Twenty Two: Danse Macabre
Duration:00:32:42
Child: On the Wherewithal of War
Duration:00:03:37
Chapter Twenty Three: A Way Forward
Duration:00:19:12
Chapter Twenty Four: Reflections on a Life Gone By
Duration:00:35:32
Child: On Aging and Death
Duration:00:00:39
Chapter Twenty Five: The Stairs
Duration:00:07:51
Chapter Twenty Six: Lessons in Life
Duration:00:43:53
Chapter Twenty Seven: Path to the River
Duration:00:24:47
Chapter Twenty Eight: Final Accountings
Duration:00:13:35
Epilogue
Duration:00:04:45
The Child Speaks
Duration:00:00:47
A Prayer
Duration:00:00:17
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:13