It is impossible not to use huge mental exclamation points when reading a Leif Enger novel, because his prose is so elegant yet he paints everything that is ordinary with authenticity appropriate to each character, each setting, each story. In 2024, when I read an advanced reader copy of the novel, "I Cheerfully Refuse," Leif … Continue reading Virgil Wander – Leif Enger (Narrator Macleod Andrews)
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Peace like a River – Leif Enger (Audio Narrator – Chad Lowe)
After reading "I Cheerfully Refuse" by Leif Enger, I eagerly looked for his past work. This is the first one I read and it has all of the lyrical writing, character development and compassion as well as challenges, evil and confusion about right and wrong that I found in his newer book, yet it is … Continue reading Peace like a River – Leif Enger (Audio Narrator – Chad Lowe)
I Cheerfully Refuse – Leif Enger (Audio Narrator: David Allen Baker)
"I Cheerfully Refuse" is a near future dystopian novel that I "read" via an audio version. I keep not reviewing it because I loved it and want to do it justice, but it is a novel that is easy to inadvertently spoil. Generally speaking, there has been some climate related disaster that has resulted in … Continue reading I Cheerfully Refuse – Leif Enger (Audio Narrator: David Allen Baker)
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