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Better To Have Gone: Love, Death and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville Audiobook

By: Akash Kapur
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Read By: Vikas Adam Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 8.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 6.38 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: July 2021 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781398506817
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Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

21

Longest Chapter Length:

56:41 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

18 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

36:07 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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Better to Have Gone: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville Audiobook, by Akash Kapur

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“This gripping, magical, deeply moving book is a story of stubborn, self-sacrificing idealism—both its beauty and its cost…The struggle to forge a nobler humanity is often brutal, and the history of Auroville is no exception. But…it is exhilarating to read about a place and time where utopia seemed not just possible but close.”

— Larissa MacFarquhar, author of Strangers Drowning 

Quotes

  • “A riveting account of human aspiration and folly taken to extremes.” 

    — Boston Globe

  • “Kapur is a terrific storyteller…His writing compels you to follow him as he digs deeper.”

    — San Francisco Chronicle

  • “Weaves together memoir, history, and ethnography to tell a story of the desire for utopia and the cruelties committed in its name…told with a native son’s fondness, fury, stubborn loyalty, exasperated amusement.”

    — New York Times

  • “Narrator Vikas Adam is the contemplative voice behind this true story…The overall effect for listeners is of tuning in to a caring reporter who is shifting through facts, memories, and anecdotes to help us all make sense of an unsolved tragedy.”

    — AudioFile

Awards

  • A New York Times Notable Book of 2021
  • A Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year
  • A New Statesman Best Book of 2021
  • A CNN Pick of 2021's Best Books

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About Vikas Adam

Vikas Adam is a classically trained actor with numerous credits in stage, film, commercials, and television, in addition to his over two hundred recorded audiobooks. His narrations have garnered numerous awards and nominations, including AudioFile Earphones Awards, various Best of the Year lists, and the prestigious Audie Award. He was an inaugural inductee into the Audible Narrator Hall of Fame.