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Harold and Maude: A Novel Audiobook
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Nineteen-year-old Harold Chasen is obsessed with death. He fakes suicides to shock his self-obsessed mother, drives a hearse, and attends funerals of complete strangers.
Seventy-nine-year-old Maude Chardin, on the other hand, adores life. She liberates trees from city sidewalks and transplants them to the forest, paints smiles on the faces of church statues, and “borrows” cars to remind their owners that life is fleeting—here today, gone tomorrow!
A chance meeting between the two turns into a madcap, whirlwind romance, and Harold learns that life is worth living, and how to play the banjo.
Harold and Maude started as Colin Higgins’s master’s thesis at UCLA film school before being made into the 1971 film directed by Hal Ashby. The quirky, dark comedy gained a loyal cult following, and in 1997 it was selected for inclusion on the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress. Fans who have seen the movie dozens of times will find this a valuable companion, as it gives fresh elements to watch for and answers many of the film’s unresolved questions.
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“Barbara Rosenblat’s performance of this classic black comedy is a master class in narration…Rosenblat is a consummate character actor; her version of Harold’s monolithic monster mother is pitch-perfect…This audio novelization of the iconic film has charms even the movie lacks. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
— AudioFile
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“While the book closely mirrors its source, it reads not as the film’s inspiration or replacement but as its valuable companion.”
— Windy City Times (Chicago)
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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About Colin Higgins
Colin Higgins (1941-1988) was a screenwriter, director, and producer of films that included Harold and Maude, Silver Streak, Foul Play, 9 to 5, and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
About Barbara Rosenblat
Barbara Rosenblat, one of the most awarded narrators in the business, was selected by AudioFile magazine as one of the Golden Voices of the Twentieth Century. She has received the prestigious Audie Award multiple times and has earned more than fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards. She has also appeared in film, television, and theater, both in London’s West End and on Broadway.