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The Four Profound Weaves: A Birdverse Book Audiobook, by R. B. Lemberg Play Audiobook Sample

The Four Profound Weaves: A Birdverse Book Audiobook

The Four Profound Weaves: A Birdverse Book Audiobook, by R. B. Lemberg Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Paul Boehmer, Paul Boehmer Publisher: Tantor Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 3.33 hours at 1.5x Speed 2.50 hours at 2.0x Speed Series: The Birdverse Books Release Date: November 2020 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781705258644

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

9

Longest Chapter Length:

43:57 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

22:26 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

33:33 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

Two transgender elders must learn to weave from Death in order to defeat an evil ruler—in the debut full-length work set in R. B. Lemberg's award-winning queer fantasy Birdverse universe

The Surun' nomads do not speak of the master weaver, Benesret, who creates the cloth of bone for assassins in the Great Burri Desert. But aged Uiziya must find her aunt in order to learn the final weave, although the price for knowledge may be far too dear to pay.

Among the Khana in the springflower city of Iyar, women travel in caravans to trade, while men remain in the inner quarter, as scholars. A nameless man struggles to embody Khana masculinity, after many years of performing the life of a woman, trader, wife, and grandmother.

As his past catches up, the nameless man must choose between the life he dreamed of and Uiziya—while Uiziya must discover how to challenge the evil Ruler of Iyar, and to weave from deaths that matter.

In this breathtaking debut set in R. B. Lemberg's beloved Birdverse, The Four Profound Weaves offers a timeless chronicle of claiming one's identity in a hostile world.

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“Lemberg’s gorgeous prose sets The Four Profound Weaves apart as one of the most beautifully written fantasies of the year.”

— Locus

Quotes

  • “A haunting literary fantasy about the fluidity of gender and much else.”

    — Washington Post
  • “A beautiful, heartfelt story of change, family, identity, and courage.”

    — Library Journal (starred review)

Awards

  • Finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novella
  • A BookRiot Pick of Best Books of 2020
  • A Publishers Weekly Pick of Best Books of Fall 2020
  • A Ms. Magazine Pick
  • A BuzzFeed Books Pick of the Wek
  • A Lambda Literary Pick of Most Anticipated Upcoming Books

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About R. B. Lemberg

R. B. Lemberg is a queer, bigender immigrant from Eastern Europe and Israel whose stories and poems have appeared in Lightspeed Magazine’s Queers Destroy Science Fiction!, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Uncanny Magazine, Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology, and many other venues. Their ?work has been a finalist for the Nebula, Crawford, and other awards.

About the Narrators

Paul Boehmer is an American actor best known for his numerous appearances in the Star Trek universe, in addition to Frasier, Judging Amy, Guiding Light, and All My Children. He is a 1992 Masters of Fine Arts graduate of the Professional Theater Training Program at the University of Delaware. As a narrator, Paul has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards as well as an Audie Award.

Paul Boehmer is an American actor best known for his numerous appearances in the Star Trek universe, in addition to Frasier, Judging Amy, Guiding Light, and All My Children. He is a 1992 Masters of Fine Arts graduate of the Professional Theater Training Program at the University of Delaware. As a narrator, Paul has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards as well as an Audie Award.