Audiobook The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck in the ListenBook app
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Book description
Put on your headphones and let Ben Shattuck's The History of Sound do the walking for you. This isn't just a book you read-it's a soundtrack to time slipping through your fingers, perfectly realized for audio. Forget dusty archives; Shattuck's stories unfold like secrets whispered in a dimly lit bar, the crackle of old wax cylinders practically in your ears.
The genius? Twelve paired stories, each a ghost haunting its predecessor. You'll hear a piano in a smoky Maine bar in 1917, then decades later, a woman finds those very recordings while cleaning her new house. The past isn't just there-it's been waiting to call you back, like an ex who never stopped texting. Shattuck doesn't just tell you history echoes; he makes you feel its rhythm in your bones, whether it's Nantucket fishermen in the 1700s or New Hampshire couples arguing under modern trees.
What's brilliant for audio? The soundscapes. You'll hear the thump of a piano key, the rustle of leaves as characters wander woods, the static of a forgotten recording. It's not just words-it's a full sensory time machine. And Shattuck's humor? Wickedly sharp. He skewers how we think we know history ("We've all got a relative who was basically a minor historical footnote and a great story about a hat") while making you ache for the characters' quiet heartbreaks.
Don't expect tidy endings. This is love and loss refracted through generations, like light through a prism you didn't know you had. A murder mystery? Maybe. A family secret? Absolutely. But the real mystery is how history keeps showing up, loud and insistent, long after we've moved on. You'll find yourself pausing the audiobook just to listen to the silence afterward-because Shattuck's made you realize: the past isn't behind us. It's been waiting to be heard.
This isn't just a New England love letter. It's a reminder that home isn't a place-it's the sound of your own history finally catching up to you. And honestly? After a few hours with this audiobook, you'll start hearing it too. In the fridge hum, the rain on the roof, even the crackle of your own memories. Now that's a sound worth listening to.
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