Gold: A Novel
Written by Chris Cleave
Narrated by Emilia Fox
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About this audiobook
Building on the tradition of Little Bee, Chris Cleave again writes with elegance, humor, and passion about friendship, marriage, parenthood, tragedy, and redemption.
Gold is the story of Zoe and Kate, world-class athletes who have been friends and rivals since their first day of Elite training. They've loved, fought, betrayed, forgiven, consoled, gloried, and grown up together. Now on the eve of London 2012, their last Olympics, both women will be tested to their physical and emotional limits. They must confront each other and their own mortality to decide, when lives are at stake: What would you sacrifice for the people you love, if it meant giving up the thing that was most important to you in the world?
A Simon & Schuster audio production.
Chris Cleave
Chris Cleave nació en Londres en 1973. Se licenció en psicología y en 2006 publicó su primera novela Incendiary, que recibió una gran acogida por parte de la crítica. Con su segunda obra, Con el corazón en la mano, llegó el éxito internacional. Permaneció durante semanas en las listas de los libros más vendidos en Gran Bretaña y en Estados Unidos, y se publicó en numerosos países con gran éxito. En su tercera novela, A por el oro, refleja sus dos grandes pasiones, el ciclismo y el mundo de los niños.
Reviews for Gold
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I really struggled to read this book, cos I liked the other hand so much. But the characters seemed 2d and I'm not a big fan of competitive cycling. Zoe did some truly awful things and the other characters just didn't seem to react, possibly cos their life was so taken up with other things. I didn't really like any of the voices in this tale - they felt off the shelf.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
I really like Chris Cleave's writing style. I didn't expect to like Gold as much as I liked Little Bee but in fact I loved it, more so than Little Bee. Now I need to go read Incendiary. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I really don't like 5 point grading systems! This book rates 7/10. It is a good read. My wife suggests that this book is paced like track cycle sprint race, very slow at the start but gradually winding up to fast and furious finish. I agree, but the very slow start makes it hard to get involved and, I think, diminishes the impact. Also I could have done with much less of "Star Wars" and the epilogue was unnecessary. But having got my moans out of the way, I enjoyed it.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent book taking me right into the heart of Olympic athelites and training. Stars are Zoe and Kate and her husband Jake who are track cyclists. Zoe and Kate are friends and rivals at Oympic levels. Novel explores many moral choices each character must make. Is gold worth the price??
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Enjoyed this one quite a bit, particularly after the half- way mark when it became full of suspense and captured what the adrenaline of the racing experience must be like. It provided an insight into the world of cycling and childhood leukaemia through mostly believable characters.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A compelling read with only five characters -- three cyclists, the coach, and the kid. Sort of a ghost, too, the dead kid brother who metaphorically haunts the one cyclist. Good tension and suspense and heart-wrenching without being ridiculous. Certainly could be made into a movie. A good example of a story that moves forward while the flashbacks help build a clearer picture of the real story as their timeline moves forward, too.
Recommended reading.