The Two Faces of January

8 hrs. 55 min.

Language Russian

Author Patricia Highsmith

Narrator Sergey Kirsanov

Description

Patricia Highsmith’s works are recognized as classics of the 20th century. Critics in America and Europe—fellow writers—have always spoken of the author’s writing only in the highest terms.

“The Two Faces of January” is one of her best-known works. It’s a sharp, plot-driven parable-novel about a poet who decides to break the law in an attempt to heal an old emotional wound; about a seemingly prosperous businessman who, in truth, made his fortune through fraud; about a woman who embodies the past for the first hero, and gives the second hope for the future.

Set in the Mediterranean during the month dedicated to the two-faced god Janus, the novel asks: what matters more—voice of blood, or a primeval instinct?