Wellness
24 hrs. 50 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Nathan Hill
Author
Nathan Hill
Narrator
Olga Pletnyova
Narrator
Grigory Perel
Description
A witty and touching novel about love, marriage, a midlife crisis, and finding yourself in the modern world.
In the 90s, Jack and Elizabeth meet in the Wicker Park neighborhood—the new Chicago Montmartre. He is a poor artist, immersed in searching for beauty through destruction. She is a runaway from a well-off family, striving for honesty and simplicity. Together, the lovers begin life from a clean slate.
Twenty years later, Jack and Elizabeth are an enviable and respectable couple. Their hearts are still full of youthful dreams, but the world around them is already completely different—despite the battles raging on social media, everyone is absorbed in the fashion for “mindfulness,” and the world is ruled by brutal demands of a toxic-positive society. The spouses face a midlife crisis and try to sort themselves out, overcome the inner demons of unfulfilled ambitions and painful memories, and handle the difficulties of parenthood—without losing the most important thing: each other. How to preserve love while accepting a partner’s flaws, and find harmony in a world that constantly demands you be better, more successful, and happier?
“Wellness” is a touching, ironic, slightly sad—and sometimes even anxious—novel about how cold-hearted, and at the same time vulnerable, people become in the modern world, and how easy it is to lose your individuality in the endless pursuit of self-improvement.
The audiobook of this incredibly smart book, dissecting the history of modern marriage and our fears, is performed by the brilliant duo of Grigory Perely and Olga Pletneva (the voices of the heroines are Umaz Thurman (Kill Bill), Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman), Monica Bellucci (The Matrix: Reloaded), and many others).
Press reviews:
“Ambitious, captivating, witty, and heart-breaking,” Richard Russo
“A non-trivial take on love, marriage, and obsession with improving every aspect of our lives—the impact of technology and social media on us. This brilliant novel makes you think about the truth of our own lives and the stories we tell about ourselves,” Oprah Winfrey
“There aren’t many books in contemporary literature that contain so much love for people as ‘Wellness’ does,” The Washington Post
In the 90s, Jack and Elizabeth meet in the Wicker Park neighborhood—the new Chicago Montmartre. He is a poor artist, immersed in searching for beauty through destruction. She is a runaway from a well-off family, striving for honesty and simplicity. Together, the lovers begin life from a clean slate.
Twenty years later, Jack and Elizabeth are an enviable and respectable couple. Their hearts are still full of youthful dreams, but the world around them is already completely different—despite the battles raging on social media, everyone is absorbed in the fashion for “mindfulness,” and the world is ruled by brutal demands of a toxic-positive society. The spouses face a midlife crisis and try to sort themselves out, overcome the inner demons of unfulfilled ambitions and painful memories, and handle the difficulties of parenthood—without losing the most important thing: each other. How to preserve love while accepting a partner’s flaws, and find harmony in a world that constantly demands you be better, more successful, and happier?
“Wellness” is a touching, ironic, slightly sad—and sometimes even anxious—novel about how cold-hearted, and at the same time vulnerable, people become in the modern world, and how easy it is to lose your individuality in the endless pursuit of self-improvement.
The audiobook of this incredibly smart book, dissecting the history of modern marriage and our fears, is performed by the brilliant duo of Grigory Perely and Olga Pletneva (the voices of the heroines are Umaz Thurman (Kill Bill), Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman), Monica Bellucci (The Matrix: Reloaded), and many others).
Press reviews:
“Ambitious, captivating, witty, and heart-breaking,” Richard Russo
“A non-trivial take on love, marriage, and obsession with improving every aspect of our lives—the impact of technology and social media on us. This brilliant novel makes you think about the truth of our own lives and the stories we tell about ourselves,” Oprah Winfrey
“There aren’t many books in contemporary literature that contain so much love for people as ‘Wellness’ does,” The Washington Post
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