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No cover — Audrey Niffenegger: The time traveler's wife (2005, MacAdam/Cage)

518 pages

English language

Published 2005 by MacAdam/Cage.

ISBN:: 978-1-59692-153-5

The Time Traveler's Wife is the debut novel by American author Audrey Niffenegger, published in 2003. It is a love story about Henry, a man with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel unpredictably, and about Clare, his wife, an artist who has to cope with his frequent absences. Niffenegger, who was frustrated with love when she began the novel, wrote the story as a metaphor for her failed relationships. The tale's central relationship came to Niffenegger suddenly and subsequently supplied the novel's title. The novel has been classified as both science fiction and romance. The book was published by MacAdam/Cage, a small publishing firm located in San Francisco, California. The book became a bestseller after an endorsement from author and family friend Scott Turow on NBC's Today. As of March 2009, the novel had sold nearly 2.5 million copies in the United States and the United Kingdom. …

The Time Traveler's Wife is the debut novel by American author Audrey Niffenegger, published in 2003. It is a love story about Henry, a man with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel unpredictably, and about Clare, his wife, an artist who has to cope with his frequent absences. Niffenegger, who was frustrated with love when she began the novel, wrote the story as a metaphor for her failed relationships. The tale's central relationship came to Niffenegger suddenly and subsequently supplied the novel's title. The novel has been classified as both science fiction and romance. The book was published by MacAdam/Cage, a small publishing firm located in San Francisco, California. The book became a bestseller after an endorsement from author and family friend Scott Turow on NBC's Today. As of March 2009, the novel had sold nearly 2.5 million copies in the United States and the United Kingdom. Many reviewers were impressed with Niffenegger's unique perspective on time travel. Some praised her characterization of the couple, applauding their emotional depth; while others criticized her writing style as melodramatic and the plot as emotionally trite. The novel won the Exclusive Books Boeke Prize and a British Book Award. Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema acquired the film and television rights to the book. A film adaptation was released in 2009, and a television series premiered on HBO and HBO Max on May 15th, 2022.

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JIm FUlner reviewed The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

2 stars

I went into listening to this audio-book not really knowing a lot about it save its title and that it was popular enough to have been made into a movie. returnreturnThis is not really a science fiction book at all, even though the title would lead you to believe. The Time Travel of the title is no Jules Verne character but a 21st century heart throb who has some kind of disease that forces him into other points in time without his ability to anything about. He can't take anything with him, so he always shows up naked, so he spends most of his time running and trying to find clothes. Somehow one of those naked adventures was to meet a 7 year old girl who would end up being his wife. returnreturnAt the beginning they author made it very clear that there are no multiverses, there is no possibility …

I went into listening to this audio-book not really knowing a lot about it save its title and that it was popular enough to have been made into a movie. returnreturnThis is not really a science fiction book at all, even though the title would lead you to believe. The Time Travel of the title is no Jules Verne character but a 21st century heart throb who has some kind of disease that forces him into other points in time without his ability to anything about. He can't take anything with him, so he always shows up naked, so he spends most of his time running and trying to find clothes. Somehow one of those naked adventures was to meet a 7 year old girl who would end up being his wife. returnreturnAt the beginning they author made it very clear that there are no multiverses, there is no possibility of screwing up the past or the future, stuff just happens. returnreturnThe worst part of it, however, is the overly descriptive passages about dead babies. Clair and Henry loose something like 5 different kids, eventually learning that they are time traveling out of Clair's womb without the needed connection to mom to survive. This is the main reason it took me months to finish it, because I kept having to turn it off due to how nauseated it made my stomach. returnreturnI liked the audio-book included two different narrators depending on whether the chapter was told from Henry or Clair's perspective.

Subjects

Librarians -- Fiction.
Time travel -- Fiction.
Married people -- Fiction.
Women art students -- Fiction.