Aaron's Rod


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(3.6 stars; 11 reviews)

Flutist Aaron Sisson is caught up in the aftermath of WWI. A lost soul, he attempts to find himself in the comfort of bar-room talk and alcohol and a woman. Moving on, he spends time with a mining executive's relatives. But he finds the family a stuffy middle-class lot, bored with each other and themselves. He leaves his wife and children and strikes out for the open road. During a playing engagement at an opera performance, he reunites with the mining executive's family. Talk is of love and war, none of it very satisfying to anyone. At dinner with one of the women, Aaron reveals that he is indifferent to most things in life and just wants to be left alone. So it goes with this lost soul among lost souls. One wonders how he will ever find himself or happiness. - Summary by Bill Boerst (11 hr 40 min)

Chapters

Chapter 1, Part A - The Blue Ball 12:05 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 1, Part B - The Blue Ball 13:05 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 2 - Royal Oak 21:39 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 3, Part A - The Lighted Tree 13:31 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 3, Part B - The Lighted Tree 14:31 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 4 - The Pillar of Salt 15:12 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 5 - At the Opera 23:23 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 6 - Talk 18:05 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 7 - The Dark Square Garden 15:08 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 8, Part A - A Punch in the Wind 13:42 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 8, Part B - A Punch in the Wind 14:21 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 9, Part A - Low-Water Mark 17:59 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 9, Part B - Low-Water Mark 17:14 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 10, Part A - The War Again 24:17 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 10, Part B - The War Again 21:58 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 11 - More Pillar of Salt 17:23 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 12, Part A - Novarra 15:59 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 12, Part B - Novarra 16:39 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 12, Part C - Novarra 19:08 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 13, Part A - Wie Es Ihnen Gefaellt 28:44 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 13, Part B - Wie Es Ihnen Gefaellt 22:24 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 13, Part C - Wie Es Ihnen Gefaellt 25:47 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 14, Part A - 20 Settembre 22:44 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 14, Part B - 20 Settembre 21:05 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 15, Part A - A Railway Journey 14:46 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 15, Part B - A Railway Journey 16:30 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 16, Part A - Florence 18:10 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 16, Part B - Florence 21:09 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 16, Part C - Florence 18:47 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 17, Part A - High Up Over the Cathedral Square 21:45 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 17, Part B - High Up Over the Cathedral Square 20:22 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 18, Part A - The Marchesa 20:17 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 18, Part B - The Marchesa 17:43 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 19 - Cleopatra, but Not Anthony 23:38 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 20, Part A - The Broken Rod 12:58 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 20, Part B - The Broken Rod 12:59 Read by Bill Boerst
Chapter 21, Part A - Words 17:52 Read by KHand
Chapter 21, Part B - Words 17:28 Read by KHand

Reviews

Aaron's Rod


(5 stars)

Well read intricate philiosghal and psychological text woven into the complex lives of European characters post World war.