The Power of a Lie: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Power of a Lie, credited to Johan Bojer, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Power of a Lie by Johan Bojer. (Translated by Jessie Muir.) Read in English by Lee Smalley Norby is requested to guarantee a bank loan for Wangen and he obliges, signing the loan document in the presence of a witness. Some time later the witness dies. Years after that Wangen defaults on the loan, requiring Norby to pay the balance, but Norby declares his signature on the document to be a forgery. The profound effects of this lie on Wangen, Norby, their wives, families and community form the basis of this brilliant Norwegian novel, presented here in a first-rate English translation. (Lee Smalley)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Power of a Lie
• Author credits: Johan Bojer
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 5:41:31

Catalogue topics

• deceit
• self-delusion
• presumption of guilt
• father/son relationship

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 00 - Introduction — 6:46
2. 01 - Part 1 Chapter 1 — 10:21
3. 02 - Part 1 Chapter 2 — 17:36
4. 03 - Part 1 Chapter 3 — 11:24
5. 04 - Part 1 Chapter 4 — 6:16
6. 05 - Part 1 Chapter 5 — 22:58
7. 06 - Part 1 Chapter 6 — 20:16
8. 07 - Part 1 Chapters 7 & 8 — 13:22
9. 08 - Part 1 Chapter 9 — 19:34
10. 09 - Part 2 Chapter 1 — 9:00
11. 10 - Part 2 Chapter 2 — 15:27
12. 11 - Part 2 Chapter 3 — 5:13
13. 12 - Part 2 Chapter 4 — 25:01
14. 13 - Part 2 Chapter 5 — 13:43
15. 14 - Part 2 Chapter 6 — 13:34
16. 15 - Part 2 Chapter 7 — 8:36
17. 16 - Part 3 Chapter 1 — 21:55
18. 17 - Part 3 Chapter 2 — 11:06
19. 18 - Part 3 Chapter 3 — 15:21
20. 19 - Part 3 Chapter 4 — 10:52
21. 20 - Part 3 Chapters 5 & 6 — 15:42
22. 21 - Part 3 Chapter 7 — 12:18
23. 22 - Part 3 Chapter 8 — 9:04
24. 23 - Part 3 Chapter 9 — 14:59

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