The Diaries of Adam & Eve: Translated by Mark Twain

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: Mandy Patinkin, Betty Buckley, Walter Cronkite

Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

Through his imagined journals of Adam and Eve, Mark Twain wrote what has been called “one of the great love stories of all time.” Mandy Patinkin and Betty Buckley bring Adam and Eve to life, capturing the expected humor as well as the tender eloquence of Twain’s most personal, heartfelt writing. In one of his last recordings, Walter Cronkite provides an illuminating commentary on how the author came to reinterpret the Genesis story. This expanded edition, unlike any other version, incorporates previously unpublished passages as well as Mark Twain’s mislaid final revision of “Adam’s Diary.”

©1999 Fair Oaks Press (P)1999 Fair Oaks Press

Critic reviews

• Grammy nomination for "Best Spoken-Word Recording," 1999
• Publisher's Weekly "Best of the Best," 1999
• Audie Award for "Best Multi-Voice Narration," 2000

“The best of the best.” ( Publishers Weekly)

“A treasure. You’ll want to listen to this one more than once.” ( Roanoke Times)

“An enchanting re-creation.” (National Public Radio’s All Things Considered)

An interesting listen

As an agnostic, this has no religious value to me, but I will say it was a interesting listen and point of view. Worth a read / listen.

a perfect performance

This might be the best produced audio book of them all. The acting was perfect. It is Mark Twain and we all know what to expect from him, so I don't feel the need to review the subject matter. It is classic Twain

Original, funny, well read!

Cleverly funny, tender, and they couldn't have found anyone better to perform it. This might be the best of the nearly 100 audible book I have bought to date!

Worth it for the performances too

A hilarious bit of writing from one of the greatest American writers, performed wonderfully. And because it needs said: Expectations for men and women were different when this was written. In its day I imagine this was incredibly progressive. Even now it is full of wisdom and keen perception. Well worth the time and money.

twisted, tormented, timeless

thoughtfully done, with simple words
complex thought, and imperfect reason
sorrowful moments, with happy veins
once again, a perfect book.

Great Entertainment from the Garden of Eden

Where does The Diaries of Adam & Eve: Translated by Mark Twain rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Amoung the best

What other book might you compare The Diaries of Adam & Eve: Translated by Mark Twain to and why?

n/a

Which scene was your favorite?

Eve talking about her observations and the man - woman relationship

Any additional comments?

With Walter Kronkite giving the intro and Mandy Patinkin and Betty Buckley as Adam and Eve this is a splendid, quick moving, insightful, fun listen.

Outstanding

Love it. Humorous Well narrated. Each character was awesome .Love the dialogue . Favorite audio 🤗

Simply beautiful

Incredible and heart-wrenching performance by 2 amazing artists. Walter Kronkite is simply wonderful as well. The writing is Sam Clemens at his very finest. Simply beautiful. It stays with you.

Peculiar

What remarkable book. I began listening to it immediately upon finishing The Adventures of Tom Sawyer performed by Nick Offerman. I mean, like 5 minutes later. The first part of this book, up to the middle of Chapter 6, was most certainly not performed by Mandy Patinkin. It was Nick Offerman or I'm a monkey's uncle!

I understand this particular production was cobbled together from other recordings. I knew that going in. But if you sell it to me as Mandy Patinkin, you can bet I'll be a little mystified to hear what is clearly and obviously Nick Offerman! There's no mistaking his voice and inflection.

So why not credit another voice artist?

That said, I loved it. Mark Twain will always be the greatest. It's plain in his speaking in Adam's voice (or Offerman's) of how he loved his dear Livy.

THAT said, the music was distracting and went on waaay too long. Sometimes half the length of a chapter. Clip out at least half the music and it would enhance the experience.