Replay - Softcover

Grimwood, Ken

Softcover

ISBN 10: 068816112X ISBN 13: 9780688161125

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks, 1998

Synopsis

Jeff Winston, forty-three, didn't know he was a replayer until he died and woke up twenty-five years younger in his college dorm room; he lived another life. And died again. And lived again and died again - in a continuous twenty-five-year cycle - each time starting from scratch at the age of eighteen to reclaim lost loves, remedy past mistakes, or make a fortune in the stock market. A novel of gripping adventure, romance, and fascinating speculation on the nature of time, Replay asks the question: "What if you could live your life over again? "

About this title

About the Author:

Fantasy writer Ken Grimwood (1944-2003) wrote five novels, including the award-winning Replay and The Voice Outside.

From AudioFile:

In Grimwood's 1988 novel, a struggling radio journalist, Jeff Winston, receives the opportunity of a lifetime, or two perhaps, when he's reborn after his death as a bright-eyed but very experienced 18-year-old. Narrator William Dufris's skilled delivery of the fantasy of reliving one's life has just the right tone of wise hindsight. Dufris astutely conveys Winston's complex emotions as he comes to realize that knowledge of the future is at once a blessing and a curse. With a layered tone, Dufris molds a character who understands what he must do to correct his past mistakes, but who seems doomed to fail no matter what action he takes. Through it all, Dufris injects a subtle questioning into Winston's voice as he ponders--"Why me?" L.B. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 068816112X
• ISBN 13: 9780688161125
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320