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The Shape of Water

By: Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus
Narrated by: Jenna Lamia
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*Winner of the 2018 Golden Globe Award for Best Director of a Motion Picture*

*Winner of the 2018 Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director*

Visionary storyteller Guillermo del Toro and celebrated author Daniel Kraus combine their estimable talent in this haunting, heartbreaking audiobook.

The Shape of Water is set in Cold War-era Baltimore at the Occam Aerospace Research Center, which has recently received its most sensitive asset ever: an amphibious man captured in the Amazon. What unfolds is a stirring romance between the asset and one of the janitors on staff, a mute woman who uses sign language to communicate with the creature.


Developed from the ground up as a bold two-tiered release—one story interpreted by two artists in the independent mediums of literature and film—The Shape of Water weaves together fantasy, horror, and romance to create a tale that is equally gripping on the big screen, and as an audio performance.


Prepare for an experience unlike anything you've ever heard or seen.

Praise for The Shape of Water audiobook:

"This is a beautifully written tale filled with lush descriptions and poetic language, perfect for savoring on audio. Listeners new to the story will be enchanted, but even those who've seen the movie will be drawn into this first-rate adaptation of the poignant tale." — Booklist, starred review

"Jenna Lamia's luminous narration of a love like no other is profoundly affecting and transformative." — AudioFile Magazine

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Critic reviews

<p>"<b>Jenna Lamia's luminous narration of a love like no other is profoundly affecting and transformative</b>." <i>-AudioFile</i><br><br>"[Jenna] Lamia, a talented reader, gives Elisa a vulnerable tone that’s almost heartbreaking...In addition to her flawless character voices, Lamia reads with increasing emotion and intensity as the story's tension builds. <b>This is a beautifully written tale filled with lush descriptions and poetic language, perfect for savoring on audio. </b>Listeners new to the story will be enchanted, but even those who've seen the movie will be drawn into this first-rate adaptation of the poignant tale."<i> Booklist</i>, <b>Starred Review</b></p>
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I couldn’t stop listening to this beautiful imagination story of love and personal battles. Read perfectly.

Brilliant the Shape of Water

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havent seen film. book poetic, written in colour and delves deep into the human soul. Shows light dark, good evil, sweet and sour. i loved it

beautiful

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Beautifully narrated, this original and touching tale is worthy of a second listen. Highly recommended!

A breathtaking story!

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This was a beautiful journey, I utterly adore this book. I enjoyed watching the movie, however it doesn't live up to the book, not even a little. I love the characters, their development and the both small and large interventions the characters share. I really enjoyed the story flow, and seeing Zelda be the most amazing fríend, and being able to view the Amphibian mans perspective too. I enjoyed Elaine's story and her leaving Strickland, I even enjoyed his story and getting a deeper in signs into his utterly messed up psyche. The narrator is fantastic and none of the characters blend together, she did a very good job of telling this story.

The Shape of water

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incredible story that had me captivated.
beautiful and so well written and narrated.
highly recommend.

beautiful

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