“Game of Thrones” Star Aidan Gillen’s Performance of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War Now Available as an Audio Download at A...
March 31 2015 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Audible Studios, a production arm of Audible.com, today
announced the release of Aidan Gillen’s new interpretation of Sun
Tzu’s classic military treatise, The Art of War. This recording of
the legendary general and philosopher’s best-known work by “Game of
Thrones” star Gillen is now available for download at
www.audible.com/ArtofWar.
“This was a fascinating book to narrate, with surprisingly apt
insights into modern life on every page,” said Gillen. “And as an
artistic endeavor, The Art of War was a natural progression from
the Machiavellian strategist I play on television. It turns out Sun
Tzu and Littlefinger have a lot in common.”
“Fans of Aidan’s will love hearing him interpret this enduringly
influential text,” said Audible Publisher and EVP Beth Anderson.
“This ancient Chinese guide to practical warfare is required
listening for anyone who wants to get ahead in today’s world, but
you can also simply relax and enjoy Aidan’s playful, imaginative
delivery.”
In addition to Gillen, among the acclaimed performers who have
narrated works of literature for Audible are Dan Stevens, Jake
Gyllenhaal, Kate Winslet and Tim Robbins. In 2013, Audible Studios
won its first Grammy Award, for its production of Janis Ian’s
memoir Society’s Child, and also won the Audie Award for Audiobook
of the Year, for Colin Firth’s performance of Graham Greene’s The
End of the Affair.
Audible, the world’s largest seller and producer of downloadable
audiobooks and other spoken-word content, invented and
commercialized the first digital audio player in 1997, and has
since been at the forefront of the explosively growing audiobook
download segment. In 2014, listeners around the world downloaded
1.2 billion hours of audio from Audible.com outlets; Audible
members downloaded an average of more than 17 books over the course
of the year. More than half of current Audible members are
first-time audiobook buyers.
ABOUT AUDIBLE, INC.
Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary
(NASDAQ:AMZN), is the leading provider of premium digital spoken
audio information and entertainment on the Internet, offering
customers a new way to enhance and enrich their lives every day.
Audible’s mission is to establish literate listening as a core tool
for anyone seeking to be more productive, better informed, or more
thoughtfully entertained. Audible content includes more than
215,000 audio programs from leading audiobook publishers,
broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and
business information providers. Audible is also the preeminent
provider of spoken-word audio products for Apple’s iTunes
Store.
Audible.comMatthew Thornton,
973-820-0402mthornton@audible.com
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