Counting Sheep

  • Author: Axel Lindén
  • Narrator: Peter Noble
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 1:52:16
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Synopsis

Norwegian Wood meets The Tao of Pooh in this philosophical, witty, and heartwarming collection of daily observations from a Swedish academic-turned-sheep farmer who finds peace and meaning outside the hustle and bustle of modern, urban life.

One of the fun things about keeping sheep is that now and then it feels like something other than a job or a duty. Perhaps the feeling can best be summed up by the idea that it’s not I who keep the sheep, but the sheep who keep me.

When Axel Lindén leaves his literary life in the city for the farm he unexpectedly inherits—along with the ever-escaping flock of sheep that comes with it—he has a fairly naïve notion of what farm life will be: pure drudgery.

But as time passes and Axel slowly settles into the rhythms of the farm and shepherding, his naiveté fades away and is gradually replaced with a new appreciation of the spiritual and emotional value of manual labor, caring for other living things, and staying connected to the earth.

Capturing his observations and thoughts in short diary entries, Counting Sheep is a meditative and irresistibly delightful book that delves into the small wonders of our world and celebrates pastoral life, demonstrating that it’s often the little things in life that mean the most.

Chapters

  • 081 CountingSheep 17thOfOctober

    Duration: 19s
  • 082 CountingSheep 19thOfOctober

    Duration: 59s
  • 083 CountingSheep 21stOfOctober

    Duration: 17s
  • 084 CountingSheep 22ndOfOctober

    Duration: 27s
  • 085 CountingSheep 24thOfOctober

    Duration: 53s
  • 086 CountingSheep 30thOfOctober

    Duration: 33s
  • 087 CountingSheep 18thOfNovember

    Duration: 32s
  • 088 CountingSheep 22ndOfNovember

    Duration: 13s
  • 089 CountingSheep 22ndOfNovemberEvening

    Duration: 15s
  • 090 CountingSheep 23rdOfNovember

    Duration: 12s
  • 091 CountingSheep 24thOfNovember

    Duration: 11s
  • 092 CountingSheep 25thOfNovember

    Duration: 10s
  • 093 CountingSheep 26thOfNovember

    Duration: 11s
  • 094 CountingSheep 27thOfNovember

    Duration: 10s
  • 095 CountingSheep 28thOfNovember

    Duration: 08s
  • 096 CountingSheep 29thOfNovember

    Duration: 09s
  • 097 CountingSheep 5thOfJanuary

    Duration: 02min
  • 098 CountingSheep 15thOfFebruary

    Duration: 01min
  • 099 CountingSheep 10thOfMarch

    Duration: 54s
  • 100 CountingSheep 3rdOfApril

    Duration: 26s
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