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Description

Sample of Mend The Living by Maylis de Kerangal

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Young Adult (18-35)

Accents

British (General) British (Received Pronunciation - RP, BBC)

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
they stand side by side behind a low wall that separates the parking lot from the beach, pacing and breathing hard nostrils inflamed from piping iodine and cold. And they probe this dark stretch where there is no tempo beside the roar of the wave exploding this din that swells in the final collapse. They scan what thunder's before them, this mad clamour where there's nothing to rest your eyes upon nothing except perhaps the whitish, foaming edge. Billions of atoms catapulted one against the other in a phosphorescent halo and struck, done by winter when they stepped out of the van. Stunned by the Marine night, the three boys get hold of themselves now adjust their vision, they're hearing evaluate what awaits them as swell. Gauge it by ear estimate it's breaker index, its coefficient of depth. And remember that blue water waves always move faster than the fastest speed boats. All right, one of the three boys whispers, This is going to be awesome. The other two smile, and all three of them back up together, slowly scraping the ground with the soles of their shoes and circling like tigers. They lift their eyes to bore into the night at the end of the village, the night still sealed shut behind the cliffs. And then the one who spoke first looks at his watch. Another 15 minutes, guys, and they get back into the van to await the nautical morning.