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Mr. K and the Flowers
- De: Nassim Soleimanpour
- Narrado por: Maz Jobrani, Simon McBurney, Urs Jucker, y otros
- Duración: 1 h y 41 m
- Grabación Original
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General3 out of 5 stars 145
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Historia2.5 out of 5 stars 141
It’s the middle of the night in Tehran when Michael arrives at the apartment of his ex-girlfriend, Shima. He finds her anxiously awaiting a mysterious visitor and fears he’s interrupted a tryst, only to gradually learn that the truth is much stranger and more sinister. What follows is a series of cunning detours in this atmospheric and elusive odyssey that challenges expectations and assumptions at every turn.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Da Fuk?
- De Chad en 03-29-24
Fun use of audio play format
Revisado: 05-17-24
The overlapping sounds and untranslated foreign languages made this very atmospheric and compelling. The “ah your human brain searches for patterns” metacommentary thing felt beneath the level of intelligence of the play as a whole, which was very well-performed and very good at summoning up a feeling of uncertainty and uncanniness.
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Swordspoint
- A Melodrama of Manners
- De: Ellen Kushner
- Narrado por: Ellen Kushner, Dion Graham, Katherine Kellgren, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 1,425
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,272
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 1,274
On the treacherous streets of Riverside, a man lives and dies by the sword. Even the nobles on the Hill turn to duels to settle their disputes. Within this elite, dangerous world, Richard St. Vier is the undisputed master, as skilled as he is ruthless--until a death by the sword is met with outrage instead of awe, and the city discovers that the line between hero and villain can be altered in the blink of an eye.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ellen Kushner Owes me 30$
- De Daryl en 12-04-11
- Swordspoint
- A Melodrama of Manners
- De: Ellen Kushner
- Narrado por: Ellen Kushner, Dion Graham, Katherine Kellgren, Robert Fass, Nick Sullivan, Simon Jones
Fast-moving intrigue and drama
Revisado: 02-12-24
The partial dramatization takes some getting used to, as the actors don’t always echo the way the author-narrator reads their voices, and the sound effects are a bit cheesy. But the story is fantastic and all the reading is lively. Our protagonists aren’t especially virtuous; they’re not even nice. But they are interesting, and that’s what matters.
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Missing Out
- In Praise of the Unlived Life
- De: Adam Phillips
- Narrado por: Simon Shepherd
- Duración: 5 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 76
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 62
We all have two lives - the life we live and the life of our fantasies. But it is the life unlived - the person we have failed to be - that can trouble and even haunt us. In Missing Out acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips delves into the gap between who we are and who we are not, to discover whether not getting what we want may be the unlikely key to the fully lived life. Adam Phillips is a psychoanalyst and the author of several previous books, all widely acclaimed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A good introduction to psychoanalysis
- De Marta D'Agord en 03-17-15
- Missing Out
- In Praise of the Unlived Life
- De: Adam Phillips
- Narrado por: Simon Shepherd
Calm and thoughtful musings
Revisado: 07-09-23
I’ve read that Phillips says that he thinks psychotherapy is like poetry and it really shows here. A collection of well-phrased thoughts, gracefully connected and quietly and intelligently read. It’s very soothing listening.
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The Anchoress
- De: Robyn Cadwallader
- Narrado por: Mary Jane Wells, Steve West
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 36
Sarah is just 17 when she chooses to become an anchoress, a holy woman shut away in a cell that measures only seven by nine paces, at the side of the village church. Fleeing the grief of losing a much-loved sister in childbirth as well as pressure to marry the local lord's son, she decides to renounce the world - with all its dangers, desires, and temptations - and commit herself to a life of prayer. But it soon becomes clear that the thick, unforgiving walls of Sarah's cell cannot protect her as well as she had thought.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining
- De Here-and-faraway en 07-01-15
- The Anchoress
- De: Robyn Cadwallader
- Narrado por: Mary Jane Wells, Steve West
Respectful and recognizable
Revisado: 08-09-19
Though in some ways the story is a bit predictable in the way it teases and reveals the protagonist's traumas, and although the metaphors are sometimes obvious, the book still paints a painfully recognizable picture of a person who wants to withdraw from the pain of the world and render herself untouchable with the punishments she's chosen for herself. What's most interesting is the respectful depiction of the beliefs of centuries-ago Christians; their faith in amulets and prayer, their medical convictions, their beliefs in the order of the world, and their struggles with God are all treated respectfully, with no winking at the audience or improbably contemporary opinions inserted into character's mouths. The characters live in a deeply sexist world, and accept it as everyone accepts the world they're taught, but the book itself is not sexist. Its portrait of women struggling to live by the impossibly difficult rules laid out for them, and learning when the rules must bend, is touching, and the protagonist's faith and growing love were very moving. There are conflicts, and evil things do happen, but ultimately this book gives a feeling of serenity and peace.
Steve West is good, but Mary Jane Wells' performance (the majority of the book) is a marvel of sensitivity, intelligence, and nuance. I think with a different reader, I would have enjoyed this book and moved on; because of Wells, I've listened repeatedly, and turn to this book when I'm sad.
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