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And Sons
- A Novel
- De: David Gilbert
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 16 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 106
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 111
The funeral of Charles Henry Topping on Manhattan’s Upper East Side would have been a minor affair (his two-hundred-word obit in The New York Times notwithstanding) but for the presence of one particular mourner: the notoriously reclusive author A. N. Dyer, whose novel Ampersand stands as a classic of American teenage angst. But as Andrew Newbold Dyer delivers the eulogy for his oldest friend, he suffers a breakdown over the life he’s led and the people he’s hurt and the novel that will forever endure as his legacy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Instant classic. Really.
- De Kelly en 07-26-13
- And Sons
- A Novel
- De: David Gilbert
- Narrado por: George Newbern
i love books like this
Revisado: 09-01-13
Would you listen to And Sons again? Why?
yes, absolutely. i'm sure i missed some gem of a sentence and even if i didn't, these sentences are worth listening to again.
What did you like best about this story?
the prose is gorgeous.
What about George Newbern’s performance did you like?
he has a great tone, generationally, his voice fit the the narrator and also spanned the decades easily, and his acting was spot on, not overdone.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
about fathers and sons and the tapestry that such relationships weave, however frayed.
Any additional comments?
the one sort of super-natural-ish plot point was a little jarring but the writing is so beautiful and assured, it doesn't end up mattering. exceptional book.
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Rules of Civility
- A Novel
- De: Amor Towles
- Narrado por: Rebecca Lowman
- Duración: 12 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,917
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,556
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,523
On the last night of 1937, 25-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar when Tinker Grey, a handsome banker, happens to sit down at the neighboring table. This chance encounter and its startling consequences propel Katey on a year-long journey into the upper echelons of New York society - where she will have little to rely upon other than a bracing wit and her own brand of cool nerve.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bright Young Things in a Dark World
- De Michele Kellett en 08-13-12
- Rules of Civility
- A Novel
- De: Amor Towles
- Narrado por: Rebecca Lowman
this is the best novel i've read in ages
Revisado: 05-30-12
Would you consider the audio edition of Rules of Civility to be better than the print version?
i didn't read the print version but the performance was pitch perfect.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Rules of Civility?
there are so many crystal-perfect moments in this book, i can't even choose when asked to pick 'one of the most memorable moments'. meeting tinker, the accident, katey getting her hair colored and buying the dress to wear on her birthday, katey and tinker in the cabin, katey and tinker down in his brother's tenement apartment....i could go on and on.
Which character ??? as performed by Rebecca Lowman ??? was your favorite?
katey, katey, katey.
If you could rename Rules of Civility, what would you call it?
my crystalline year.
Any additional comments?
this is literature. the book sings, it buzzes, it offers metaphors that are at once original and so spot on, they're like poetry of old. a perfect marriage of poetry and prose, of plot and voice, of intellectual experience and emotional journey. everything i've read since has paled...and much that i've read before has, too.
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