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1Q84
- De: Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin - translator, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrado por: Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett
- Duración: 46 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 166
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 143
The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.
A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver's enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 - "Q" is for "question mark". A world that bears a question....
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5 out of 5 stars
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complex, surreal and very very long
- De Phillip en 02-04-12
- 1Q84
- De: Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin - translator, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrado por: Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett
complex, surreal and very very long
Revisado: 02-04-12
I am a huge Murakami fan. I think his style is very suited to the audiobook format, especially as music features as almost another character. In addition to listening to the audiobook I also ended up downloading several songs, and searching for albums that the characters were listening to.
This is a vast novel, and if you have not encountered Murakami before, perhaps try something like the windup bird or a shorter story to begin with. For me, IQ84 is a wonderful story, that turns in on itself and was the perfect companion on a long hour long compute back and forward to the office.
It is a story about murder, history, cult religion, violence, family ties but at its heart it is about love. It is wonderful.
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One Day
- De: David Nicholls
- Narrado por: Anna Bentinck
- Duración: 16 h y 25 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 50
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 39
He is Dexter Mayhew, tall, dark and (she can't deny it) handsome. She is Emma Morley, bottled red hair, wilfully badly dressed, all principles and no action. Could this be the dawn of the rest of their lives? Or are Dex and Em living proof that - despite an unlikely beginning - men and women really can be just good friends?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Funny and moving story of friendship
- De Phillip en 10-11-11
- One Day
- De: David Nicholls
- Narrado por: Anna Bentinck
Funny and moving story of friendship
Revisado: 10-11-11
There is a view that women like romance and men like jokes. Here you get both. The comedy lures you in and the romance hits you with a great emotional wallop.
This story follows the trajectories of Emma’s and Dexter’s lives, checking in on their intersecting lives once a year, every July 15, from 1988 through 2007. I laughed out loud, and it made me call up old friends. I loved everything about this audiobook, the narration is very well done and I didn't want it to end.
The romance, though, is handled in a bloke-friendly way. There is no sentiment, no gushing, nothing Mills & Boon-ish. Actions are left to speak for themselves and the emotions, quite realistically, are a bit of a tangled mess.
A lot depends on how you feel about the two main characters. I loved them, and I am sure you will to. Highly recommended.
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