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The Short Stories, Volume I
- De: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrado por: Stacy Keach
- Duración: 5 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 631
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 417
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 417
This definitive audio collection, read by Stacy Keach, traces the development and maturation of Hemingway's distinct and revolutionary storytelling style - from the plain bald language of his first story to his mastery of seamless prose that contained a spare, eloquent pathos, as well as a sense of expansive solitude. These stories showcase the singular talent of a master, the most important American writer of the 20th century.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Papa wouldn't have like this recording.
- De Jerry`` en 03-16-04
- The Short Stories, Volume I
- De: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrado por: Stacy Keach
Liking Hemingway much more as a short story author
Revisado: 08-26-20
I'm hot and cold on Hemingway. I loved the Sun Also Rises. For Whom the Bell Tolls was ok, more enjoyable than not. Hated The Old Man and the Sea.
These short stories are *awesome* and really demonstrate why he came to prominence in the first place.
In this format, Hemingway's weaknesses as a writer aren't as glaring (i.e. his well known inability to write female characters or avoid complex emotions). The format almost forces him to move things along which helps the story telling tremendously.
Beware: If you like things tied up into neat packages at the end, this collection isn't for you. These short stories will hit a crescendo and just end leaving plot line open and the reader dangling. And that's what I like so much about it. You the reader are left to ponder and fill in the details on your own. These stories could be used as prompts in creative writing classes.
One note about the audiobook: I can't believe Audible hasn't fixed this, but starting around halfway through the collection the end of each track has paragraphs from Hemingway's other short story collection "5th Column" spliced into it. You'll hear the end of the short story. Then the narrator will say "Chapter 3" and there will be a paragraph or two from a completely unrelated story. This is not your player messing up, this is an error with the compilation of the audio book.
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
- De: Tom Wolfe
- Narrado por: Luke Daniels
- Duración: 13 h y 37 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,179
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,008
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,008
Tom Wolfe - one of the 20th century’s foremost voices in cultural criticism - went from local news reporter to international icon in 1968, with the publication of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Now voiced with vivacity and vigor by Audible Hall of Fame narrator Luke Daniels, the non-fiction swan-dive delves into the world of hippies, hedonism, and everything in between.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Maybe it resonated with a different time and place
- De S. Phillips en 04-11-19
- The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
- De: Tom Wolfe
- Narrado por: Luke Daniels
Maybe it resonated with a different time and place
Revisado: 04-11-19
I have read other works from Tom Wolfe and enjoyed them. I'm a fan of "gonzo journalism" and the kind of realism and embedded story telling that Wolfe pioneered. I'll even stipulate that this book accurately reported what happened.
None the less, it's not for me. I'm a Gen Xer so I didn't grow up fearing some vague hippie threat and I don't have fears or hang-ups about drugs or people living different lives. You want to drive around high as a kite in a whacked out van with loud speakers, you do you. But when one starts doing "outrageous" things to try and "freak out" others......eh, that's where I get off the trolley. You're not revolutionary. You're not leading people to some hidden truth. You're just being a jerk.
And that's what this book was. Page after page of stoners doing things for the sole purpose of trying to get a rise out of people. It's amusing once or twice. 100 pages in you start wondering who is trying to prove what to whom.
The audiobook performance isn't bad. Daniels changes voices and inflections appropriately. The performance may have been why I kept listening to the book long after checking out on the story (I got a little more than halfway through).
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