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Birds Without Wings
- De: Louis de Bernieres
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 23 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 503
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 318
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 316
Birds Without Wings is the story of a small town in Anatolia in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire told in the richly varied voices of the men and women (Armenians, Christians, and Muslims) whose lives are intertwined and rooted there: Iskander, the potter and local fount of wisdom; Philotei, the Christian girl of legendary beauty, courted almost from infancy by Ibrahim the goatherd, a great love that culminates in tragedy and madness; and many more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not for the faint of heart
- De a en 01-03-05
- Birds Without Wings
- De: Louis de Bernieres
- Narrado por: John Lee
Great entertainment with a bit of history
Revisado: 06-20-05
This was one of the moste enjoyable titles I've listened to in quite a while. The book skips from the first-hand, fictional stories of the major characters to an omniscient narrator who puts the stories in a hard historical context. Its initial vignettes reminded me of Chaucer, Twain and even Garrison Kieler. Like the Great Powers, the listener is subtly pulled into the horrors of war and the ethnic cleansing which has plagued the Balkans for centuries. The narrator, John Lee, is superb. His suite of seamless voices and accents believably convey and elaborate each character's nuance.
Buy it.
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The Lion of St. Mark
- De: G.A. Henty
- Narrado por: Ralph Cosham
- Duración: 10 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 133
Of The Lion of St. Mark, G.A. Henty wrote: "I have laid my story in the time not of the triumphs of Venice but of her hardest struggle for existence, when she defended herself successfully against the coalition of Hungary, Padua, and Genoa, for never at any time were the virtues of Venice, her steadfastness, her patriotism, and her willingness to make all sacrifice for her independence more brilliantly shown.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstandingly entertaining and narrated
- De Lonnie en 05-12-05
- The Lion of St. Mark
- De: G.A. Henty
- Narrado por: Ralph Cosham
A 19th century romance
Revisado: 06-13-05
This book was originally published in 1880 and its age shows. The story is a cross between Horatio Alger and the Perils of Pauline. It strains credulity far past the breaking point. The characters are completely one-dimensional. The narrator's style does little to increase interest. It is ironic that at the end he refers to the book as "The Lion of St. Mary" rather than St. Mark. One positive aspect is that he does different voices, especially female, without the strain or falsetto which plague other readers.
I couldn't recommend this unless one likes period pieces.
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