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The Marriage Plot
- De: Jeffrey Eugenides
- Narrado por: David Pittu
- Duración: 15 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 2,417
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 2,020
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 2,015
It's the early 1980s—the country is in a deep recession, and life after college is harder than ever. In the cafés on College Hill, the wised-up kids are inhaling Derrida and listening to Talking Heads. But Madeleine Hanna, dutiful English major, is writing her senior thesis on Jane Austen and George Eliot, purveyors of the marriage plot that lies at the heart of the greatest English novels.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Esoteric, Vapid, Trite
- De FanB14 en 03-13-13
- The Marriage Plot
- De: Jeffrey Eugenides
- Narrado por: David Pittu
I Think I'm in Love
Revisado: 11-24-11
To paraphrase (very loosely) somebody: a story without enlightenment is a "beach read"; enlightenment without a story is a textbook. This book has both.
The plot similarities to Franzen's last book (student love triangle extended beyond college) are certainly present, but the similarities end there.The characters in "Freedom" are viewed with such ironic detachment that, although amusing and interesting for awhile (the first part of the novel made a brilliant short story in the New Yorker) their lives become tedious and, ultimately,because it goes on for too long, I was anxious for the book to end.
On the contrary, Eugenides' characters are much more real and sympathetic (appealing, even) and I don't want their story to end. I'm sure Mr. Eugenides is tired of having his work compared to Mr. Franzen's but I just had to jump in on this.
The performance in this audible production is outstanding. The narrator's rendition of the character of Leonard is so good I'm almost falling in love with him myself. I looked for other Audible offerings by this narrator and find that his talents are being under-utilized. He should be employed for books more like this one.
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What the Dead Know
- De: Laura Lippman
- Narrado por: Linda Emond
- Duración: 11 h y 28 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,245
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 742
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 738
Thirty years ago two sisters disappeared from a shopping mall. Their bodies were never found, and those familiar with the case have always been tortured by these questions: How do you kidnap two girls? Who or what could have lured the two sisters away from a busy mall on a Saturday afternoon without leaving behind a single clue or witness? Now a clearly disoriented woman involved in a rush-hour hit-and-run claims to be the younger of the long-gone Bethany sisters.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A page turner
- De Cayce en 02-09-09
- What the Dead Know
- De: Laura Lippman
- Narrado por: Linda Emond
excellent narrator
Revisado: 08-31-10
My first Laura Lippman. Although the solution to the mystery was easy enough to predict, the writing was good enough to keep me listening. And the narrator was excellent. You audible listeners know how a poor narrator can almost spoil a good book, This one was very good.
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