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Memory Mambo
- A Novel
- De: Achy Obejas
- Narrado por: Ruth Oakes
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Narración:2.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 15
Memory Mambo describes the life of Juani Casas, a 25-year-old Cuban-born American lesbian who manages her family's laundromat in Chicago while trying to cope with family, work, love, sex, and the weirdness of North American culture. Achy Obejas's writing is sharp and mordantly funny. She understands perfectly how the romance of exile - from a homeland as well as from heterosexuality - and the mundane reality of everyday life balance each other.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Definately the worst narrator I've ever heard
- De Rose en 11-05-13
- Memory Mambo
- A Novel
- De: Achy Obejas
- Narrado por: Ruth Oakes
Narrator can't speak Spanish
Revisado: 01-06-16
What did you like best about this story?
The book is insightful, occasionally well written, and original.
What didn’t you like about Ruth Oakes’s performance?
The narration is uncomfortable and distracts from Achy Obejas' novel. A good narrator will disappear into the story; a great narrator will bring life and feeling to the text. Not so with Ruth Oakes. I literally missed moments of this novel, because I was so distracted by the narrator's errors and strange intonation. Other reviewers have already pointed out that the narrator's halting pace and sing-song voice. But nobody has noticed the OTHER problem with this narrator: She can't pronounce Spanish. Why hire a narrator who can't pronounce any of the characters' names or half their dialogue? And given the mispronunciations, it's cringe-inducing to listen to her fake a Cuban-American accent.
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