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Doorman Wanted
- De: Glenn R. Miller
- Narrado por: Glenn R. Miller
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Henry Franken has a problem with money-he has too much of it. When his unprincipled father dies, thirty-three-year-old Henry inherits a massive estate, including an Upper East Side residential building. He must confront the reality of his new financial status, directly conflicting with his well-honed identity as a "progressive liberal."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pure Smart Fun with Characters to Adore!
- De Gayle W! en 04-11-24
- Doorman Wanted
- De: Glenn R. Miller
- Narrado por: Glenn R. Miller
Pure Smart Fun with Characters to Adore!
Revisado: 04-11-24
Never have I had this much fun having a cold! I crawled into bed and downloaded author Glenn Miller 's new novel DOORMAN WANTED. I listened to this smart, witty, wry self discovery tale, full of heart, ode to NYC, nod to PJ Woodhouse, a poke at the swanky upper crust with a group of engaging characters that came alive with terrific narration that had me happily in bed for a couple days, listening for hours, laughing out loud. Love the humanity and smarts of Central Park artists, the pretension of the "in the know" art world, the observant and smart senior residents. The personalities came through the narrator's ( the author!)
voice so pitch perfect, the rich cast is ready for film or stage!
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Leaving the Atocha Station
- De: Ben Lerner
- Narrado por: Ben Lerner
- Duración: 5 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 275
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 237
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 235
Adam Gordon is a brilliant, if highly unreliable, young American poet on a prestigious fellowship in Madrid, struggling to establish his sense of self and his relationship to art. Instead of following the dictates of his fellowship, Adam's 'research' becomes a meditation on the possibility of the genuine in the arts and beyond: are his relationships with the people he meets in Spain as fraudulent as he fears his poems are? Is poetry an essential art form, or merely a screen for the reader's projections?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Insightful, beautiful
- De Rochelle en 12-09-14
- Leaving the Atocha Station
- De: Ben Lerner
- Narrado por: Ben Lerner
Captured the Challenge of second language
Revisado: 03-26-12
Where does Leaving the Atocha Station rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
The author wrote beautifully about that weird place of understanding enough of the language and culture to pass as fluency and then never be quite sure of what you heard, said, or took place. For any of us that have been there , it was beautifully done: did he say this or that? Was it future or past? what did I just say? A story that might be ho hum takes and humor and sadness from this perspective.
Which character – as performed by Ben Lerner – was your favorite?
I loved that the reader was the author, He made it rich with his feelings and confusion. The emotions were so heart felt.
Any additional comments?
I recommend this to anyone who has lived abroad or travelled knowing the languge just enough to get into trouble looking fluent.
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Freedom
- A Novel
- De: Jonathan Franzen
- Narrado por: David LeDoux
- Duración: 24 h y 9 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 5,262
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 2,817
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,824
Patty and Walter Berglund were the new pioneers of old St. Paul - the gentrifiers, the hands-on parents, the Whole Foods generation. Patty was the ideal sort of neighbor, who could tell you where to recycle your batteries and how to get the local cops to do their job. She was an enviably perfect mother and the wife of Walter's dreams. Together with Walter - environmental lawyer, commuter cyclist, total family man - she was doing her small part to build a better world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Believe the Hype
- De L. Kerr en 09-07-10
- Freedom
- A Novel
- De: Jonathan Franzen
- Narrado por: David LeDoux
Strong Start, Compelling Middle and....
Revisado: 11-14-10
It fizzled out like a person who set out to do an marathon and gets to the 23 mile mark and starts walking! I enjoyed the story as it unfolded with great character development and even as it veered off into all the relatives on both sides of the family and seemed like it was going to all pull together, it left me thinking "and so ...?" So glad the Indian woman died or I would have had to kill the reader for his horrific Indian accent. Hype raises expectations. I would have been more satisfied with out the hype.
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