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Pure Colour
- A Novel
- De: Sheila Heti
- Narrado por: Sheila Heti
- Duración: 3 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 121
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 95
In this first draft of the world, a woman named Mira leaves home to study. There, she meets Annie, whose tremendous power opens Mira’s chest like a portal—to what, she doesn’t know. When Mira is older, her beloved father dies, and his spirit passes into her.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nothing else like it
- De Teri Kline en 03-20-22
- Pure Colour
- A Novel
- De: Sheila Heti
- Narrado por: Sheila Heti
Unique book that provokes musing on loss
Revisado: 12-12-22
It seems there is a lot of literary controversy around this book but I found it a wonderful foil to think about who you are ,who your people are, who we are to our parents and us to them, what is bigger than you or god if you believe, ( I am an artists and an atheist-just saying). Some reviewers have found it simplistic, faux mystical but I found that the light or funny parts give a breather while you explore your own remembrances. I lost a sister recently and parents not long ago, much of feelings the character Mira has about attending and being present with the dying I enjoyed re-living, thinking about speculatively through this book. There's lot's of room to roam your own thoughts while listening. Maybe this is better as an audio book. The short length seemed just right.
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Notes on a Foreign Country
- An American Abroad in a Post-American World
- De: Suzy Hansen
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 204
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 178
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 174
In the wake of the September 11 attacks and the US-led invasion of Iraq, Suzy Hansen, who grew up in an insular conservative town in New Jersey, was enjoying early success as a journalist for a high-profile New York newspaper. Increasingly, though, the disconnect between the chaos of world events and the response at home took on pressing urgency for her. Seeking to understand the Muslim world that had been reduced to scaremongering headlines, she moved to Istanbul.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A MUST-READ for all Truth-Seeking American wh
- De Parveen Mehdi-Newton en 12-08-17
- Notes on a Foreign Country
- An American Abroad in a Post-American World
- De: Suzy Hansen
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
Timely read on Muslim perception of the U.S .
Revisado: 11-11-17
This book I think is written primarily for Americans seeking a better understanding of the role of the US in the Middle East. She does this in a most effective way by writing about her own transformation and understanding of the Muslim world and why we have failed to understand it. Much of this is gleaned from the relationships she formed during her years living as a journalist in Istanbul as well as her travels in the region. This book challenged my own thinking and I feel gave me a better understanding of the history in this region and the US's role in complicating it. This has been one of my favorite books this year. Frankly I am at a loss to find other books on this region that are as moving as this one.
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Between the World and Me
- De: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Narrado por: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Duración: 3 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 31,249
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 27,600
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 27,416
Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race”, a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of Black women and men - bodies exploited through slavery and segregation and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a Black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’ attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Heartfelt Self-aware Literary Masterpiece
- De T Spencer en 07-30-15
- Between the World and Me
- De: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Narrado por: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Wish I had bought as paper book
Revisado: 07-16-16
Any additional comments?
I liked what the author had to say, the honesty and found that of what he speaks to was deeply moving but I found the reading style 's sentiment overplayed. I wished I had bought as a paper book. It had a little too much of the "poets voice" which interfered with my ability to reflect on the material as much as I would have liked.
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The Girl on the Train
- A Novel
- De: Paula Hawkins
- Narrado por: Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher
- Duración: 10 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 140,791
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 124,020
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 123,897
The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives. Every day the same. Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The Girl on The Train
- De BookReader en 12-30-15
- The Girl on the Train
- A Novel
- De: Paula Hawkins
- Narrado por: Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher
A very engaging read!
Revisado: 08-03-15
Top notch narration and engaging story. it's possible that the audible may be even better than the written work.
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Dear Life
- Stories
- De: Alice Munro
- Narrado por: Kimberly Farr, Arthur Morey
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 367
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 303
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 296
A brilliant new collection of stories from one of the most acclaimed and beloved writers of our time. Alice Munro’s peerless ability to give us the essence of a life in often brief but always spacious and timeless stories is once again everywhere apparent in this brilliant new collection. In story after story, she illumines the moment a life is forever altered by a chance encounter or an action not taken, or by a simple twist of fate that turns a person out of his or her accustomed path and into a new way of being or thinking.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not Munro's best
- De Gabrielle Britton en 12-02-12
- Dear Life
- Stories
- De: Alice Munro
- Narrado por: Kimberly Farr, Arthur Morey
Engaging Stories
Revisado: 05-26-15
What made the experience of listening to Dear Life the most enjoyable?
Characters were both unusual and familiar.
What other book might you compare Dear Life to and why?
Flannery O'Conner similar engagement with normal quirky people. "Life is strange".
Any additional comments?
This is one of my favorite Audible books for both the stories and the narration. I do not understand the negative reviews. It was perfect for working on a task while listening.
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