Michael Meder
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The Light at the End of the World
- De: Siddhartha Deb
- Narrado por: Neil Shah, Sneha Mathan
- Duración: 17 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Historia3 out of 5 stars 4
Delhi, the near future: a former journalist goes in search of answers after she finds herself stripped of identity and citizenship and thrust into a vast conspiracy involving secret detention centers, government sanctioned murders, online rage, nationalist violence, and a figure of shifting identifies known as the “New Delhi Monkey Man.” Bhopal, 1984: an assassin hunts a whistleblower through a central Indian city that will shortly be the site of the worst industrial disaster in history. Calcutta, 1947: a veterinary student’s life and work connect him to an ancient Vedic aircraft.
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2 out of 5 stars
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This book makes no sense
- De Steve en 07-21-23
- The Light at the End of the World
- De: Siddhartha Deb
- Narrado por: Neil Shah, Sneha Mathan
Rambling and Dense with Symbolism
Revisado: 10-29-24
Woof. This was a slog. Dense with symbolism that mostly felt inaccessible to a western audience. I wanted to find substance instead I listened to 17 hours of a metaphor I could not decipher.
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The Swan Book
- De: Alexis Wright
- Narrado por: Jacqui Katona
- Duración: 13 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 7
The new novel by Alexis Wright, whose previous novel, Carpentaria, won the Miles Franklin Award and four other major prizes including the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year Award. The Swan Book is set in the future, with Aboriginals still living under the Intervention in the north, in an environment fundamentally altered by climate change.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Symbolism with a Big S
- De Michael Meder en 03-18-21
- The Swan Book
- De: Alexis Wright
- Narrado por: Jacqui Katona
Symbolism with a Big S
Revisado: 03-18-21
I'm going to put aside the audio performance which was lovely and focus this review on the book itself. I do not pretend to have a lot of knowledge about Australia's First Peoples and their plight, outside of what I have gleaned from pop-culture and a screening of "Rabbit Proof Fence". That being said this book is dense with purple prose — symbolism, and what I am sure is allegory. If it is allegory, I don't have the historical context. There is mostly caricature — not character. People talking at each with little to no conversation. It's a lot of telling and not showing. I won't downplay the visuals the book evokes — I would love to see a talent make this into a 30 minute animated short. Not a novel. This was a slog. Not for me.
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