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The Promise
- De: Damon Galgut
- Narrado por: Peter Noble
- Duración: 10 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 81
The many voices of The Promise tell a story in four snapshots, each one centered on a family funeral, each one happening in a different decade. In the background, a different president is in power, and a different spirit hangs over the country, while in the foreground the family fights over what they call their farm, on a worthless piece of land outside Pretoria. Over large jumps in time, people get older, faces and laws and lives all change, while a brother and sister circle around a promise made long ago and never kept....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Overall disappointment
- De Margot Paz en 11-27-21
- The Promise
- De: Damon Galgut
- Narrado por: Peter Noble
Disappointing
Revisado: 05-01-22
This story was deeply affected by the reader’s voice. Had I actually read this book, I may have felt differently about it. I have never felt quite so strongly about how much a reader can influence one’s appreciation. My impression is that this is a very masculine reading which seemed at odds with its main character - unless of course you think of SA as the main character. It certainly speaks to me in that way; the very epitome of an apartheid “voice”. It’s sense of authority and it’s lack of emotional engagement, which is in this case, I’m aware, a literary device.
I’m quite a few years older that the author and I’m a NZer. In no way would I claim that NZ is not racist but when I was growing up in the 50s and 60s my parents boycotted SA products in protest against the regime there. NZ as another colonized country, has always been politically (it wasn’t just sports) tied with/to SA and this book did not inform me in the way that it might do for people of other nations/ countries. It did not capture my interest or enthusiasm, but I was curious about why I did not like this book.
One last comment, which I had hoped to hear more about in the interview at the end of the book was that the author introduces “ you” into his narrative and although I was never certain, I think “you” was a different character in each of its appearances. However, I stand to be corrected on this point. Perhaps Damon Galgut really was addressing me, the “reader”.
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The Leopard
- De: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
- Narrado por: David Horovitch
- Duración: 9 h y 2 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 524
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 414
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 418
Elegiac, bittersweet and profoundly moving, The Leopard chronicles the turbulent transformation of the Risorgimento, in the period of Italian Unification. The waning feudal authority of the elegant and stately Prince of Salina is pitted against the materialistic cunning of Don Calogero, in Tomasi's magnificently descriptive memorial to a dying age.
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5 out of 5 stars
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"one of the great lonely books"
- De beatrice en 06-18-10
- The Leopard
- De: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
- Narrado por: David Horovitch
An unexpected pleasure
Revisado: 12-15-20
I’m not sure how or why I purchased this book. It’s not a book I would normally have chosen and if I had had to read it I would likely not have finished it. The reading was superb and after a slow start I became really fascinated by the history, of which I knew nothing. The characters were splendidly drawn. I really can’t say if this is an indication of the Sicilian personality (shaped by climate and culture) but I rather think Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa would like us to think it is. There isn’t a plot as such - for the larger part it’s a record of events at a time of radical socio-political change. I liked it, and if you can stick with it, you may like it too.
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The Divided Mind
- De: John E. Sarno
- Narrado por: Paul Hecht, James Boles
- Duración: 6 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 904
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 691
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 688
The Divided Mind is the crowning achievement of Dr. John E. Sarno's long and successful career as a groundbreaking medical pioneer. While his earlier books dealt almost exclusively with musculoskeletal pain disorders, here Dr. Sarno addresses the entire spectrum of psychosomatic (mind-body) disorders.
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5 out of 5 stars
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mind/body connection
- De Alexandra en 05-15-06
- The Divided Mind
- De: John E. Sarno
- Narrado por: Paul Hecht, James Boles
This is the way we will look at health issues in the future
Revisado: 01-18-20
This is an astounding book filled with information about healing physical pain. It incidentally leads you into a happier sense of well-being too. That we can begin this pain-free journey on our own and without huge cost makes this work empowering and so valuable.
When the medical fraternity wakes up and lets go of their “investment” in themselves and their egos, this treatment will revolutionize health all over the world. And save us a huge amount of money that could be better spent in other areas.
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