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Night
- De: Elie Wiesel
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 4 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 10,878
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 8,551
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 8,557
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the Congressional Gold Medal, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel offers an unforgettable account of Hitler's horrific reign of terror in Night. This definitive edition features a new translation from the original French by Wiesel's wife and frequent translator, Marion Wiesel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book consumed me
- De Ella en 01-24-06
- Night
- De: Elie Wiesel
- Narrado por: George Guidall
Powerful
Revisado: 10-30-11
The narrator is good, and the story had me transfixed. As I listened, I felt the ups and downs of daily life in the concentration camps - hope, depression, terror, anger, the occasional ridiculously simple pleasure. I was moved by the author's disappointment with his perceived weakness of character after years of unimaginable hardship. I walked while I listened, and probably put on more miles than usual in order to keep listening - I suppose that's the equivalent of not being able to put down the book. I particularly liked the bonus material at the end of the book.
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Pearl Buck in China
- Journey to The Good Earth
- De: Hilary Spurling
- Narrado por: Hilary Spurling
- Duración: 9 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 53
The author of the much honored two-volume biography of Henri Matisse unearths the life and work of the Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize winner Pearl Buck, whose novels in the 1930's and 40's were the first written for a Western audience to describe ordinary life in the still secret China of the late 19th and early 20th century.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very good
- De M. Brandman en 06-15-10
- Pearl Buck in China
- Journey to The Good Earth
- De: Hilary Spurling
- Narrado por: Hilary Spurling
Fascinating history
Revisado: 10-16-11
I purchased this book based on an interview I heard on NPR. It has taken me a long while to get through the audio version - I wish the NPR book reviewer had been the narrator. This narrator certainly knew her story, but perhaps too well - her bored monotone really detracted from a fascinating history; numerous pronunciation mistakes made it painfully obvious when she needed a break.
However, Ms Spurling has done exhaustive research on Pearl Buck, her family, her inner struggles and the window she opened for the west to view the badly misunderstood culture of China. The first hand accounts of the terror experienced during the Boxer rebellion and the other uprisings and incidents in the 20th century made me wonder how foreigners found the strength to remain in China. I was particularly taken with Pearl Buck's persistent calls for her readers to rethink the purpose and strategies of foreign missions, and feelings of racial and cultural superiority.
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