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Regarding the Pain of Others
- De: Susan Sontag
- Narrado por: Jennifer Van Dyck
- Duración: 2 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 242
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 204
How does the spectacle of the sufferings of others affect us? Are viewers inured - or incited - to violence by the depiction of cruelty? Susan Sontag here takes a fresh look at the representation of atrocity - from Goya's The Disasters of War to photographs of the American Civil War, lynchings of Blacks in the South, and the Nazi death camps, and to more contemporary horrific images of Bosnia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Israel, and Palestine, as well as New York City on September 11, 2001.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Terrible recording
- De Vandra en 02-16-12
- Regarding the Pain of Others
- De: Susan Sontag
- Narrado por: Jennifer Van Dyck
not very insightful
Revisado: 07-22-19
Many worthwhile thoughts are presented here but nothing particularly original. Sontag presents a somewhat obvious and cynical case for our relationship with war and war photography; and how it distorts, fictionalizes, romanticizes and detaches us from the suffering of others. The tired implication of war belonging solely in the domain of men and boys is almost laughable at times. But it's short and well written.
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The Awakening of the Desert
- De: Julius C. Birge
- Narrado por: Barbara Birge
- Duración: 10 h y 5 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Vivid, lyrical and often humorous, this respected, first-hand account of a journey across the Great American Desert now comes to life as an audiobook. Written in 1912 by Julius Birge, the memoir describes an 1866 wagon train trip taken during "the bloody years on the plains."
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5 out of 5 stars
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First hand account of wagon train era
- De Charles E. Elberson en 05-01-14
- The Awakening of the Desert
- De: Julius C. Birge
- Narrado por: Barbara Birge
Interesting writing. Monotonous narration.
Revisado: 12-02-15
While I understand the sentimentality of using the writer's great grand daughter to narrate the book, I'm afraid her reading is very monotonous. I kept drifting away and rewinding constantly.
This is unfortunate, as the story is very interesting and the added production of sound and music is well done.
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