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My Ántonia (AmazonClassics Edition)
- De: Willa Cather
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 7 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 114
Orphaned at age ten, Jim is traveling west to his grandparents’ home in Black Hawk when he first meets Ántonia, the daughter of a Bohemian family who settles on a neighboring farm. Through sunbaked summers and frigid winters, Ántonia bears the hardships of a young immigrant as she longs for a vanishing past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lovely vignettes have a part of the country. I was not familiar with.
- De Tess en 04-30-24
- My Ántonia (AmazonClassics Edition)
- De: Willa Cather
- Narrado por: David Colacci
MY Antonia
Revisado: 10-22-23
The phrase “My Antonia” occurs several times in the novel, spoken by different characters but meaning the same thing to each one. Cather’s Antonia is lovingly drawn for us so masterfully that we each feel we know and love her as our own.
This novel challenges us to evaluate the worth of a person by more than their accomplishments. Antonia’s friends all go on to achieve success in various ways while she remains behind where she began her life as a pioneer Czech girl on the brutal prairie. Her life story challenges our assumptions about success and a “good “ life.
I’m often tempted to skip descriptive prose to get to the story line, but never here. Cather has succeeded in making the prairie one of her main characters. From the frozen dark winters to the searing scorch of summer, every season plays a part in framing the lives and actions of the characters.
The narration of this audible version is superb. The narrator does not attempt to add his voice to the story but allows the story itself to have its full impact on us. I particularly enjoyed his Czech accents and noticed that the characters who spoke with heavy accents earlier spoke with lighter, almost imperceptible accents later as their command of English grew. Brilliant.
I read this book 25 years ago and I have always remembered it fondly. Upon listening to this Audible version I have experienced anew much of my original delight in this story so well written. After returning to it years later I still find it to be “MY Antonia”.
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Talking to Strangers
- What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
- De: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrado por: Malcolm Gladwell
- Duración: 8 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71,262
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 61,717
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 61,352
How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each other that isn't true? While tackling these questions, Malcolm Gladwell was not solely writing a book for the page. He was also producing for the ear. In the audiobook version of Talking to Strangers, you’ll hear the voices of people he interviewed - scientists, criminologists, military psychologists.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable listen with some facts incorrect
- De Jim en 09-11-19
- Talking to Strangers
- What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
- De: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrado por: Malcolm Gladwell
Fascinating, informative and frightening
Revisado: 03-12-20
How many things do we think we understand and in fact only know part (or none at all) of the truth?
Chapter 17 The Fraternity Party is one of the most revelatory and frightening chapters I’ve read.
Malcom draws us into a story by meeting us where we are, takes us deeper and then deeper still into facts and research with interviews from participants and experts that transform our understanding of a subject most of us thought we already knew. A page turner of the best kind.
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