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Freedom
- De: Jonathan Franzen
- Narrado por: David Ledoux
- Duración: 25 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 216
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 112
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 113
Freedom comically and tragically captures the temptations and burdens of too much liberty: the thrills of teenage lust, the shaken compromises of middle age, the wages of suburban sprawl, the heavy weight of empire. In charting the mistakes and joys of Freedom's intensely realized characters, as they struggle to learn how to live in an ever more confusing world, Franzen has produced an indelible and deeply moving portrait of our time.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Try The Corrections Instead
- De Phillip en 02-23-11
- Freedom
- De: Jonathan Franzen
- Narrado por: David Ledoux
narrator detracts
Revisado: 04-16-11
I am a big fan of Franzen. I agree with an earlier reviewer that the narration of Freedom is a spoiler. I was happy to quick-march though the book in its audible version and went on to buy a hard copy and read it again. Not only does the narrator characterize Lolitha with a bad approximation of her accent, it is difficult to sympathize with the wife because of the narrator's vocal characterisation. I got a completely different impression reading it.
I have found this true for several audible books and would greatly value recommendations from other audible "readers" of books which are delightfully interpreted. Jeremy Northam reads George Orwell's "Down and Out in Paris and London" deliciously. Mary Gordon's latest book "The Love of My Youth" was also badly narrated. I found "The Maids" well read.
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The Love of My Youth
- De: Mary Gordon
- Narrado por: Alice Rosengard
- Duración: 11 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General2.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Historia3 out of 5 stars 15
Miranda and Adam are masterfully portrayed characters, intent upon understanding who they are in relation to who they were. A story about what first love means and how it is shattered, and the lessons old lovers may still have to share with each other many years later, The Love of My Youth is also a poignant look back at the hopes and dreams of a generation and what became of them.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The Love of my youth
- De Ana en 05-22-11
- The Love of My Youth
- De: Mary Gordon
- Narrado por: Alice Rosengard
narrator
Revisado: 04-16-11
I am a fan of Mary Gordon's and it was satisfying to read a newspaper review, buy the audible version and experience it all in a few days. The prose did not disappoint and I related to the book on many satisfying levels. I found the voice Alice Rosengard uses for Adam increasingly annoying and it seemed a negative judgement on him where I would have preferred a neutral point of view. I would have preferred a male voice for Adam. It's a good, clear and unedited reading of the book, but not an excellent performance.
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