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Unearthed
- A Lost Actress, a Forbidden Book, and a Search for Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust
- De: Meryl Frank
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 8 h y 42 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 12
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 11
As a child, Meryl Frank was the chosen inheritor of family remembrance. Her aunt Mollie, a formidable and cultured woman, insisted that Meryl never forget who they were, where they came from, and the hate that nearly destroyed them. Over long afternoons, Mollie told her about the city, the theater, and, above all else, Meryl’s cousin, the radiant Franya Winter. Franya was the leading light of Vilna’s Yiddish theater, a remarkable and precocious woman who cast off the restrictions of her Hasidic famiy. Yet there was one thing her aunt Mollie would never tell Meryl: how Franya died.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Read it and listen to it
- De ShaiLila en 12-15-23
- Unearthed
- A Lost Actress, a Forbidden Book, and a Search for Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust
- De: Meryl Frank
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
Incredible story but…
Revisado: 09-14-23
Would have been ideal to have a reader who can speak the Yiddish/Jewish words properly, although it’s the audio director’s job to ensure correct pronunciation so I don’t fault the narrator. She did a fine job. Other than that, it’s a compelling and important story that needs to be told.
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The Lost Shtetl
- A Novel
- De: Max Gross
- Narrado por: Steven Jay Cohen
- Duración: 13 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 85
For decades, the tiny Jewish shtetl of Kreskol existed in happy isolation, virtually untouched and unchanged. Spared by the Holocaust and the Cold War, its residents enjoyed remarkable peace. It missed out on cars, and electricity, and the internet, and indoor plumbing. But when a marriage dispute spins out of control, the whole town comes crashing into the 21st century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A very touching story
- De yaelleah en 03-07-21
- The Lost Shtetl
- A Novel
- De: Max Gross
- Narrado por: Steven Jay Cohen
Mispronunciation
Revisado: 01-14-23
Have to stop reading a fourth of the way. Too many mispronunciation with the Yiddish. Should have been checked before recording.
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People Love Dead Jews
- Reports from a Haunted Present
- De: Dara Horn
- Narrado por: Xe Sands
- Duración: 6 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 646
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 584
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 582
Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating essays since she was a teenager. Often asked by major publications to write on subjects related to Jewish culture - and increasingly in response to a recent wave of deadly anti-Semitic attacks - Horn was troubled to realize what all of these assignments had in common: She was being asked to write about dead Jews, never about living ones.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Wrong Narrator for this Book
- De MYK en 01-04-22
- People Love Dead Jews
- Reports from a Haunted Present
- De: Dara Horn
- Narrado por: Xe Sands
Wrong Narrator for this Book
Revisado: 01-04-22
WRONG narrator. Right book. At least I think it's the right book because I could only get through maybe half an hour until I just could not justify continuing. Firstly, she sounds so somber while the real author (whom I've heard in interviews and podcasts) is upbeat and informal. But the MOST egregious thing is how many mispronunciations there are with Jewish and Hebrew words, and um, certain names, such as a very famous Holocaust survivor/author/Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel whose last name the narrator pronounced as "weasel!" This is shameful! The correct pronunciation can be found anywhere - just google it. I was willing to let the previous errors slide, like the important holiday of "Simchat Torah" being pronounced as "Sim-Cat" Torah. When I heard the third "weasel" in a row, I could not take it anymore and shut it off. I will be purchasing the hard copy book because I very much want to read the text. It is shocking that the audio producers neglected to approve of a narrator who has BASIC knowledge of anything related to the subject of this book! People really DO love dead Jews if they can't even hire one to narrate a book about one!
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