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Island of the World
- A Novel
- De: Michael D. O'Brien
- Narrado por: Kevin O'Brien
- Duración: 29 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2
Island of the World is the story of a child born in 1933 into the turbulent world of the Balkans and tracing his life into the third millennium. The central character is Josip Lasta, the son of an impoverished school teacher in a remote village high in the mountains of the Bosnian interior. As the novel begins, World War II is underway and the entire region of Yugoslavia is torn by conflicting factions: German and Italian occupying armies, and the rebel forces that resist them the fascist Ustashe, Serb nationalist Chetniks, and Communist Partisans.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent story, distracting narration
- De Jon Williams en 03-03-25
- Island of the World
- A Novel
- De: Michael D. O'Brien
- Narrado por: Kevin O'Brien
Catholic storytelling at its best
Revisado: 02-04-25
This is one of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors. The story is unapologetically Catholic and traces the life of a man who suffers the under socialist horrors of Tito's Yugoslavia. It provides an excellent opportunity to study a lesser known (at least in the west) genocide and it invites us to experience it at a deeply personal level rather than the impersonal statistics of genocide. Maybe most importantly it shows us the redemptive power of suffering from the Christian perspective and one can't read this book without feeling moved to develop a deeper prayer life and grow closer to Christ.
Some will not appreciate the narration but I believe the voices for each character are necessary in order to parse the back and forth dialog between characters. it took a little getting used to but ultimately I grew to appreciate it
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