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Beautiful Lies
- De: Clare Clark
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 15 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 9
London 1887. For Maribel Campbell Lowe, the beautiful bohemian wife of a maverick politician, it is the year to make something of herself. A self-proclaimed Chilean heiress educated in Paris, she is torn between poetry and the new art of photography. But it is soon plain that Maribel's choices are not so simple. As her husband's career hangs by a thread, her real past, and the family she abandoned, come back to haunt them both.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wry humor; excellent story
- De K. Parks en 10-09-12
- Beautiful Lies
- De: Clare Clark
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
Wry humor; excellent story
Revisado: 10-09-12
This is a compelling, engaging story, an evolving depiction of a 19th century woman's hidden identity. Clare Clark is not yet well known in the U.S., but her writing and her character development are excellent. I have read every one of her books, and this one is no disappointment.
One piece of advice: I had to listen to the first chapter a few times to remember the names of many children in that section. I found it was not necessary. The kids are peripheral and the narrative quickly focuses on a small set of adult characters.
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The Impostor
- De: Damon Galgut
- Narrado por: Humphrey Bower
- Duración: 8 h y 17 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 45
5-star reviews on amazon.co.uk from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Good Doctor comes a gripping novel of guilty secrets, obsession and self-reinvention, set on the African savannah. When Adam moves into the abandoned house on the dusty edge of town, he is hoping to recover from the loss of his job and his home in the city. But when he meets Canning - a shadowy figure from his childhood - and Canning's enigmatic and beautiful wife, a sinister new chapter in his life begins...
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1 out of 5 stars
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A WASTE OF MONEY
- De W en 02-28-11
- The Impostor
- De: Damon Galgut
- Narrado por: Humphrey Bower
A deep, dark fascinating story
Revisado: 10-12-11
The story is compelling, getting deeper and darker at every turn. Humphrey Bower is masterful.
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The Shadow Lines
- De: Amitav Ghosh
- Narrado por: Raj Varma
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 68
Opening in Calcutta in the 1960s, Ghosh’s radiant second novel follows two families - one English, one Bengali - as their lives intertwine in tragic and comic ways. The narrator, Indian-born and English educated, traces events back and forth in time, through years of Bengali partition and violence, observing the ways in which political events invade private lives.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narrator Doesn't Know How to Pronounce
- De Amazon Customer en 08-27-11
- The Shadow Lines
- De: Amitav Ghosh
- Narrado por: Raj Varma
Excellent narrator. Master story teller.
Revisado: 04-22-11
Raj Varma's narration enhanced the experience of listening to a master story teller. His voice was fresh, appropriately nuanced and a pleasure to listen to. As always, Amitav Ghosh depicted characters with depth and sympathy. It is an old fashioned family tale and an exploration about what creates a family narrative and history. I thoroughly enjoyed this audio book. I would have given 4.5 or 4.75 stars if possible.
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The Truth About These Strange Times
- De: Adam Foulds
- Narrado por: Colin Moody
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 6
Saul Dawson-Smith can memorise the sequence of a shuffled deck of cards in under a minute; he can recite pi to a thousand decimal places and he remembers every conversation he's ever had. He is 10-years-old. Howard McNamee is 28: lonely, overweight and poorly-educated. He lives in the north of England, far from the scene of his difficult Glasgow childhood, in the home he shared with his mother before she died. Through a series of unexpected events, these two solitary people find themselves forming an unlikely friendship.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Give it a bit...
- De danpri en 12-02-09
- The Truth About These Strange Times
- De: Adam Foulds
- Narrado por: Colin Moody
A gentle story
Revisado: 08-13-10
The story is kind and nuanced, and the writing superb. Colin Moody's narration presented the various accents extremely well and enhanced the power of the novel for me.
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The Secret Scripture
- De: Sebastian Barry
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 9 h y 44 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,188
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 979
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 977
Roseanne McNulty, once one of the most beautiful and beguiling girls in County Sligo, Ireland, is now an elderly patient at Roscommon Regional Mental Hospital. As her 100th year draws near, she decides to record the events of her life, hiding the manuscript beneath the floorboards. Dr. Grene, Roseanne's caretaker, takes a special interest in her case. In his research, he discovers a document written by a local priest that tells a very different story of Roseanne's life than what she recalls.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Haunting and Lovely
- De Amanda en 05-17-12
- The Secret Scripture
- De: Sebastian Barry
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
A perfect novel
Revisado: 10-09-08
Starting quietly and slowly, the story becomes mesmerizing as an exploration of two lives. The narrator masterfully conveys the voices of male and female, English and Irish characters.
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
- De: Junot Diaz
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis, Staci Snell
- Duración: 16 h
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General4 out of 5 stars 4,920
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,288
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 3,305
Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who—from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister—dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fukú—a curse that has haunted Oscar’s family for generations, following them on their epic journey from Santo Domingo to the USA.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wondrous Book!!!
- De Robert en 06-22-12
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
- De: Junot Diaz
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis, Staci Snell
Excellent in every way
Revisado: 10-29-07
This book has soul. Diaz creates an endearing, flawed group of characters, depicting them with humor and compassion. The narrator is so alive that he seemed to be a character himself. He truly is one of the best narrators I have heard, and my Audible library is large.
I am embarrasssed to admit that I did not know much about the history of the Dominican Republic before reading this book. Diaz wove the history into the story effortlessly and memorably. I highly recommend the book. It is one of the two best I have listened to, the other being The Hungry Tide, by Amitov Ghosh.
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Faith Fox
- De: Jane Gardam
- Narrado por: June Barrie
- Duración: 11 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1
When sweet, healthy, hearty Holly Fox dies suddenly in childbirth, the Surrey village, whose pearl she was, reverberates with shock. She leaves behind a helpless, silent husband and a tiny daughter, Faith. Everyone assumes Holly's loving and capable mother will look after Faith, but when she unaccountably deserts her newborn grandchild, the baby must be packed off to her father's peculiar family in the North.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stylish and involving
- De Eve en 10-02-06
- Faith Fox
- De: Jane Gardam
- Narrado por: June Barrie
In the top 5% of audible titles
Revisado: 07-27-06
The writing is superb and the narrator excellent. Jane Gardam writes with humor and affection toward her characters, strongly enhanced by the narrator's ability to speak in several voices and dialects. I highly recommend the book.
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