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Ukraine
- The Forging of a Nation
- De: Yaroslav Hrytsak
- Narrado por: Greg Kolpakchi
- Duración: 16 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 9
When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the world witnessed the “creative, freewheeling, darkly humorous, and deeply resilient society” that is contemporary Ukraine. In this timely and original history, a bestseller in Ukraine, the historian Yaroslav Hrytsak tells the sweeping story of his nation through a meticulous examination of the major events, conflicts, and developments that have shaped it over the course of centuries. Hrytsak weaves a rich and detailed tapestry of a country in continual transformation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bumblebee
- De Moonpie en 08-28-24
- Ukraine
- The Forging of a Nation
- De: Yaroslav Hrytsak
- Narrado por: Greg Kolpakchi
Machine voice
Revisado: 03-20-24
This reader is clearly not allowing the material to enter his brain. Pauses mid sentence to turn pages and moves from one chapter to the next as though there is no break. Very hard to absorb this complex material with such a disengaged voice.
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A Gentleman in Moscow
- A Novel
- De: Amor Towles
- Narrado por: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Duración: 17 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45,966
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 41,589
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41,419
In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel’s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Reprieve Amidst Ugly News, Relentless Negativity
- De Cathy Lindhorst en 08-27-17
- A Gentleman in Moscow
- A Novel
- De: Amor Towles
- Narrado por: Nicholas Guy Smith
If you like Russian literature you will love it
Revisado: 04-13-18
What made the experience of listening to A Gentleman in Moscow the most enjoyable?
Nabokov, Chekhov, Tolstoy, Turgenev. This delicious narrative follows an elegant count with a refined sensibility, as he lives through several decades of the early 20th. The novel gives us the backdrop of historical change and the continuities of character. Lots of great walk in characters and unforgettable description in luminous prose. Amusing, but not only amusing.
What did you like best about this story?
so much plot, all in one space. Brilliant use of flashback.
Which character – as performed by Nicholas Guy Smith – was your favorite?
all, and quite varied
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Nina's adventures
Any additional comments?
riveting. fabulous prose
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