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Iberia

De: James A. Michener
Narrado por: Larry McKeever
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“Massive, beautiful . . . unquestionably some of the best writing on Spain [and] the best that Mr. Michener has ever done on any subject.”—The Wall Street Journal

Spain is an immemorial land like no other, one that James A. Michener, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author and celebrated citizen of the world, came to love as his own. Iberia is Michener’s enduring nonfiction tribute to his cherished second home. In the fresh and vivid prose that is his trademark, he not only reveals the celebrated history of bullfighters and warrior kings, painters and processions, cathedrals and olive orchards, he also shares the intimate, often hidden country he came to know, where the congeniality of living souls is thrust against the dark weight of history. Wild, contradictory, passionately beautiful, this is Spain as experienced by a master writer.

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“From the glories of the Prado to the loneliest stone villages, here is Spain, castle of old dreams and new realities.”—The New York Times

“A dazzling panorama . . . one of the richest and most satisfying books about Spain in living memory.”—Saturday Review

“Kaleidoscopic . . . This book will make you fall in love with Spain.”—The Houston Post
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I listened to this in prep for vacation to Spain, Andalucia and Madrid. It was worth the time, and I gained a better understanding of many parts of Spain I didn’t know anything about. Loved the section about the Prado! And I enjoyed that it was his own personal story!

Informative and Enjoyable

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It is Michener, what can you say. I enjoyed it,. but was a little disappointed that he covered so much of the history but overlooked some. He covered the Bull Fights and the history of the Bulls bred to fight.... But he totally overlooked the Amazing Andalusian Horses that were bred to fight the Bulls! That Ancient breed of horse was the contribution to most of the Baroque Horses around the World. The book was very good, and I think, a great read before a trip to Spain. The Narration was excellent and very easy to listen to. Thanks!

Good!

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Brilliant book and insight into the country of Spain. HOWEVER, (and this is a huge flaw in the Audible presentation), if you are going to narrate a book which has words in it from a foreign language, do your research, and learn how to pronounce those words pproperly. Some of the mispronunciation is fine, he's using his "Italian accent," which is understandable if he speaks Italian, but some of the words are so blatantly mispronounced that it is cringeworthy and makes it difficult to listen to, especially if the word is said multiple times. For example, there is an entire section about the "Guardia Civil" and Mr. McKeever mispronounced the word "guardia" (pronounced "gwardia" in Spanish, as if you would pronounce it in English, "guard"-ia. This and quite a few other blatant mispronunciations like it are a huge oversight and should have, in my opinion, been cause for a do-over. I'm not blaming Mr. McKeever. How would he know? But I do blame audible for allowing this production to go forward without correction. It’s nearly unbearable in parts. Only my love for Spain and curiosity and hunger for more knowledge kept me listening, as I do not have the time to sit down and read a volume of this size.

Brilliant Book

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Listened to this book before an 8-day trip to Spain. Helped a lot. Lots of great backstory on history of Spain.

Great history

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Book was superb. Speaker was slow. Had to speed it up in order to stay awake on the road

Slow speaker had to turn it up to 2.0 for it to enter my faced paced brain

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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Interesting but not great

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

Became a travelogue and so it petered out.

What about Larry McKeever’s performance did you like?

He's got a perfect voice

Could you see Iberia being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

Not.

Any additional comments?

If you want a travel guide you might like it.

OK

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The book wasn't terrible, it was just dated overall. Some parts were great reflections on Spanish cities and countryside, other parts reported on Spanish life in the 50s and 60s. Those parts don't really stand the test of time. It would be an appropriate book for any student of Spain, European history, or Michener fan.

Monolithic

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Mitchners book explores in detail Spains history, art, culture, geography with in depth analysis of bulls, bull fighters, the Spanish Inquisition in comparison with other European nations of the time, horses, horsemen and women, birds, refuges, ancient art, ruins. He fails at paella.

Epic tour de force of Spain

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What did you like best about Iberia? What did you like least?

I read other books by Michener long ago (_Hawaii_ is the only one I can recall) and thought his mode of really digging into a locale's formation and development was really interesting and engaging. I'm going to Spain and thought Michener's approach might inform our trip. I've never _listened_ to one of his books but audio often works for me for dry content. Here, though, the narrator sounds like he is reading and it's distracting. Also the time frame in which the work is set starts after WWII and the material does not age well. "A woman's slip, four dollars in America" is a sample (slightly paraphrased) statement. It's jarring. As to insight into what the culture of Spain is like _now_, I have zero confidence I'd find it in this book. I've listened to the first chapter and have no interest in continuing on.

What do you think your next listen will be?

Something more interesting and relevant, I fervently hope. I'll probably go back to fiction.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

He had an old fashioned sound to his voice, if that makes sense. Maybe it was his accent or his style of reading. It was ponderous.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Nope.

Any additional comments?

It's the author's (and the narrator's) job to pull me in and pull me along. I am no longer interested or willing to work hard at extracting content from a book. I'm not a philistine, but there are millions of books out there, and I only have so much time.

Stilted delivery, truly dated content

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This book gives you a view of Spain and the way it used be 60 years ago. It is a great description of the old ways and maybe still new ways of this beautiful country. However, I should have read how old it was before I bought it.

Old ways of Spain

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