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Bronwen

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  • Amsterdam | [Ian McEwan]
    Amsterdam
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    Amsterdam

    • UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 41 mins)
    • By Ian McEwan
    • Narrated By Steven Crossley
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    (18)
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    The best-selling author of Atonement and Enduring Love, Ian McEwan is known as one of contemporary fiction’s most acclaimed writers. This Booker Prize-winning novel by McEwan finds two men connecting at the funeral of their ex-lover. Distressed by how she was slowly destroyed by an illness, the two make a pact to save each other from enduring such a fate.

    Bronwen says: "Quick and engaging, well-read"
    "Quick and engaging, well-read"
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    I generally prefer classics, with more complex plotting, but for the short form, I found this to be a provocative, well-written, and engaging listen. I listened while packing to move, and the story was intense enough to distract me at times, but not something that needed my full attention. The descriptions of musical composition and of aging were well done; they rounded out the story and gave it richness.

    I saw it as a modern fable, so the far-fetched ending didn't bother me. The reader was great. Definitely a worthwhile listen.

    3 of 3 people found this review helpful

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