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  • Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity | [Katherine Boo]
    Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
    UNABRIDGED

    Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 15 mins)
    • By Katherine Boo
    • Narrated By Sunil Malhotra
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (306)
    Performance
    (265)
    Story
    (263)

    Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees “a fortune beyond counting” in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Asha, a woman of formidable wit and deep scars from a childhood in rural poverty, has identified an alternate route to the middle class: political corruption.

    Dr. says: "An Antidote for Shantaram"
    "too depressing, the reviews where right."
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    Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

    no, the story went no where. so sad and horrible


    Has Behind the Beautiful Forevers turned you off from other books in this genre?

    no


    Would you be willing to try another one of Sunil Malhotra’s performances?

    monotone


    Was Behind the Beautiful Forevers worth the listening time?

    no, I tried finishing but couldn't


    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Suddenly, a Knock on the Door: Stories | [Etgar Keret, Nathan Englander (translator), Miriam Shlesinger (translator), Sondra Silverston (translator)]
    Suddenly, a Knock on the Door: Stories
    UNABRIDGED

    Suddenly, a Knock on the Door: Stories

    • UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 7 mins)
    • By Etgar Keret, Nathan Englander (translator), Miriam Shlesinger (translator), and others
    • Narrated By Ira Glass, Willem Dafoe, Ben Marcus, and others
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (37)
    Performance
    (32)
    Story
    (33)

    Read by an all-star cast and featuring a bonus story special to the audio edition, Suddenly, a Knock on the Door is a one-of-a-kind audiobook.... Bringing up a child, lying to the boss, placing an order in a fast-food restaurant: in Etgar Keret’s new collection, daily life is complicated, dangerous, and full of yearning. In his most playful and most mature work yet, the living and the dead, silent children and talking animals, dreams and waking life coexist in an uneasy world.

    michelle says: "bizzare, ironic, and excellent"
    "bizzare, ironic, and excellent"
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    What made the experience of listening to Suddenly, a Knock on the Door the most enjoyable?

    loved the short stories and all the different narrators


    What was one of the most memorable moments of Suddenly, a Knock on the Door?

    the irony of the stories


    Which character – as performed by the narrators – was your favorite?

    ira glass, jonothan safran foer


    If you could take any character from Suddenly, a Knock on the Door out to dinner, who would it be and why?

    the author


    Any additional comments?

    excellent, check it out if you are looking for something different

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful

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