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J. G. Farrell
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Winner of the 1970 Lost Man Booker prize in 2010.
Major Brendan Archer travels to Ireland - to the Majestic Hotel and to the fiancée he acquired on a rash afternoon's leave three years ago. Despite her many letters, the lady herself proves elusive, and the Major's engagement is short-lived. But he is unable to detach himself from the alluring discomforts of the crumbling hotel.
Ensconced in the dim and shabby splendour of the Palm Court, surrounded by gently decaying old ladies and proliferating cats, the Major passes the summer. So hypnotic are the faded charms of the Majestic, the Major is almost unaware of the gathering storm. But this is Ireland in 1919 - and the struggle for independence is about to explode with brutal force.
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The Conservationist
- De: Nadine Gordimer
- Narrado por: Nadia May
- Duración: 7 h y 38 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 39
Mehring, a rich, powerful and vital industrialist, has all the privileges and possessions that South Africa has to offer. But his possessions refuse to remain objects: his wife, son, and mistress leave him; his foreman and workers become increasingly indifferent to his stewardship; and even the land rises up, as drought, then flood, destroy his farm. Nadine Gordimer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature, paints a portrait of a man both reckless and calculating, left only with the possibility of self-preservation.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I tried three times to listen to this book.
- De Anonymous User en 11-12-11
De: Nadine Gordimer
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Offshore
- De: Penelope Fitzgerald, Alan Hollinghurst - introduction
- Narrado por: Jot Davies, Alan Hollinghurst, Stephanie Racine
- Duración: 5 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 94
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 80
On Battersea Reach, a mixed bag of the temporarily lost and the patently eccentric live on houseboats, rising and falling with the tide of the Thames. There is good-natured Maurice, by occupation a male prostitute, by chance a receiver of stolen goods. And Richard, an ex-navy man whose boat, much like its owner, dominates the Reach.
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1 out of 5 stars
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S.O.S
- De SB en 03-26-22
De: Penelope Fitzgerald, y otros
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The Empire Trilogy: Troubles, The Siege of Krishnapur, The Singapore Grip
- 3 BBC Radio 4 Productions
- De: JG Farrell
- Narrado por: full cast, Robert Glenister, Alex Jennings, y otros
- Duración: 7 h y 13 m
- Grabación Original
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General5 out of 5 stars 3
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Acclaimed author JG Farrell came to fame with his Empire Trilogy, exploring the collapse of British colonialism and its repercussions in three different countries. The first book in the series, Troubles, won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the Lost Man Booker Prize, while the second, The Siege of Krishnapur, was awarded the Booker Prize for Fiction. Included here are three BBC Radio adaptations of the trilogy, plus an edition of Witness History exploring Farrell's tragic accidental death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful introduction to Farrel’s works
- De Mark A. Desjardins en 02-03-24
De: JG Farrell
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The Troubles
- A Complete History of the Irish Troubles from the Plantation of Ulster and the Great Famine, to the Ira, the Formation of Northern Ireland and the Good Friday Agreement
- De: Dermot P. O'Hara
- Narrado por: Steven Rostance
- Duración: 2 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Pocket History: The Troubles chronicles the 30 year long Irish Troubles. It begins right at the start with the first English invasion of Ireland and continues right up until present day, answering the question of what does the legacy of the troubles mean for modern day Irish and British people.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Too slanted to be taken seriously
- De Ky en 01-25-22
De: Dermot P. O'Hara
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The Blind Assassin
- De: Margaret Atwood
- Narrado por: Margot Dionne
- Duración: 18 h y 27 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,107
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,415
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,408
For the past twenty-five years, Margaret Atwood has written works of striking originality and imagination. In The Blind Assassin, she stretches the limits of her accomplishments as never before, creating a novel that is entertaining and profoundly serious. The novel opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister drove a car off the bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister Laura's death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Good book, TERRIBLE audio!
- De Whitney en 04-27-09
De: Margaret Atwood
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Girt
- The Unauthorised History of Australia, Volume 1
- De: David Hunt
- Narrado por: David Hunt
- Duración: 6 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 251
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 222
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 222
Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia.... In this hilarious history, David Hunt reveals the truth of Australia's past, from megafauna to Macquarie - the cock-ups and curiosities, the forgotten eccentrics and Eureka moments that have made us who we are. Girt introduces forgotten heroes like Mary McLoghlin, transported for the crime of "felony of sock", and Trim the cat, who beat a French monkey to become the first animal to circumnavigate Australia.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Typically irreverent.
- De patricia heffernan en 12-27-15
De: David Hunt
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The Siege of Krishnapur
- De: J. G. Farrell
- Narrado por: Tim Pigott-Smith
- Duración: 5 h y 5 m
- Versión resumida
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 34
India, 1857 - the year of the Great Mutiny, when Muslim soldiers turned in bloody rebellion on their British overlords. This time of convulsion is the subject of The Siege of Krishnapur, widely considered to the one of the finest British novels of the last 50 years. A witty and individual take on the many traditions and follies of Empire, it is also a gripping account of survival under siege, illuminating how extreme conditions can influence and affect people's behaviour and the human spirit.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This is an Abridgement
- De Ilana en 09-28-14
De: J. G. Farrell
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Midnight's Children
- De: Salman Rushdie
- Narrado por: Lyndam Gregory
- Duración: 24 h y 29 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,019
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,604
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,589
Salman Rushdie holds the literary world in awe with a jaw-dropping catalog of critically acclaimed novels that have made him one of the world's most celebrated authors. Winner of the prestigious Booker of Bookers, Midnight's Children tells the story of Saleem Sinai, born on the stroke of India's independence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding book, superb narration
- De MarcS en 06-09-09
De: Salman Rushdie
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The Sea, the Sea
- De: Iris Murdoch, Mary Kinzie - introduction
- Narrado por: Simon Vance, Kimberly Farr
- Duración: 21 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 361
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 307
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 308
Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung along for many years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Murdoch Amazes
- De Sara en 08-30-17
De: Iris Murdoch, y otros
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I, Claudius
- De: Robert Graves
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 16 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,780
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,775
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,778
Here is one of the best historical novels ever written. Lame, stammering Claudius, once a major embarrassment to the imperial family and now emperor of Rome, writes an eyewitness account of the reign of the first four Caesars: the noble Augustus and his cunning wife, Livia; the reptilian Tiberius; the monstrous Caligula; and finally old Claudius himself. Filled with poisonings, betrayal, and shocking excesses, I Claudius is history that rivals the most exciting contemporary fiction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unsurpassed, addictive brilliance
- De Chris en 06-09-09
De: Robert Graves
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Lincoln in the Bardo
- A Novel
- De: George Saunders
- Narrado por: Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, George Saunders, y otros
- Duración: 7 h y 25 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 10,422
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9,496
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 9,452
February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln’s beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. “My poor boy, he was too good for this earth,” the president says at the time. “God has called him home.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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"Where might God stand?"
- De Mel en 02-17-17
De: George Saunders
Wonderful
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Absolutely delightful read
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Like an Evelyn Waugh comedy till the end.
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So,so. So, so bad.
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