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Publisher's Summary
Combining glittering wit, an atmosphere dense in social paranoia, and a breathtaking elegance and precision of language, White's first novel suggests a hilarious apotheosis of the comedy of manners. For, on the privileged island community where Forgetting Elena takes place, manners are everything. Or so it seems to White's excruciatingly self-conscious young narrator who desperately wants to be accepted in this world where everything from one's bathroom habits to the composition of "spontaneous" poetry is subject to rigid conventions.
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- Matthew
- 03-30-16
Narrator not for me
I am a big fan of Edmund White's non-fiction, and I was excited to dive into this novel. However, the narrator's style put me off, and I found it very difficult to get through this one.
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- escoocoo
- 10-19-20
Phantasmagoric! Absurdly delightful.
I enjoyed this book by Edmund White. It is written in a very dreamlike manner(phantasmagoric) and appears to be about a young man who literally simply does not know who he is or who these people are who seem to know him.
It is definitely some type of identity breakdown regarding his sexuality as he seems to be possibly in love with a woman while drifting off into the world of a group of homosexuals ending, ultimately, in a jolting disaster.
At any rate, He is Clearly suffering some type of deep troublesome psychological breakdown, strong enough to knock him off his moorings.
I loved all the strange images and characters along the way, as well as the on going inner complexities and confusions of the main character. We are never given the man’s name as he doesn’t even know that, much as he silently struggles to find out.
I did get a little lost in the poetry towards the end, and feel I must listen to it again, and try to pay more attention to these more baffling parts. I thought Ken Kliban did a great job and was the perfect narrator for the telling of such a strange tale.
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- Ben
- 12-18-17
Unbearable narration
Can't judge the writing as the narration was insufferable. I was worried when I saw his name as he ruined another book I tried to listen to. Never again. Such a shame.
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Story4 out of 5 stars 65
From Vladimir Nabokov, the writer who shocked and delighted the world with his novels Lolita, Pale Fire, and Ada, or Ardor, comes a magnificent collection of stories. Written between the 1920s and the 1950s, these 68 tales — 14 of which have been translated into English for the first time - display all the shades of Nabokov’s imagination.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Kaleidoscope of Nabokov Bábochkas
- By Darwin8u on 01-11-15
By: Vladimir Nabokov
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Waking the Moon
- By: Elizabeth Hand
- Narrated by: Carol Monda
- Length: 21 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4 out of 5 stars 49
Sweeney Cassidy is the typical college freshman at the University of the Archangels and St. John the Divine in Washington, DC. She drinks. She parties. And she certainly doesn't suspect that underneath its picturesque Gothic facade, the university is a haven for the Benandanti, a cult devoted to suppressing the powerful and destructive Moon Goddess. But everything is about to change as Sweeney learns that her two new best friends are the goddess' Chosen Ones.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love it!
- By Kiki Bean on 04-28-19
By: Elizabeth Hand
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The Disappearances
- By: Emily Bain Murphy
- Narrated by: Devon Sorvari
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 64
Aila Quinn's mother, Juliet, has always been a mystery. Vibrant yet guarded, she keeps her secrets beyond Aila's reach. When Juliet dies, Aila and her younger brother, Miles, are sent to live in Sterling, a rural town with mysteries of its own. In Sterling, the experiences that weave life together - scents of flowers and food, reflections from mirrors and lakes, even the ability to dream - vanish every seven years. No one knows what causes these Disappearances or what will slip away next.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Always
- By Lisa Gay on 09-09-17
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Ancient Light
- By: John Banville
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 111
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Story4 out of 5 stars 94
Is there any difference between memory and invention? That is the question that fuels this stunning novel, written with the depth of character, the clarifying lyricism, and the heart-wrenching humor that have marked all of John Banville's extraordinary works. And it is the question that haunts Alexander Cleave as he plumbs the memories of his first - and perhaps only - love (he, just 15, the woman more than twice his age, the mother of his best friend; the situation impossible, thrilling, devouring, and finally devastating).
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gorgeous!
- By victoria on 03-27-13
By: John Banville
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The Wildling Sisters
- By: Eve Chase
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Emilia Fox
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 158
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 141
When 15-year-old Margot and her three sisters arrive at Applecote Manor in June 1959, they expect a quiet English country summer. Instead they find their aunt and uncle still reeling from the disappearance of their daughter, Audrey, five years before. As the sisters become divided by new tensions when two handsome neighbors drop by, Margot finds herself drawn into the life Audrey left behind. When the summer takes a deadly turn, the girls must unite behind an unthinkable choice or find themselves torn apart forever.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Ehh...
- By RueRue on 12-15-18
By: Eve Chase
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Four Hundred and Forty Steps to the Sea
- By: Sara Alexander
- Narrated by: Sara Alexander
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,812
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,595
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,568
Nestled into the cliffs in southern Italy's Amalfi coast, Positano is an artist's vision, with rows of brightly hued houses perched above the sea and picturesque staircases meandering up and down the hillside. Santina, still a striking woman despite old age and the illness that saps her last strength, is spending her final days at her home, Villa San Vito. The magnificent 18th-century palazzo is very different from the tiny house in which she grew up. And as she decides its fate, she must confront the choices that led her here so long ago.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I’m shook!
- By paintgal on 03-18-21
By: Sara Alexander
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The Splendor of Silence
- By: Indu Sundaresan
- Narrated by: Sneha Mathan
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 185
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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Story4 out of 5 stars 148
In 1942, Sam Hawthorne, a young U.S. Army captain, arrives in a tiny, princely state in western India. He carries combat wounds and several secrets, one of which is the real reason behind his visit: to find his brother Mike, an idealistic American soldier who disappeared after joining the local struggle for independence from the British.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A Nice Enough Romance ( and I HATE Romances)
- By Ellenaeddy on 06-15-14
By: Indu Sundaresan
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The Runaway Duchess
- By: Joanna Lowell
- Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 123
Pretty and pampered, Lavinia Yardley always dreamed of becoming a duchess. But family disgrace forces her into marriage with the most vile duke in England, and she finds herself desperate for a way out. When a rustic stranger mistakes her for globe-trotting botanist Muriel Pendrake at a train station, Lavinia has a split second to decide whether to submit to her fate or steal someone else's.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another triumph 🤩
- By Anonymous User on 07-12-22
By: Joanna Lowell
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Witches of East End
- By: Melissa de la Cruz
- Narrated by: Katie Schorr
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 841
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 731
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Story4 out of 5 stars 732
The three Beauchamp women—Joanna and her daughters Freya and Ingrid—live in North Hampton, out on the tip of Long Island. Their beautiful, mist-shrouded town seems almost stuck in time, and all three women lead seemingly quiet, uneventful existences. But they are harboring a mighty secret—they are powerful witches banned from using their magic. Joanna can resurrect people from the dead and heal the most serious of injuries....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Actually a nice, light listen
- By Theodore on 03-15-12
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Tea with the Black Dragon
- Black Dragon, Book 1
- By: R. A. MacAvoy
- Narrated by: Megan Hayes
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 144
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 128
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 129
Martha Macnamara knows that her daughter, Elizabeth, is in trouble; she just doesn't know what kind. Mysterious phone calls from San Francisco at odd hours of the night are the only contact she has had with Elizabeth for years. Now, Elizabeth has sent her a plane ticket and reserved a room for her at San Francisco's most luxurious hotel. Yet she has not tried to contact Martha since she arrived, leaving her lonely, confused, and a little bit worried. Into the story steps Mayland Long, a distinguished-looking and wealthy Chinese man who lives at the hotel and is drawn to Martha's good nature and ability to pinpoint the truth of a matter.
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4 out of 5 stars
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My favorite dragon book
- By Ellenaeddy on 08-08-15
By: R. A. MacAvoy
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Stations of the Tide
- By: Michael Swanwick
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 88
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Story4 out of 5 stars 90
The Jubilee Tides will drown the continents of the planet Miranda beneath the weight of her own oceans. But as the once-in-two-centuries cataclysm approaches, an even greater catastrophe threatens this dark and dangerous planet of tale-spinners, conjurers, and shapechangers. From author Michael Swanwick—one of the most brilliantly assured and darkly inventive writers of contemporary fiction—comes a masterwork of radically altered realities and world-shattering seductions.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Hard to categorize, hard to put down
- By Robert L. on 03-25-12
By: Michael Swanwick
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The Cerulean
- By: Amy Ewing
- Narrated by: Kim Mai Guest
- Length: 15 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4 out of 5 stars 57
Sera Lighthaven has always felt as if she didn’t quite belong among her people, the Cerulean, who live in the city above the sky. She is curious about everything - especially the planet her city is magically tethered to - and can’t stop questioning things. Sera has always longed for the day when the tether will finally break and the Cerulean can move to a new planet. But when Sera is chosen as the sacrifice to break the tether, she feels betrayed by everything in which she’d been taught to trust. In order to save her city, Sera must end her own life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It was ok
- By Kim on 12-16-20
By: Amy Ewing
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The Complete Annika Brisby Series
- By: Emigh Cannaday
- Narrated by: Nick Cracknell
- Length: 66 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 3
Annika is a fiery flame-haired rocker chick from Portland. All she wants is to find success with her band. Talvi's an arrogant fae bad boy with an ego as big as his bow. When the snarky, sassy guitarist steps through a portal into the faerie realm, he vows to help her get back home by whatever means necessary.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great fantasy world and narrators, but terrible relationships
- By Amazon Customer on 03-27-23
By: Emigh Cannaday
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The Iron Dragon's Daughter
- By: Michael Swanwick
- Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
- Length: 14 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 70
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Story4 out of 5 stars 70
Named a New York Times notable book of 1994, The Iron Dragon's Daughter tells the heartrending story of a changeling child who is kidnapped to a realm of malls and machines and enslaved in a vast, infernal factory. Ultimately, she escapes and attempts to educate herself about this alien world, while being tormented by visions of the life she was denied.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Inconsistent story and makes for a poor experience
- By Martin Smith on 07-10-15
By: Michael Swanwick
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Covet
- A Novel of the Fallen Angels, Book 1
- By: J. R. Ward
- Narrated by: Eric G. Dove
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,268
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,519
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,515
Redemption isn't a word Jim Heron knows much about - his specialty is revenge, and to him, sin is all relative. But everything changes when he becomes a fallen angel and is charged with saving the souls of seven people from the seven deadly sins. Vin diPietro long ago sold his soul to his business, and he's good with that - until fate intervenes in the form of a tough-talking Harley-riding, self-professed savior.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining listen
- By M. M. Robinson on 12-26-09
By: J. R. Ward
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The Hidden Heart
- Victorian Hearts, Book 1
- By: Laura Kinsale
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 354
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 330
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 330
When her naturalist father dies on the upper reaches of the Amazon, Lady Tess Collier sets out to fulfill his last wish: return to England and marry. Desperate and broke, privateer Gryphon Meridon takes on an assignment he'd much rather refuse - shepherding a beautiful, eccentric young lady through London's ballrooms.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Flawed Characters Making a Glorious Mess!
- By Amazon Customer on 09-29-15
By: Laura Kinsale