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The Buried Giant
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"You've long set your heart against it, Axl, I know. But it's time now to think on it anew. There's a journey we must go on, and no more delay..."
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As destiny weaves its rich tapestry, a compelling drama plays out against a background of wild forests, elegant castles, hidden temples, and savage battlefields. This is the medieval Japan of Lian Hearn's imagination, where animal spirits clash with warriors and children navigate a landscape as serene as it is deadly.
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Fun story. Bland story telling
- De Jonathan Price en 08-09-17
De: Lian Hearn
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Shadowmarch
- Shadowmarch, Volume I
- De: Tad Williams
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 29 h y 19 m
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For generations the misty Shadowline has marked the boundary between the lands of men and the lost northern lands that are the lair of their inhuman enemies, the ageless Qar. But now that boundary line is moving outward, threatening to engulf the northernmost land in which humans still live - the kingdom of Southmarch.
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It's the characters that matter...
- De JC en 11-09-10
De: Tad Williams
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The Skystone
- Camulod Chronicles, Book 1
- De: Jack Whyte
- Narrado por: Kevin Pariseau
- Duración: 21 h y 3 m
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Everyone knows the story-how Arthur pulled the sword from the stone, how Camelot came to be, and about the power struggles that ultimately destroyed Arthur's dreams. But what of the time before Arthur and the forces that created him?
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Fascinating new series
- De Jim R. Whitt Jr. en 08-27-13
De: Jack Whyte
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The Shore of Women
- De: Pamela Sargent
- Narrado por: Stephen Largay, Sarah Ellis
- Duración: 21 h y 32 m
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Women rule the world in this suspenseful love story set in a post-nuclear future. Having expelled men from their vast walled cities to a lower-class wilderness, the women in this futuristic universe dictate policy and chart the future through control of scientific and technological advances. Among their laws are the rules for reproductive engagement, an act now viewed as a means of procreation rather than an act of love.
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Gripping narration in Audible format
- De Fergus en 05-07-13
De: Pamela Sargent
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The Legend of Huma
- Dragonlance: Heroes, Book 1
- De: Richard A. Knaak
- Narrado por: Richard Topol
- Duración: 12 h y 14 m
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Only fragments of the account of Huma survived the Cataclysm that broke the world of Krynn. The fullness of his tale has never been told – until now. One man took up the call to defend the world against the Queen of Darkness. He was the first Hero of the Lance, driven by his devotion to the Oath and the Measure and his love for a silver dragon. His life made him a hero. Here is the tale that made him a legend….
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poor performance, good story
- De Tim & Michelle en 10-25-16
De: Richard A. Knaak
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The Serpent Sword
- The Bernicia Chronicles, Book 1
- De: Matthew Harffy
- Narrado por: Barnaby Edwards
- Duración: 12 h y 9 m
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Beobrand is compelled by his brother's almost-certain murder to embark on a quest for revenge in the war-ravaged kingdoms of Northumbria. The land is rife with danger, as warlords vie for supremacy and dominion. In the battles for control of the region, new oaths are made and broken, and loyalties are tested to the limits. With no patronage and no experience, Beobrand must form his own allegiances and learn to fight with sword and shield. Relentless in pursuit of his enemies, he faces challenges which transform him from a boy to a man.
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Amazing story, needs a warning in the description.
- De Lisa Schilling en 04-12-17
De: Matthew Harffy
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Magdalen Rising
- The Beginning
- De: Elizabeth Cunningham
- Narrado por: Heather O'Neill
- Duración: 16 h y 52 m
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Young Magdalen and Jesus, brimming with youthful charm and arrogance, find each other and fall in love, forging a bond that is stronger than death. Their pleasure is overshadowed by a brilliant but unbalanced druid who knows a perilous secret about Maeve's past. The prequel to The Passion of Mary Magdalen.
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The Story as Maeve meant you to hear it!
- De Elizabeth Cunningham en 07-27-15
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The Silmarillion
- De: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrado por: Martin Shaw
- Duración: 14 h y 49 m
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The complete unabridged audiobook of J.R.R Tolkien's The Silmarillion. The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part.
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Finally!
- De Brian en 11-22-18
De: J. R. R. Tolkien
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A Morbid Taste for Bones
- De: Ellis Peters
- Narrado por: Patrick Tull
- Duración: 8 h y 44 m
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Cadfael's return to his Welsh homeland for a visit proves a rather discomfiting homecoming when an honorable nobleman turns up in a patch of forest with an arrow embedded in his chest. There are questions about the arrow, the man's daughter needs Cadfael's help, and a very odd burial takes place.
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Very pleasant if not much of a mystery.
- De Zenjen en 04-15-10
De: Ellis Peters
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Son of Avonar
- Bridge of D'Arnath, Book 1
- De: Carol Berg
- Narrado por: Angele Masters
- Duración: 19 h y 22 m
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Magic is forbidden throughout the Four Realms. For decades, sorcerers and those associating with them were hunted to near extinction.But Seri, a Leiran noblewoman living in exile, is no stranger to defying the unjust laws of her land. She is sheltering a wanted fugitive who possesses unusual abilities-a fugitive with the fate of the realms in his hands...
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Great Series!
- De Bob-o en 08-30-16
De: Carol Berg
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The Eagle of the Ninth
- De: Rosemary Sutcliff
- Narrado por: Charlie Simpson
- Duración: 4 h y 32 m
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Marcus Flavius Aquila, a young centurion in Roman Britain, is forced into retirement after receiving a wound in his first major engagement against a rebel British tribe. It allows him the freedom to embark upon a dangerous mission to find out what happened to the Ninth Legion, which, years before, disappeared in the savage lands of the Picts. Will he find out what happened to the men, led by his father, who never returned? And will he recover the Eagle, the symbol of Roman dominance and power?
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- De C. Liddiard en 01-12-11
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Only the Stones Survive
- De: Morgan Llywelyn
- Narrado por: Michael Healy
- Duración: 8 h y 51 m
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For centuries the Túatha Dé Danann lived in peace on an island where time flowed more slowly and the seasons were gentle - until that peace was shattered by the arrival of invaders. The Gaels, the Children of Milesios, came looking for easy riches and conquest, following the story of an island to the west where their every desire could be granted. They had not anticipated that it would already be home to others, and against the advice of their druids, they began to exterminate the Túatha Dé Danann.
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- De Heather Cooper en 02-09-17
De: Morgan Llywelyn
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A Pale View of Hills
- De: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrado por: Roe Kendall
- Duración: 5 h y 59 m
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The story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter. In a story where past and present confuse, she relives scenes of Japan's devastation in the wake of World War II.
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Narration vs performance
- De Marisabel en 10-30-17
De: Kazuo Ishiguro
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The Unconsoled
- De: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 19 h y 29 m
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From the author of The Remains of the Day, here is a novel that is at once a gripping psychological mystery, a wicked satire of the cult of art, and a poignant character study of a man whose public life has accelerated beyond his control. The setting is a nameless Central European city where Ryder, a renowned pianist, has come to give the most important performance of his life. Instead, he finds himself diverted on a series of cryptic and infuriating errands that nevertheless provide him with vital clues to his own past.
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Torturous trip to nowhere
- De Deborah en 06-30-18
De: Kazuo Ishiguro
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When We Were Orphans
- De: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 10 h y 50 m
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Christopher Banks, an English boy born in early-20th-century Shanghai, is orphaned at age nine when both his mother and father disappear under suspicious circumstances. He grows up to become a renowned detective, and more than 20 years later, returns to Shanghai to solve the mystery of the disappearances.
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Just short of 5 stars
- De Everett Leiter en 05-26-06
De: Kazuo Ishiguro
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An Artist of the Floating World
- De: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrado por: David Case
- Duración: 6 h y 24 m
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This is the story of an artist as an aging man, struggling through the wreckage of Japan's World War II experience. Ishiguro's first novel.
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An incongruous reader
- De Emeritus en 11-03-17
De: Kazuo Ishiguro
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Nocturnes
- Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
- De: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall, Kirby Heyborne, Lincoln Hoppe, y otros
- Duración: 6 h y 39 m
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An exploration of love, need, and the ineluctable force of the past, Nocturnes reveals these individuals to us with extraordinary precision and subtlety, and with the arresting psychological and emotional detail that has marked all of Kazuo Ishiguro's acclaimed works of fiction.
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Wow!
- De Rebecca Lindroos en 11-29-09
De: Kazuo Ishiguro
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The Remains of the Day
- De: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrado por: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Duración: 9 h y 23 m
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This is Kazuo Ishiguro's profoundly compelling portrait of a butler named Stevens. Stevens, at the end of three decades of service at Darlington Hall, spending a day on a country drive, embarks as well on a journey through the past in an effort to reassure himself that he has served humanity by serving the "great gentleman," Lord Darlington. But lurking in his memory are doubts about the true nature of Lord Darlington's "greatness," and much graver doubts about the nature of his own life.
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Beautiful and ever relevant
- De bbots en 07-04-20
De: Kazuo Ishiguro
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A Pale View of Hills
- De: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrado por: Roe Kendall
- Duración: 5 h y 59 m
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The story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter. In a story where past and present confuse, she relives scenes of Japan's devastation in the wake of World War II.
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Narration vs performance
- De Marisabel en 10-30-17
De: Kazuo Ishiguro
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The Unconsoled
- De: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 19 h y 29 m
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From the author of The Remains of the Day, here is a novel that is at once a gripping psychological mystery, a wicked satire of the cult of art, and a poignant character study of a man whose public life has accelerated beyond his control. The setting is a nameless Central European city where Ryder, a renowned pianist, has come to give the most important performance of his life. Instead, he finds himself diverted on a series of cryptic and infuriating errands that nevertheless provide him with vital clues to his own past.
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Torturous trip to nowhere
- De Deborah en 06-30-18
De: Kazuo Ishiguro
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When We Were Orphans
- De: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 10 h y 50 m
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Christopher Banks, an English boy born in early-20th-century Shanghai, is orphaned at age nine when both his mother and father disappear under suspicious circumstances. He grows up to become a renowned detective, and more than 20 years later, returns to Shanghai to solve the mystery of the disappearances.
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Just short of 5 stars
- De Everett Leiter en 05-26-06
De: Kazuo Ishiguro
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An Artist of the Floating World
- De: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrado por: David Case
- Duración: 6 h y 24 m
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This is the story of an artist as an aging man, struggling through the wreckage of Japan's World War II experience. Ishiguro's first novel.
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An incongruous reader
- De Emeritus en 11-03-17
De: Kazuo Ishiguro
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Nocturnes
- Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
- De: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall, Kirby Heyborne, Lincoln Hoppe, y otros
- Duración: 6 h y 39 m
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An exploration of love, need, and the ineluctable force of the past, Nocturnes reveals these individuals to us with extraordinary precision and subtlety, and with the arresting psychological and emotional detail that has marked all of Kazuo Ishiguro's acclaimed works of fiction.
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Wow!
- De Rebecca Lindroos en 11-29-09
De: Kazuo Ishiguro
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The Remains of the Day
- De: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrado por: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Duración: 9 h y 23 m
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This is Kazuo Ishiguro's profoundly compelling portrait of a butler named Stevens. Stevens, at the end of three decades of service at Darlington Hall, spending a day on a country drive, embarks as well on a journey through the past in an effort to reassure himself that he has served humanity by serving the "great gentleman," Lord Darlington. But lurking in his memory are doubts about the true nature of Lord Darlington's "greatness," and much graver doubts about the nature of his own life.
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Beautiful and ever relevant
- De bbots en 07-04-20
De: Kazuo Ishiguro
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Never Let Me Go
- De: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrado por: Rosalyn Landor
- Duración: 9 h y 40 m
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From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans comes an unforgettable edge-of-your-seat mystery that is at once heartbreakingly tender and morally courageous about what it means to be human.
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Be patient; it will pay off
- De Kc en 05-23-05
De: Kazuo Ishiguro
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An Artist of the Floating World
- De: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrado por: David Case
- Duración: 6 h y 24 m
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1948, Japan. The celebrated painter Masuji Ono fills his days attending to his garden, his house repairs, his two grown daughters and his grandson; his evenings drinking with old associates in quiet lantern-lit bars. His should be a tranquil retirement. But as his memories continually return to the past - to a life and a career deeply touched by the rise of Japanese militarism - a dark shadow begins to grow over his serenity.
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- De Luphiwo en 02-03-24
De: Kazuo Ishiguro
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Klara and the Sun
- A Novel
- De: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrado por: Sura Siu
- Duración: 10 h y 16 m
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Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her. Klara and the Sun is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: What does it mean to love?
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Well Worth Having Waited For!
- De otherdeb en 03-04-21
De: Kazuo Ishiguro
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Time Traveling with a Hamster
- De: Ross Welford
- Narrado por: Bruce Mann
- Duración: 8 h y 32 m
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On his 12th birthday, Al Chaudhury receives a letter from his dead father. It directs him to the bunker of their old house, where Al finds a time machine (an ancient computer and a tin bucket). The letter also outlines a mission: travel back to 1984 and prevent the go-kart accident that will eventually take his father's life. But as Al soon discovers, whizzing back 30 years requires not only imagination and courage, but also lying to your mom, stealing a moped, and setting your school on fire - oh, and keeping your pet hamster safe.
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It was so good it brought tears to my eyes!
- De Deirdre Williamson en 12-05-19
De: Ross Welford
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The Western Wind
- De: Samantha Harvey
- Narrado por: Nyasha Hatendi
- Duración: 10 h y 59 m
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Fifteenth-century Oakham, in Somerset; a tiny village cut off by a big river with no bridge. When a man is swept away by the river in the early hours of Shrove Saturday, an explanation has to be found: accident, suicide or murder? The village priest, John Reve, is privy to many secrets in his role as confessor. But will he be able to unravel what happened to the victim, Thomas Newman, the wealthiest, most capable and industrious man in the village? And what will happen if he can't?
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Beautifully written
- De Pauline C en 12-05-18
De: Samantha Harvey
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Witchmark
- De: C. L. Polk
- Narrado por: Samuel Roukin
- Duración: 8 h y 53 m
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Magic marked Miles Singer for suffering the day he was born, doomed either to be a slave to his family's interest or to be committed to a witches' asylum. He went to war to escape his destiny and came home a different man, but he couldn't leave his past behind. The war between Aeland and Laneer leaves men changed, strangers to their friends and family. Even after faking his own death and reinventing himself as a doctor at a cash-strapped veteran's hospital, Miles can't hide what he truly is.
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hell of a ride
- De Dianthaa en 01-05-20
De: C. L. Polk
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Radiance
- De: Catherynne M. Valente
- Narrado por: Heath Miller
- Duración: 13 h y 41 m
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Severin Unck's father is a famous director of Gothic romances in an alternate 1986 in which talking movies are still a daring innovation due to the patent-hoarding Edison family. Rebelling against her father's films of passion, intrigue, and spirits from beyond, Severin starts making documentaries, traveling through space and investigating the levitator cults of Neptune and the lawless saloons of Mars.
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Unexpected and tons of fun
- De Kate en 11-17-15
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When We Were Orphans
- De: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrado por: Michael Maloney
- Duración: 10 h y 5 m
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England, 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the country's most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one unsolved crime has always haunted him: the mysterious disappearance of his parents, in old Shanghai, when he was a small boy. Moving between London and Shanghai of the interwar years, When We Were Orphans is a remarkable story of memory, intrigue and the need to return.
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Fascinating historical fiction
- De Anna Jane Grantham en 10-23-23
De: Kazuo Ishiguro
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Folklorn
- De: Angela Mi Young Hur
- Narrado por: Catherine Ho
- Duración: 15 h y 15 m
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Elsa Park is a particle physicist at the top of her game, stationed at a neutrino observatory in the Antarctic, confident she's put enough distance between her ambitions and the family ghosts she's run from all her life. But it isn't long before her childhood imaginary friend—an achingly familiar, spectral woman in the snow—comes to claim her at last. Years ago, Elsa's now-catatonic mother had warned her that the women of their line were doomed to repeat the narrative lives of their ancestors from Korean myth and legend. But beyond these ghosts, Elsa also faces a more earthly fate.
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fascinating satisfying magical realism
- De Hannah en 04-21-24
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My Twentieth Century Evening and Other Small Breakthroughs
- The Nobel Lecture
- De: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrado por: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Duración: 47 m
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The Nobel Lecture in Literature, delivered by Kazuo Ishiguro ( The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans) at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 7, 2017. In the eloquent and candid lecture he delivered upon accepting the award, Ishiguro reflects on the way he was shaped by his upbringing, and on the turning points in his career.
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A Japanese Englishman
- De Pamela Totoro en 05-05-18
De: Kazuo Ishiguro
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A Burnable Book
- A Novel
- De: Bruce Holsinger
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 13 h y 59 m
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London, 1385: Surrounded by ruthless courtiers - including his powerful uncle, John of Gaunt, and Gaunt's artful mistress, Katherine Swynford - England's young king, Richard II, is in mortal peril. Songs are heard across London - catchy verses said to originate from an ancient book that prophesies the ends of England's kings - and among the book's predictions is Richard's assassination. Only a few powerful men know that the cryptic lines derive from a "burnable book", a seditious work that threatens the stability of the realm.
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Couldn't Be Better!
- De Patrick M. Dennis en 03-14-14
De: Bruce Holsinger
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The Witness for the Dead
- Book One of the Cemeteries of Amalo Trilogy
- De: Katherine Addison
- Narrado por: Liam Gerrard
- Duración: 8 h y 12 m
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When the young half-goblin emperor Maia sought to learn who had set the bombs that killed his father and half-brothers, he turned to an obscure resident of his father’s Court, a Prelate of Ulis and a Witness for the Dead. Thara Celehar found the truth, though it did him no good to discover it. He lost his place as a retainer of his cousin the former Empress, and made far too many enemies among the many factions vying for power in the new Court. The favor of the Emperor is a dangerous coin.
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Same feel, not as satisfying as Goblin Emperor
- De CalyEk en 07-02-21
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Fiercely sublime
Would you listen to The Buried Giant again? Why?
Definitely. Partly to revisit the characters and get some of the nuance of the story that I'm sure I missed the first go around - mostly for Horovitch.
What did you like best about this story?
It's constant pace. It's doesn't have to hit you in the face. Axl and Beatrice are on a journey, the subtext of the journey is delivered subtly and on the way. It's not flight butressed by essays, but a nice walk; a full and satisfying walk.
What about David Horovitch’s performance did you like?
He's a master. If you want to learn about yourself if you're the kind of person who'd like audiobooks, start with this; If you don't, you won't. It doesn't get better than this. The character changes are effortless and real. I've started to search for books to try not by author, but by clicking on this narrator.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Every ounce of dialog from Axl. Start to finish.
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- Moe
- 03-10-15
Heartfelt and enchanting.
The narrator was on point. The tale met my expectations as an Ishiguro classic. A world of good old fashioned ogres, dragons, pixies and the like. A world filled with chivalry and hostility. Wonderfully setting off the characters. I feel like was the haunting ending. Very much recommended. A world I will be happy to return to many times.
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- Bonny
- 03-28-15
Not particularly successful
This book is often referred to as a fantasy novel, but in my opinion it bears very little resemblance to fantasy. I'd describe it as a philosophical novel with a few fantastic and mythical elements. The concept is good, the questions asked are valuable, but the execution, while often beautifully written, is so labored and dialogue-heavy that it only occasionally gets off the ground.
So much of the book is in dialogue, and there is so much repetition, that although events are happening to the characters, it feels as though nothing is happening. The fantastic elements have little weight and are almost beside the point. The book's truth could have been discovered as well if it had concerned an elderly couple living today, experiencing the memory loss that frequently comes with advanced age.
The author asks good questions: is the love between two people still valid if they can't remember their past? Is peace between peoples desirable or meaningful if it is based on their inability to remember their arguments and their wars? They are excellent questions, but this is a long, labored, roundabout way of exploring them.
The narration is excellent.
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- Joan D. Wray
- 04-18-15
I missed the meaning of the ending.
Amazing story and performance. What happened at the end? Am I just lame? Help me out here, someone. Appreciate it.
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- Christopher Juliano
- 04-04-18
sad but beautiful story.
the ending is rather dark which leaves me appreciative and yet saddened. I loved it, even as it has depressed me. well acted by the narrator.
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- Orca
- 03-30-15
Chaucerian allegory to summon in the Saxon Age
This is an intriguing novel, lyrical and repetitive in the telling. I can understand the comparisons to Tolkein's intentions. Old England and its lore is a deep study and there's fascinating aspects and allegories throughout the book. But as a whole it also suffers from its repetitive style and placing vagueness intentionally at the core of its plot.
A sad, evocative and faulty work, at the same time an endearing and sentimental journey. A road trip that's in some ways reminiscent of the Canterbury Tales.
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- 6ftSophia
- 12-11-19
An average fairy tale
An old style fairy tale, with dark twists.
All a bit average, in writing and narration.
Didn't like the end.
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- Kathryne
- 06-24-20
Good narration, OK story.
Narrator Review: I'm an American, so, any time a guy with a British accent reads something, I think it's top notch. Mr. Horovitch's accent did not disappoint. His cadence and varied voices (without using a falsetto to read the women's parts) made the story easy to follow. The performance and reading itself was unassailable. However, Mr. Horovitch was born in 1945, which means he is probably *just* a bit younger than our very forgetful main characters. Since I struggled with the characters and the plot already (see below), for me, the voice added a layer on top of it like when your grandpa is telling a story with EXTRA. irrelevant background. Again - not his fault, he can only read the words on the paper. But, it just contributed to my overall dissatisfaction.
Spoiler free story review: The problem with writing a story about folks who have lost their memory is that it is very difficult to craft a narrative wherein those people have anything to say. Our main characters are an elderly couple struggling in a nation where everyone is affected by some bizarre memory loss. The plot meanders (since all the characters are suffering from some degree of memory loss), words and phrases are repeated, and much of the book is spent with the characters explaining things to other characters. A lot of the time, these things are things the reader already understands - unless he or she also suffers from magical memory loss.
It makes for a dreary story that feels stilted, unsettled, and, well, unfinished. There is a beginning, a middle, and an end to this story and, for that, I will give it two stars. But, I found myself checking for how much was left of this book quite a bit.
Last point: Does anyone have a count of how many times Axl says "Princess"? I get that we have pet names for our loved ones, but, this felt over the top.
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- Mimijo
- 12-27-17
Enigmatic fable of ancient England
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
David Horovitch's performance is wonderful, really brings the story to life. I am not a fan of fantasy, but was enthralled by immersion in this world of dragons, pixies, knights and strange mists that cause memory loss. I have been bingeing on Ishiguro lately -- loved The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, didn't much like When We Were Orphans. This I would put in the "like" category. It is vividly described and the characters are well-drawn and sympathetic (though, as other readers have noted, Axl's incessant use of "Princess" every time he addresses his wife Beatrice gets very tiresome).
If you’ve listened to books by Kazuo Ishiguro before, how does this one compare?
It is beautifully narrated, as were The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, though by different performers.
What about David Horovitch’s performance did you like?
I liked his different accents for the Britons and the Saxons (Wistan sounds Swedish, as befits the Nordic Saxons). And his different vocal qualities for the various characters, male and female, were well done.
If you could rename The Buried Giant, what would you call it?
The Mist of Forgetting
Any additional comments?
I am pondering the ending. It dropped off a cliff and left me dangling. There is a great and building sense of melancholy as the novel moves into its last phase. At the end I was not sure whether to trust the boatman's promises, his reassurances. Clearly Axl seems to profoundly doubt. I think this is one I will reread in print, to study the clues to its overall meaning that I'm sure Ishiguro has carefully planted.
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- ReaderReader
- 04-25-15
Not what I expected
This reads like an allegory rather than a fantasy. There's a lot of exposition and telling of what the characters are doing. And the man in the book calls his wife "princess" so often that it becomes
annoying and overdone and a little bit off putting. Not my favorite of his books.
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