L. Rauch
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The Last White Man
- A Novel
- De: Mohsin Hamid
- Narrado por: Mohsin Hamid
- Duración: 3 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 342
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 298
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 298
One morning, a man wakes up to find himself transformed. Overnight, Anders’s skin has turned dark, and the reflection in the mirror seems a stranger to him. At first he shares his secret only with Oona, an old friend turned new lover. Soon, reports of similar events begin to surface. Across the land, people are awakening in new incarnations, uncertain how their neighbors, friends, and family will greet them. As the bond between Anders and Oona deepens, change takes on a different shading: a chance at a kind of rebirth—an opportunity to see ourselves, face to face, anew.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Flat
- De L. Rauch en 08-07-22
- The Last White Man
- A Novel
- De: Mohsin Hamid
- Narrado por: Mohsin Hamid
Flat
Revisado: 08-07-22
i found the audio performance of this book difficult to listen to. It was read in a flat monotone with what seemed like interminable run-on sentences. I developed no empathy or emotional rapport with the characters, registered no burst of insight or wisdom... in short was disappointed after being promised this was one of the best books of the year. The story itself held some promise. As I waited for an interesting turn of events to happen, eventually I realized there would be none.
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Washington Black
- A Novel
- De: Esi Edugyan
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
- Duración: 12 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,837
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,537
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,519
Eleven-year-old George Washington Black—or Wash—a field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is initially terrified when he is chosen as the manservant of his master’s brother. To his surprise, however, the eccentric Christopher Wilde turns out to be a naturalist, explorer, inventor, and abolitionist. Soon Wash is initiated into a world where a flying machine can carry a man across the sky, where even a boy born in chains may embrace a life of dignity and meaning, and where two people, separated by an impossible divide, can begin to see each other as human.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Now what do I do?
- De Mary L. Doyle en 10-04-18
- Washington Black
- A Novel
- De: Esi Edugyan
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
struggled to finish
Revisado: 03-11-21
The story intruiged me but failed to capture my full interest or imagination. I found the narration pretentious, overplayed, even somewhat annoying. The events are described as almost dream-like sequences along a timeline in which an enslaved child grows up to be a brilliant yet psychologically wounded free man. It is a story full of struggle, containing a cast of eccentric characters, all flawed, with power plays at every turn. Science, beauty and many philosophical musings pepper this storyline. There is so much going on at once, but the author, in my opinion, did not achieve the cohesive balance that would have made the book flow, it just did not all come together satifactorily.
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