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The Slap
- A Novel
- De: Christos Tsiolkas
- Narrado por: Alex Dimitriades
- Duración: 15 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 352
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 287
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 291
At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the incident. In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas turns his unflinching and all-seeing eye onto that which connects us all: the modern family and domestic life in the 21st century.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Didn't do it for me
- De Rowan Mangan en 09-18-11
- The Slap
- A Novel
- De: Christos Tsiolkas
- Narrado por: Alex Dimitriades
An Uncomfortable Masterpiece
Revisado: 12-10-12
If you are looking for a book offering up characters easily loved, quickly understood, and easily forgotten this book is not for you.
If you are looking for a story line that is gentle, offers hours of easy escapism, and a tidy ending this isn't for you either.
This book will make you uncomfortable, uneasy and often unable to dredge up any positive feelings towards the characters. You wil be emerged by the author in a story that won't resolve. But the author will take you on a ride. He will knock you around with this book.
It's a masterpiece.
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
- De: Kim Edwards
- Narrado por: Lorelei King
- Duración: 13 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Historia3 out of 5 stars 13
It should have been an ordinary birth, the start of an ordinary happy family. But the night Dr David Henry delivers his wife's twins is a night that will haunt five lives for ever.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Slow to unfold, but beautifully told
- De Genevieve en 12-07-11
- The Memory Keeper's Daughter
- De: Kim Edwards
- Narrado por: Lorelei King
Slow to unfold, but beautifully told
Revisado: 12-07-11
This beautiful book delves into the lives of five characters and how one experience shaped their futures. At times you will be equally engaged and disengaged by each of the characters and this is what gives the book one of it's greatest qualities - the ability to see the characters as real human beings and understand and empathise with their response.
It briefly touches on some of the issues of the times, but does not seek to fully explore these themes, rather focusing on the individual traits, strengths and struggles of the characters.
I would recommend this book to anyone seeking a character driven storyline who doesn't require a perfectly packaged ending.
Slow to unfold at times, but worth the wait.
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