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The third novel in a historical trilogy that began with the International Booker-shortlisted The Unseen
The journey had taken on its own momentum, it had become an autonomous, independent entity, she was searching for love, and was still happily unaware that truth is the first casualty of peace.
The long war is over, and Ingrid Barrøy leaves the island that bears her name to search for the father of her child.
Alexander, the Russian captive who survived the sinking of prisoner ship the Rigel and found himself in Ingrid's arms, made an attempt to cross the mountains to Sweden. Ingrid will follow in his footsteps, carrying her babe in arms, the child's dark eyes the only proof that she ever knew him.
Along the way, Ingrid's will encounter collaborators, partisans, refugees, deserters, slaves, and sinners, in a country that still bears the scars of defeat and occupation.
And before her journey's end she will be forced to ask herself how well she knows the man she is risking everything to find.
©2017 Cappelen Damm AS; English translation copyright 2020 by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw (P)2022 TantorLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
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De: Henning Mankell
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Out Stealing Horses
- De: Per Petterson
- Narrado por: Richard Poe
- Duración: 7 h y 9 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 500
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 333
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 338
Multiple award-winning author Per Petterson delivers an eloquent, meditative novel. 67-year-old Trond Sander lives secluded in a far corner of Norway. Casting his mind back to 1948, he recalls a horse-stealing prank with his best friend that turned tragic and changed his life forever.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Quiet and powerful
- De KP en 01-24-10
De: Per Petterson
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All for Nothing
- De: Walter Kempowski, Anthea Bell - translator, Jenny Erpenbeck - introduction
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 11 h y 20 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 56
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 42
In East Prussia, January 1945, the German forces are in retreat, and the Red Army is approaching. The von Globig family's manor house, the Georgenhof, is falling into disrepair. Auntie runs the estate as best she can since Eberhard von Globig, a special officer in the German army, went to war, leaving behind his beautiful but vague wife, Katharina, and her bookish 12-year-old son, Peter. As the road fills with Germans fleeing the occupied territories, the Georgenhof begins to receive strange visitors - a Nazi violinist, a dissident painter, a Baltic baron, even a Jewish refugee.
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5 out of 5 stars
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All for Nothing
- De Lynn en 03-16-19
De: Walter Kempowski, y otros
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A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True
- De: Brigid Pasulka
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 14 h y 19 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 698
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 603
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 593
The novel opens on the eve of World War II. In the mountain village of Half-Village, a young man nicknamed the Pigeon, under the approving eyes of the entire village, courts the beautiful Anielica Hetmanska. But the war's arrival wreaks havoc in all their lives and delays their marriage for six long years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Old & New Worlds Converge & Transcend Time
- De Sara en 11-22-16
De: Brigid Pasulka
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The Magic of Ordinary Days
- A Novel
- De: Ann Howard Creel
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 310
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 275
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 274
Olivia Dunne, a studious minister's daughter who dreams of being an archaeologist, never thought that the drama of World War II would affect her quiet life in Denver. An exhilarating flirtation reshapes her life, though, and she finds herself banished to a rural Colorado outpost, married to a man she hardly knows. Overwhelmed by loneliness, Olivia tentatively tries to establish a new life, finding much-needed friendship and solace in two Japanese American sisters who are living at a nearby internment camp.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I purchased this audio book not 15 minutes ago...
- De Kim en 09-15-16
De: Ann Howard Creel
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The Flight of Gemma Hardy
- A Novel
- De: Margot Livesey
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
- Duración: 14 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 320
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 289
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 285
Fate has not been kind to Gemma Hardy. Orphaned then neglected, young Gemma seemed destined for a life of hardship and loneliness. Yet her bright spirit burns strong. Fiercely intelligent, singularly determined, Gemma overcomes each challenge and setback, growing stronger and more certain of her path. Now an independent young woman, she accepts a position as an au pair on the remote and beautiful Orkney Islands. But Gemma’s biggest trial is about to begin....
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4 out of 5 stars
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f you loved Jane Eyre, you will like this novel.
- De Cecilia en 02-09-12
De: Margot Livesey
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A Change of Climate
- A Novel
- De: Hilary Mantel
- Narrado por: Sandra Duncan
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 93
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 77
Ralph and Anna Eldred are an exemplary couple, devoting themselves to doing good. 30 years ago as missionaries in Africa, the worst that could happen did. Shattered by their encounter with inexplicable evil, they returned to England, never to speak of it again. But when Ralph falls into an affair, Anna finds no forgiveness in her heart, and 30 years of repressed rage and grief explode, destroying not only a marriage but also their love, their faith, and everything they thought they were.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully written
- De Patricia S. en 10-11-15
De: Hilary Mantel
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A Golden Age
- A Novel
- De: Tahmima Anam
- Narrado por: Madhur Jaffrey
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
As young widow Rehana Haque awakes one March morning, she might be forgiven for feeling happy. Today she will throw a party for her son and daughter. In the garden of the house she has built, her roses are blooming, her children are almost grown, and beyond their doorstep, the city is buzzing with excitement after recent elections. Change is in the air.
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5 out of 5 stars
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sad, poignant, thought-provoking, beautiful
- De Rio Delta Wild en 06-04-08
De: Tahmima Anam
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The Story of Lucy Gault
- De: William Trevor
- Narrado por: Katherine Borowitz
- Duración: 8 h y 33 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 72
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 59
The Story of Lucy Gault traces the repercussions of a child’s attempt to remain in her beloved home.Threatened with a move from Ireland to England, 9-year-old Lucy runs away, setting off a series of misunderstandings that will eventually touch each inhabitant of her village.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Style
- De Wendy B Dwyer en 02-01-25
De: William Trevor
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One of Ours
- De: Willa Cather
- Narrado por: Kristen Underwood
- Duración: 13 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 130
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 96
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 95
Claude Wheeler resembles the youngest son of an American fairy tale. His fortune is ready-made for him, but he refuses to settle for it. Alienated from his crass father and pious mother, all but rejected by a wife who reserves her ardor for missionary work, and dissatisfied with farming, Claude is an idealist without an ideal to cling to. It is only when his country enters the First World War that Claude finds what he has been searching for all his life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Cather's writing is impeccable
- De Kelly en 12-20-19
De: Willa Cather
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The Seamstress
- De: Sara Tuvel Bernstein, Louise Loots Thornton, Marlene Bernstein Samuels
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 12 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,827
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,660
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,649
Told with the same old-fashioned narrative power as the novels of Herman Wouk, The Seamstress is the true story of Seren (Sara) Tuvel Bernstein and her survival during wartime. This powerful eyewitness account of survival, told with power and grace, will stay with listeners for years to come.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Overcome with Emotion
- De Meryl en 05-16-13
De: Sara Tuvel Bernstein, y otros
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Roman's Journey
- An Extraordinary Odyssey of Holocaust Survival
- De: Roman Halter
- Narrado por: Robin Sachs
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Roman Halter was a spirited, optimistic schoolboy in 1939 when he and his family gathered behind the curtains to watch the Volksdeutsche (German Polish) neighbors of their small town in western Poland greet the arrival of Hitler's armies with kisses and swastika flags. Within days, the family home had been seized, 12-year-old Roman had become a slave of the local SS chief, and, returning from an errand, he silently witnessed his Jewish classmates being bayoneted to death by soldiers at the edge of town. So began his remarkable six-year journey through some of the darkest caverns of Nazi Europe....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Could not finish!!!!
- De Natalie Rohde en 02-23-16
De: Roman Halter
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Elmet
- De: Fiona Mozley
- Narrado por: Gareth Bennett Ryan
- Duración: 7 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 539
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 501
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 500
In this atmospheric and profoundly moving debut, Cathy and Daniel live with their father, John, in the remote woods of Yorkshire, in a house the three of them built themselves. John is a gentle brute of a man, a former enforcer who fights for money when he has to, but who otherwise just wants to be left alone to raise his children. When a local landowner shows up on their doorstep, their precarious existence is threatened, and a series of actions is set in motion that can only end in violence.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Strains credibility
- De DM en 01-06-18
De: Fiona Mozley
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The Walking People
- De: Mary Beth Keane
- Narrado por: Sile Bermingham
- Duración: 16 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 52
Greta Cahill never believed she would leave her village in the west of Ireland until she found herself on a ship bound for New York, along with her sister Johanna and a boy named Michael Ward. Labeled a "softheaded goose" by her family, Greta discovers that in America she can fall in love, raise her own family, and earn a living.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Irish immigratn story
- De Chrissie en 09-10-13
De: Mary Beth Keane
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The Women in the Castle
- De: Jessica Shattuck
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 12 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 4,106
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,700
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 3,694
Set at the end of World War II, in a crumbling Bavarian castle that once played host to all of German high society, a powerful and propulsive story of three widows whose lives and fates become intertwined - an affecting, shocking, and ultimately redemptive novel from the author of the New York Times notable book The Hazards of Good Breeding.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Skating On The Thin Ice Of Life
- De Sara en 04-29-17
De: Jessica Shattuck
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Doctor Zhivago
- De: Boris Pasternak, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator, Richard Pevear - translator
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 23 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 759
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 650
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 646
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of its original publication, here is a new translation of the classic story of the life and loves of a poet/physician during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. Taking his family from Moscow to what he hopes will be shelter in the Ural Mountains, Zhivago finds himself instead embroiled in the battle between the Whites and the Reds. Set against this backdrop of cruelty and strife is Zhivago’s love for the tender and beautiful Lara.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Russian Philosophical Feast
- De Syd Young en 02-16-13
De: Boris Pasternak, y otros
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The Orchardist
- De: Amanda Coplin
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 14 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,704
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,489
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,484
At the turn of the 20th century, in a rural stretch of the Pacific Northwest, a reclusive orchardist, William Talmadge, tends to apples and apricots as if they were loved ones. A gentle man, he's found solace in the sweetness of the fruit he grows and the quiet, beating heart of the land he cultivates. One day, two teenage girls appear and steal his fruit from the market; they later return to the outskirts of his orchard to see the man who gave them no chase. Feral, scared, and very pregnant, the girls take up on Talmadge's land and indulge in his deep reservoir of compassion.
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2 out of 5 stars
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"Somebody tell a joke!"
- De Deborah en 10-29-12
De: Amanda Coplin
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The Lightkeeper's Daughters
- A Novel
- De: Jean E. Pendziwol
- Narrado por: Dara Rosenberg, Dawn Harvey, Tom Parks
- Duración: 9 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 164
Though her mind is still sharp, Elizabeth's eyes have failed. No longer able to linger over her beloved books or gaze at the paintings that move her spirit, she fills the void with music and memories of her family, especially her beloved twin sister, Emily. When her late father's journals are discovered after an accident, the past suddenly becomes all too present. With the help of Morgan, a delinquent teenager performing community service at her senior home, Elizabeth goes through the diaries.
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5 out of 5 stars
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very good
- De Jason Burger en 09-17-17