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Yan Lianke has secured his place as contemporary China’s most essential and daring novelist, “with his superlative gifts for storytelling and penetrating eye for truth” (New York Times Book Review). His novel, The Day the Sun Died - winner of the Dream of the Red Chamber Award, one of the most prestigious honors for Chinese-language novels - is a haunting story of a town caught in a waking nightmare.
In a little village nestled in the Balou mountains, fourteen-year-old Li Niannian and his parents run a funeral parlor. One evening, he notices a strange occurrence. Instead of preparing for bed, more and more neighbors appear in the streets and fields, carrying on with their daily business as if the sun hadn’t already set. Li Niannian watches, mystified. As hundreds of residents are found dreamwalking, they act out the desires they’ve suppressed during waking hours. Before long, the community devolves into chaos, and it’s up to Li Niannian and his parents to save the town before sunrise.
Set over the course of one increasingly bizarre night, The Day the Sun Died is a propulsive, darkly sinister tale from a world-class writer.
©2019 by Yan Lianke. English translation © 2018 by Carlos Rojas. (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
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Drags On
- De T. Conrad en 10-25-17
De: Orhan Pamuk
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In Manchuria
- A Village Called Wasteland and the Transformation of Rural China
- De: Michael Meyer
- Narrado por: George Backman
- Duración: 13 h y 20 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 56
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 45
For three years Meyer rented a home in the rice-farming community of Wasteland, hometown of his wife's family, and their personal saga mirrors the tremendous change most of rural China is undergoing in the form of a privately held rice company that has built new roads, introduced organic farming, and constructed high-rise apartments into which farmers can move in exchange for their land rights.
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1 out of 5 stars
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If you liked the Wonder Years...?
- De Judas Mallory en 05-19-15
De: Michael Meyer
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Pearl Buck in China
- Journey to The Good Earth
- De: Hilary Spurling
- Narrado por: Hilary Spurling
- Duración: 9 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 53
The author of the much honored two-volume biography of Henri Matisse unearths the life and work of the Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize winner Pearl Buck, whose novels in the 1930's and 40's were the first written for a Western audience to describe ordinary life in the still secret China of the late 19th and early 20th century.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very good
- De M. Brandman en 06-15-10
De: Hilary Spurling
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House of Stone
- A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East
- De: Anthony Shadid
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
- Duración: 12 h y 21 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 78
When Anthony Shadid—one of four New York Times reporters captured in Libya as the region erupted—was freed, he went home, not to Boston, Beirut, or Oklahoma, where he was raised by his Lebanese American family, but to an ancient estate built by his great-grandfather, a place filled with memories of a lost era when the Middle East was a world of grace, grandeur, and unexpected departures.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Bit depressing
- De Astrid Dahl en 03-17-12
De: Anthony Shadid
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Life and Death in the Andes
- On the Trail of Bandits, Heroes, and Revolutionaries
- De: Kim MacQuarrie
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 16 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 64
The Andes Mountains are the world's longest mountain chain, linking most of the countries in South America. Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and author Kim MacQuarrie takes us on a historical journey through this unique region, bringing fresh insight and contemporary connections to such fabled characters as Charles Darwin, Pablo Escobar, Che Guevara, and many others.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Great by Kim MacQuarrie
- De Than en 03-25-24
De: Kim MacQuarrie
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Prairie Fires
- The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
- De: Caroline Fraser
- Narrado por: Christina Moore
- Duración: 21 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,218
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,092
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,090
Millions of fans of Little House on the Prairie believe they know Laura Ingalls - the pioneer girl who survived blizzards and near-starvation on the Great Plains, and the woman who wrote the famous autobiographical books. But the true story of her life has never been fully told. Now, drawing on unpublished manuscripts, letters, diaries, and land and financial records, Caroline Fraser masterfully fills in the gaps in Wilder's biography.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Don’t read if you don’t want your fond memories...
- De NMwritergal en 11-24-17
De: Caroline Fraser
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China in Ten Words
- De: Yu Hua, Allan H. Barr - translator
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 290
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 254
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 254
From one of China’s most acclaimed writers, his first work of nonfiction to appear in English: a unique, intimate look at the Chinese experience over the last several decades, told through personal stories and astute analysis that sharply illuminate the country’s meteoric economic and social transformation. Characterized by Yu Hua’s trademark wit, insight, and courage, China in Ten Words is a refreshingly candid vision of the “Chinese miracle” and all its consequences, from the singularly invaluable perspective of a writer living in China today.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Best Popular Book on China
- De taylor storey en 09-21-14
De: Yu Hua, y otros
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The Hundred-Year Walk
- An Armenian Odyssey
- De: Dawn Anahid MacKeen
- Narrado por: Neil Shah, Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 101
In the heart of the Ottoman Empire as World War I rages, Stepan Miskjian's world becomes undone. He is separated from his family as they are swept up in the government's mass deportation of Armenians into internment camps. Gradually realizing the unthinkable - that they are all being driven to their deaths - he fights, through starvation and thirst, not to lose hope.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Everything a memoir should be. You will enjoy it!
- De Jakk en 02-19-18
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Where I Was From
- De: Joan Didion
- Narrado por: Gabrielle De Cuir
- Duración: 6 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 144
In her moving and insightful new book, Joan Didion reassesses parts of her life, her work, her history and ours. A native Californian, Didion applies her scalpel-like intelligence to the state’s ethic of ruthless self-sufficiency in order to examine that ethic’s often tenuous relationship to reality. Combining history and reportage, memoir and literary criticism, Where I Was From explores California’s romances with land and water; its unacknowledged debts to railroads, aerospace, and big government; the disjunction between its code of individualism and its fetish for prisons.
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4 out of 5 stars
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California belongs to Joan Didion.
- De Darwin8u en 11-04-15
De: Joan Didion
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The Trigger
- Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War
- De: Tim Butcher
- Narrado por: Gerard Doyle
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 51
The Trigger tells the story of a young man who changed the world forever. It focuses on the drama of the incident itself by following Princip's journey. By retracing his steps from the feudal frontier village of his birth, through the mountains of the northern Balkans to the great plain city of Belgrade, and ultimately to Sarajevo, Tim Butcher illuminates our understanding of Princip and makes discoveries about him that have eluded historians for 100 years.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good, but not what I was looking for
- De Kendra en 07-08-14
De: Tim Butcher
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Remember Us
- My Journey from the Shtetl Through the Holocaust
- De: Vic Shayne, Martin Small
- Narrado por: Peter Altschuler
- Duración: 10 h y 30 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 369
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 335
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 333
Remember Us is a look back at the lost world of the shtetl: a wise Zayde offering prophetic and profound words to his grandson, the rich experience of Shabbos, and the treasure of a loving family. All this is torn apart with the arrival of the Holocaust, beginning a crucible fraught with twists and turns so unpredictable and surprising that they defy any attempt to find reason within them. Through the eyes of 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Martin Small, we learn that these priceless memories that are too painful to remember are also too painful to forget.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Tragic and Rich Life, With Lessons For All
- De still reading en 03-17-16
De: Vic Shayne, y otros
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In an Antique Land
- History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale
- De: Amitav Ghosh
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 9 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 69
Once upon a time an Indian writer name Amitav Ghosh set out to find an Indian slave, name unknown, who some 700 years before had traveled to the Middle East. The journey took him to a small village in Egypt, where medieval customs coexist with 20th-century desires and discontents. But even as Ghosh sought to re-create the life of his Indian predecessor, he found himself immersed in those of his modern Egyptian neighbors.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Mixed Worlds
- De Roger en 10-26-10
De: Amitav Ghosh
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Sovietistan
- Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
- De: Erika Fatland
- Narrado por: Jill Rolls
- Duración: 14 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 63
Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan became free of the Soviet Union in 1991. But though they are new to modern statehood, this is a region rich in ancient history, culture, and landscapes unlike anywhere else in the world. Traveling alone, Erika Fatland is a true adventurer in every sense. In Sovietistan, she takes the listener on a compassionate and insightful journey to explore how their Soviet heritage has influenced these countries, with governments experimenting with both democracy and dictatorships.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding book
- De George MP en 04-24-22
De: Erika Fatland
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Seedfolks
- De: Paul Fleischman
- Narrado por: full cast
- Duración: 1 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,006
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 851
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 855
Thirteen lives. One garden. Set in Cleveland, Newbery-Award-winning author Paul Fleischman's poignant book is a large lesson in connectedness and community for all. When a derelict vacant lot is gradually transformed into a community garden in inner city Cleveland, the people of this community find their differences are less apparent and their isolation dissolved. Performed by thirteen multicuturally and age-authentic voices, this audiobook is designed for listeners of all ages.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent to listen
- De Rina en 10-12-09
De: Paul Fleischman
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The Devil in the White City
- Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- De: Erik Larson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 14 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 30,763
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25,409
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 25,398
Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his “World’s Fair Hotel” just west of the fairgrounds.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Rich Read!
- De D en 09-18-03
De: Erik Larson
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Black Dog of Fate
- A Memoir
- De: Peter Balakian
- Narrado por: Peter Balakian
- Duración: 14 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 66
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 65
The first-born son of his generation, Peter Balakian grew up in a close, extended family, sheltered by 1950s and '60s New Jersey suburbia. He was immersed in an all-American boyhood defined by rock 'n' roll, adolescent pranks, and a passion for the New York Yankees that he shared with his beloved grandmother. But beneath this sunny world lay the dark specter of the trauma his family and ancestors had experienced: the Turkish government's extermination of more than a million Armenians.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book!
- De Lm en 06-27-13
De: Peter Balakian
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The Great Wall of China and the Salton Sea
- Monuments, Missteps, and the Audacity of Ambition
- De: Russell Rathbun
- Narrado por: Larry Herron
- Duración: 5 h y 48 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 23
We've been building and making things ever since we stumbled out of paradise. Some of those things are incredible continuations of God's creation, while others are nothing but ambitious catastrophes. We continue making, says Russell Rathbun, but we've lost ourselves in the process.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent narrator
- De Tammy en 03-17-18
De: Russell Rathbun