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Hilarious, heart-breaking, provocative and affecting, Howard Jacobson's irresistible journalism reveals the Man Booker Prize-winning novelist in all his humanity. From the tiniest absurdities to the most universal joys and desolations, Jacobson writes with a thunder, passion and wit unmatched. Just as did his previous volume, Whatever It Is I Don't Like It, this glorious collection will delight, entertain, challenge and move.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Practical, literate, generous
- De Gare en 04-13-08
De: Francine Prose
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The Armies of the Night
- History as a Novel, the Novel as History
- De: Norman Mailer
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 12 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 66
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 58
The Armies of the Night chronicles the famed October 1967 March on the Pentagon, in which all of the old and new Left - hippies, yuppies, Weathermen, Quakers, Christians, feminists, and intellectuals - came together to protest the Vietnam War. Alongside his contemporaries, Mailer went, witnessed, participated, suffered, and then wrote one of the most stark and intelligent appraisals of the 1960s.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The last tool left to history
- De Darwin8u en 02-06-19
De: Norman Mailer
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Humboldt's Gift
- De: Saul Bellow
- Narrado por: Christopher Hurt
- Duración: 18 h y 5 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 236
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 162
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 161
For years, they were the best of friends: the grand, erratic Humboldt and the ambitious young Charlie. But now Humboldt has died a failure, and Charlie's success-ridden life has taken various turns for the worse. Then Humboldt acts from the grave to change Charlie's life: he has left Charlie something in his will.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book, Great Reader
- De Scott en 05-10-08
De: Saul Bellow
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The End of the Affair
- De: Graham Greene
- Narrado por: Colin Firth
- Duración: 6 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 11,469
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 10,420
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 10,372
Graham Greene’s evocative analysis of the love of self, the love of another, and the love of God is an English classic that has been translated for the stage, the screen, and even the opera house. Academy Award-winning actor Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, A Single Man) turns in an authentic and stirring performance for this distinguished audio release.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Colin Firth Kills It
- De Em en 05-09-12
De: Graham Greene
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The Zahir
- De: Paulo Coelho
- Narrado por: Derek Jacobi, Emilia Fox
- Duración: 5 h y 16 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 301
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 240
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 240
It begins with a glimpse or a passing thought. It ends in obsession. One day a renowned author discovers that his wife, a war correspondent, has disappeared leaving no trace. Though time brings more success and new love, he remains mystified - and increasingly fascinated - by her absence. Was she kidnapped, blackmailed, or simply bored with their marriage? The unrest she causes is as strong as the attraction she exerts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful and deep read!
- De Top 1% Buyer en 09-13-15
De: Paulo Coelho
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More Die of Heartbreak
- De: Saul Bellow
- Narrado por: Ramiz Monsef
- Duración: 12 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
Kenneth Trachtenberg, an eccentric and witty native of Paris, travels to the Midwest to spend time with his famous American uncle, a world-renowned botanist and self-described "plant visionary". After numerous affairs and failed relationships, the restless Uncle Benn seeks a settled existence in the form of marriage - but tying the knot again opens the door to a host of new torments.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great book
- De John A. en 03-16-22
De: Saul Bellow
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The Ground Beneath Her Feet
- De: Salman Rushdie
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 27 h y 18 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 124
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 89
Salman Rushdie is widely considered one of a handful of truly great living writers. The internationally acclaimed, Booker Prize-winning author's storytelling shines in this epic love story, a modern retelling of the myth of Orpheus.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Okay, Salmon, We get that you're a genious already
- De Julie A Quinn en 04-23-09
De: Salman Rushdie
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Limonov
- The Outrageous Adventures of the Radical Soviet Poet Who Became a Bum in New York, a Sensation in France, and a Political Antihero in Russia
- De: Emmanuel Carrère, John Lambert - translator
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 12 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
This is how Emmanuel Carrère, the magnetic journalist, novelist, filmmaker, and chameleon, describes his subject: "Limonov is not a fictional character. There. I know him. He has been a young punk in Ukraine, the idol of the Soviet underground; a bum, then a multimillionaire's butler in Manhattan; a fashionable writer in Paris; a lost soldier in the Balkans; and now, in the fantastic shambles of postcommunism, the elderly but charismatic leader of a party of young desperadoes."
De: Emmanuel Carrère, y otros
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In the Light of What We Know
- De: Zia Haider Rahman
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 21 h y 14 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 82
One September morning in 2008, an investment banker approaching forty, his career in collapse and his marriage unraveling, receives a surprise visitor at his West London townhouse. In the disheveled figure of a South Asian male carrying a backpack the banker recognizes a long-lost friend, a mathematics prodigy who disappeared years earlier under mysterious circumstances. The friend has resurfaced to make a confession of unsettling power.
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1 out of 5 stars
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dreadful
- De sam en 06-05-15
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Talking It Over
- De: Julian Barnes
- Narrado por: Steven Pacey, Alex Jennings, Clare Higgins
- Duración: 7 h y 55 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 96
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 85
Introducing Stuart, Gillian and Oliver. One by one they take their turn to speak straight out to the camera - and give their side of a contemporary love triangle. What begins as a comedy of misunderstanding slowly darkens and deepens into a compelling exploration of the quagmires of the heart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Narrative Gimmick Works
- De Alan en 11-22-11
De: Julian Barnes
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The Sunday Philosophy Club
- An Isabel Dalhousie Mystery
- De: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
- Duración: 8 h y 2 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 938
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 614
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 608
New York Times best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith, winner of the first-ever Saga Award for Wit, has entertained millions with his beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency mysteries. Now this phenomenally popular author introduces a fresh series, brimming with the charm and humor his stable of dedicated fans can't get enough of.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Advice For Prospective Listeners
- De DCinMI en 02-18-13
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Outline
- The Outline Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Rachel Cusk
- Narrado por: Kate Lock
- Duración: 7 h y 17 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 58
A man and a woman are seated next to each other on a plane. They get to talking - about their destination, their careers, their families. Grievances are aired, family tragedies discussed, marriages and divorces analyzed. An intimacy is established as two strangers contrast their own fictions about their lives. Outline is a novel in 10 conversations. Spare and stark, it follows a novelist teaching a course in creative writing during one oppressively hot summer in Athens.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Difficult and Better in Print
- De Nick O. en 07-18-23
De: Rachel Cusk
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Thus Bad Begins
- A Novel
- De: Javier Marias, Margaret Jull Costa
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 16 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 41
Madrid, 1980. Juan de Vere, nearly finished with his university degree, takes a job as personal assistant to Eduardo Muriel, an eccentric, once-successful film director. Urbane, discreet, irreproachable, Muriel is an irresistible idol to the young man. But Muriel's voluptuous wife, Beatriz, inhabits their home like an unwanted ghost, and on the periphery of their lives is Dr. Jorge Van Vechten, a family friend implicated in unsavory rumors that Muriel now asks Juan to investigate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating plot, superb performance, psychological depth
- De Doctor George en 12-05-16
De: Javier Marias, y otros
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The Schooldays of Jesus
- De: J. M. Coetzee
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 9 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 31
David is the small boy who is always asking questions. Simon and Ines take care of him in their new town, Estrella. He is learning the language; he has begun to make friends. He has the big dog, Bolivar, to watch over him. But he'll be seven soon, and he should be at school. And so, with the guidance of the three sisters who own the farm where Simon and Ines work, David is enrolled in the Academy of Dance. It's here, in his new golden dancing slippers, that he learns how to call down the numbers from the sky.
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2 out of 5 stars
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SEXUAL PERVERSION PRESENTED AS BRILLIANT
- De Amazon Customer en 09-29-18
De: J. M. Coetzee