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Engaging from the start

Revisado: 04-14-25

I read the book on Kindle while simultaneously listening to the audio book. Occasionally I would go back and just read the text slowly to luxuriate in the writing. One comes away from the work still deeply thinking about the many issues the book raises. I have been meaning to read it for a long time and am glad that I did.

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How the Japanese world comes to life in this reading.

Revisado: 03-18-25

It was a pleasure to revisit this novel that I read 50 years ago. I am even more amazed at the beautiful language of Kawabata.

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A Gripping Account and Reading of Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Revisado: 02-24-25

Although this translation does not adequately address the modern view of rape, it is a very easy to listen to poetic rendering of the book.

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3000 years ago seems very modern

Revisado: 02-20-25

I have read Lattimore, Fitzgerald, Fagles, and Alexander. The most gripping and poetic for me is the Fagles. It is a shame that the abridged this reading, but still worth listening to.

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A Grand Reading of a Major Novel

Revisado: 02-13-25

This is one of the most important books of the twentieth century and this translation is superb. This is my second reading and as much as I enjoyed it the first time, I was even more taken with it the second time.

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Excellent narration

Revisado: 12-27-24

This is Dickens’ favorite book and I can see why. There are characters you will never forget as they are brought to life by Richard Armitage.

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Excellent reading

Revisado: 07-10-24

If you want to immerse yourself in the courts of Heian Japan this recording of the Dennis Washburn translation of The Tale of Genji is the perfect vehicle. It is a marvelous story and very well narrated.

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Convenience Store woman continues to engage the reader

Revisado: 06-25-24

These stories continue to explore what it means to be human now, in the past, and in times to come. The direct style when dealing with subject matter taken to extremes is very effective.

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The adventure of Huckleberry Finn and James

Revisado: 06-10-24

I could not put the book down once I started reading. Listening to the Audiobook as I read was an excellent way to immerse myself in this retelling of Huckleberry Finn from the point of view of the Runaway “Jim.”

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One of Faulkner’s finest novels

Revisado: 04-07-24

This was a pleasant way to reread this novel. I read along in my book as I listened to this performance. It captures the feeling that the reader moves from mind to mind as the story is revealed. It moves like a train, slowly picking up speed, then steadily driving to the foregone conclusion. This would be a good place to start, if one wants to get into one the greatest writers in the 20th Century.

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