Chike M Nzerue
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Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- De: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrado por: Charlie Thurston
- Duración: 21 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 30,650
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 27,733
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 27,667
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow! It’s a Masterpiece
- De Billy en 10-25-22
- Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- De: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrado por: Charlie Thurston
Character development
Revisado: 05-11-24
This was a beautiful novel with great plot and character development, full of heartbreak and triumphs over adversity. An Appalachian elegy in color. I was seduced
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The Immortal King Rao
- De: Vauhini Vara
- Narrado por: Soneela Nankani
- Duración: 15 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 97
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 86
In an Indian village in the 1950s, a precocious child is born into a family of Dalit coconut farmers. King Rao will grow up to be the most accomplished tech CEO in the world and, eventually, the leader of a global, corporate-led government. In a future in which the world is run by the Board of Corporations, King’s daughter, Athena, reckons with his legacy—literally, for he has given her access to his memories, among other questionable gifts.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Unique perspective
- De M. D'Amico en 05-28-24
- The Immortal King Rao
- De: Vauhini Vara
- Narrado por: Soneela Nankani
Beautiful Novel
Revisado: 04-22-23
Fast- paced enthralling novel full of lively characters and conflicts. The plot is woven tightly around believable characters oscillating between challenges in rural India to Boston MA, and the Pacific Northwest. Suspenseful and full of twists and turns, love, romance, betrayal and loss. Could not stop until last chapter
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The Enigma of Arrival
- De: V. S. Naipaul
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 13 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 87
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 87
The story of a writer's singular journey - from one place to another, from the British colony of Trinidad to the ancient countryside of England, and from one state of mind to another - is perhaps Naipaul's most autobiographical work. Yet it is also woven through with remarkable invention to make it a rich and complex novel.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A noveau novel
- De Chike M Nzerue en 05-02-20
- The Enigma of Arrival
- De: V. S. Naipaul
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
A noveau novel
Revisado: 05-02-20
The novel started rather slowly with overly staid descriptions of gardens and the English countryside around Salisbury. One can tell that it's a non fiction novel, although it has elements that suggest fiction. He gives an elaborate description of his sister's funeral and cremation although he was not there. The novel is strongest to me when Naipaul turns the camera on himself and talks about his own losses as the son of the defunct British empire. His tone at times appears condescending towards gardeners and staff at the manor where he lived. His powers of describing characters is impressive. However the book would have been more uplifting if these descriptions also showed the glamor of ordinary prople .
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American Dirt
- A Novel
- De: Jeanine Cummins
- Narrado por: Yareli Arizmendi
- Duración: 16 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 34,329
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 30,042
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29,857
Lydia Quixano Pérez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. When Lydia’s husband’s tell-all profile of Javier, the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city, is published, none of their lives will ever be the same.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Completely unrealistic
- De Marlene L Marquez en 02-12-20
- American Dirt
- A Novel
- De: Jeanine Cummins
- Narrado por: Yareli Arizmendi
Love in the time of emigration and drug violence.
Revisado: 02-10-20
This is an authentic, epic novel about immigrants and the forces and hope that drive people in central America and Mexico to move north. It's a tightly wound page turner with believable, complex characters suspended in the challenge of surviving violence and fear with the audacity of hope. A story about a mother's love for a son, and how far she goes to save that son. Very sensitive portrayal of immigrants in their individuality. It combines joys and terrors, death and living in similar proportions to harvest a comedy from the jaws of tragedies.
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