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Titel: Drachenläufer

Autor:: Khaled Hosseini

Erzähler: Markus Hoffmann

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 10 hrs and 46 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 07-30-07

Herausgeber: steinbach sprechende bücher

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

"Drachenläufer" ist die dramatische Geschichte einer Freundschaft, eine Geschichte von Liebe und Verrat, Trennung und Wiedergutmachung vor dem Hintergrund der jüngsten Vergangenheit Afghanistans.

Viele Jahre nach dem schrecklichen Verrat an seinem besten Freund Hassan kehrt der erwachsene Amir aus dem Ausland in seine Heimatstadt Kabul zurück, um seine Schuld zu tilgen. Doch Kabul hat sich seit damals, 1975, sehr verändert.

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Khaled Hosseini erzählt mit erstaunlicher Frische und schnörkelloser Sprache eine Geschichte, die wohl kaum jemanden unberührt lassen wird.

--Neue Zürcher Zeitung

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Titel: Dr. Sex

Autor:: T.C. Boyle

Erzähler: Jan Josef Liefers

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 5 hrs and 24 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 06-28-07

Herausgeber: Der Hörverlag

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

John Milk wird Assistent von Dr. Kinsey, einem äußerst charismatischen Professor der Zoologie, der gerade seine Berufung entdeckt hat: Sex. Als Mitglied von Kinseys "Innerem Kreis" macht Milk zunehmend hemmungslosere und wissenschaftlich fragwürdige sexuelle Experimente, die sich nicht nur auf seine Ehe auswirken...Mit hintersinniger Komik erzählt T. C. Boyle die Geschichtes des weltberühmten Sexualforschers aus der Sicht eines fiktiven Mitarbeiters.

(c) + (p) 2007 Der Hörverlag, übersetzt von Dirk van Gunsteren

Kritik Bewertungen:

Das Hörbuch, fantastisch gut von Jan Josef Liefers vorgetragen, garantiert Spannung - aber besser ungestört hören!

-- 3sat

Jan Josef Liefers ist eine Idealbesetzung für T. C. Boyles Kinsey-Roman.

-- Die Welt

Jan Josef Liefers Lesung ist großartig!

-- Berliner Morgenpost

Selten passte eine Stimme so gut zu einem Buch wie diese!

-- Prinz

Ein fesselndes und informatives Hörbuch. Für wen? Wer mehr über den Pionier der Sexualforschung wissen will - und keine Lust auf trockene Biografien hat.

-- emotion

T. C. Boyle und J. J. Liefers passen zusammen wie Gin und Tonic.

-- Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung

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Title: Black Swan Green

Author: David Mitchell

Narrator: Chris Nelson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-29-06

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Jason Taylor is 13, doomed to be growing up in the most boring family in the deadest village on earth. In 13 chapters we follow 13 months of his life as he negotiates the pitfalls of school and home and contends with bullies, girls, and family politics. In the distance, the Falklands conflict breaks out; close at hand, the village mobilises against a gypsy camp. And through Jason's eyes, we see what he doesn't know he knows and watch unfold what will make him wish his life had been as uneventful as he believed.

©2006 David Mitchell; (P)W.F. Howes Ltd

Members Reviews:

Simply wonderful.

I first came across David Mitchell when I rented the Audio Book version of his novel Cloud Atlas from my local library. By the time this unabridged edition had run its course I was both breathless and astonished. Cloud Atlas is multi-layered and absorbing story that concludes with a subtle yet bold statement on human existence. Of course when I discovered that Audible had Mitchells latest novel Black Swan Green available, I quickly snatched it up in anticipation more literary fireworks, and I was not disappointed. This story concerns Jason Taylor, a boy on the cusp of adolescence. In this well observed and deeply insightful character study we become privy to Jasons innermost thoughts through the course of a year as he comes to terms with a world that is rapidly changing around him. We partake in his trails, identify with his naivety, remember our own burgeoning sexuality, take pleasure in his humour and admire his courage as he takes bold, yet considered steps toward a new course of life. This book is a profound reminiscence of a time of life that that is gone in the blink of an eye. Mitchell is a writer with a unique talent, please download this book, it is simply wonderful.

Welcome nostalgia

I loved this book on a variety of levels. As a fellow child on the cusp of becoming a teenager in the early 1980s, the references and the way that the narrater felt and spoke filled me with an immense sense of nostalgia. I was excited each time a new memory was sparked - pac man, the music playing, playing red rover... The real strength of the book for me, however, was the powerful use of language, particularly the one-line descriptions of the weather and the landscape. The sky being 'etcher-sketcher grey' will stick in my mind for a long time. This felt like the real experience of a real child, feeling isolated because of a stammer, the need to belong, what it is like to explore and learn about the world of relationships with friends, family, bullies, first loves, and other almost random interactions. This was a beautiful book and I loved it.

Unmissable

I listened to this and loved it. So did my eleven and fourteen-year-old boys, who still talk about it now. One of the most convincing evocations of childhood before parental paranoia and Playstations took all the fear, fun and freedom out of it. Jason's insights are accurate and often hilarious, his observations absurdly poetic and yet right on the mark, and his desciptions of various events - notably his passage through the neighbouring back gardens - some of the most intense and vivid you'll ever encounter. Mitchell reveals himself as a master of character as well as language.

Moreover, it's wonderfully narrated by Chris Nelson, who has just the perfect voice and tone for 'Jace'.

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Título: Benito Cereno

Autor: Herman Melville

Narrador: Santiago Munevar

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 2 hrs and 59 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 03-24-06

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Calificaciones: 4.5 de 5 de 2 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Literary

Resumen del editor:

A harrowing tale of slavery and revolt aboard a Spanish ship, this is regarded by many as Melville's finest short story.

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Título: El Jugador [The Gambler]

Autor: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Narrador: Hernando Ivan Cano

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 3 hrs

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 03-13-06

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Categorías: Fiction, Literary

Resumen del editor:

Fyodor Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general. Alexey tries to break through the wall of the established order in Russia, but instead becomes mired in the endless downward spiral of betting and loss.

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Título: Huckleberry Finn [Spanish Edition]

Autor: Mark Twain

Narrador: Yadira Sanchez

Formato: Abridged

Duración: 2 hrs and 19 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 10-05-05

Editor: Yoyo USA, Inc

Calificaciones: 4.5 de 5 de 6 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Literary

Resumen del editor:

El muchacho que pudo surgir. Los navegantes de los rios del sur de Estados Unidos gritaban Mark Twain para indicar que habia suficiente profundidad para que sus barcos no encallaran y Mark Twain fue el seudonimo escogido por Samuel Langhorne Clemens para sus cuentos y novelas que retratan con un humor unico la vida rural de fines del siglo XIX. El autor fue marinero de rio, periodista y panfletista que con un estilo sardonico supo hacer descripciones que aun en nuestros dias, supuestamente mas sofisticados. Su obra mas conocida, Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer y su secuela Huckleberry Finn (ambas figuran en estas colecciones) son consideradas con justicia como pinaculos de la novela de Estados Unidos y ellas han deleitado y siguen deleitando generaciones de lectores.

Opiniones de los miembros:

Great Bedtime Reader

All of the Illustrated Chosen Classics are great bedtime readers. My wife sits in the hall of the children's bedrooms and reads these stories to them at bedtime. The difference between these books and the traditional novels is that these stories move very fast. My son, in particular, will hear one of these abridged classic novels and, if he likes it, will then read the full unabridged version on his own. Kind of gives our kids a taste of the classics without having to start reading a really large and sometimes overwhelming looking book. My son is 10 and my daughter is 15. We have about 30 of these types of books in our library.

A Classic Still

Like many people of my age (62), I read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a child because at that time it was widely perceived to be a child's or young adult's book. This is unfortunate as it is not nor has it ever been directed at the young. In my rereading I discovered for the first time why it is still called the original great American novel. Huckleberry, like Twain, is opinionated and perceptive. His narration and point of view drive the novel forward. Rather than relegate this work to the children's shelves or castigate it as racist, folks should embrace this novel for what it is, a bildungsroman that shows the growth of a country as well as the growth of its young protagonist.

It captivated a classroom full of surly teens

I teach English, and the junior year in North Carolina is devoted to American literature. I approached Huck Finn with no small amount of trepidation because of Twain's use of vernacular. I ran into the same problem with "Their Eyes Were Watching God" and solved that by listening to Ruby Dee's audio recording, which students loved. I purchased this recording of Huck Finn, and it was to die for fabulous. Students read along in their books as we listened to the recording, and it helped bring the characters and the story alive for them. They laughed when I hoped they would laugh, and they understood the novel so much better by being able to listen to it. This recording was invaluable.

Reading this book as an adult is a whole different ...

Reading this book as an adult is a whole different experience. I'm fairly sure the versions I read as a child were watered down. I don't have any memory of murder and mayhem in the versions I read as a child.

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Title: Ulysses, Volume 1

Subtitle: Episodes 1-3

Author: James Joyce

Narrator: Jim Norton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-25-05

Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 175 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

In the hands of Jim Norton and Marcella Riordan, experienced and stimulating Joycean readers, and carefully directed by Roger Marsh, Ulysses becomes accessible as never before. It is entertaining, immediate, funny, and rich in classical, philosophical, and musical allusion.

Editorial Reviews:

Why we think it's Essential: To say I trudged through Ulysses the first time I read it would be an understatement. But this, the first unabridged production of the modern classic, brings Joyce's tale to comprehensible (and even enjoyable) life. Jim Norton reading Joyce's language aloud adds the power and sense that the work deserves, and this recording could very well open the classic up to a whole new realm of fans. Chris Doheny

Critic Reviews:

"As ambitious and rewarding an audio production as any that exists, an audio experience that truly deserves to be cherished....Readers of Ulysses have long been encouraged to read out loud the more difficult sections for added comprehension and enjoyment of the language. Now, thanks to Naxos, the entire book is available in a performance to savor. It is safe to say that anyone wanting to experience the preeminent work of modern fiction has in this package the perfect audio companion." (AudioFile)

Members Reviews:

This book shouldn't be

I have never read Ulysses, having been scared off by a conversation during college. I figured I'd give it a try for three chapters 35 years later. I really enjoyed the narration, but I was having a little trouble following, so I decided to listen again, only with the text as well, which is available online. And I kept a tab to dictionary.com open at all times. And then I looked up some sites that give an analysis of the book, and I can't wait to get the next installment. I think one of the greatest books in the English language should be approached differntly from .... Take your pick.

Amazing recording

This recording of Ulysses is simply excellent. The male narrator reads exceptionally well what, as you'll see, is an extremely difficult text to read aloud (particularly the later chapters). He varies his voice in different ways for the many, many different characters, as well as imitates lots of different Irish, English, and American accents. Simply amazing! The female narrator who reads Molly's chapter is likewise fantastic -- particularly for a chapter of 50 or so pages which is printed with only 8 sentence breaks!

Ulysses is a demanding novel but definitely a rewarding one. This recording really makes it quite accessible. Some of the chapters, actually, are more compelling when heard rather than read from the page. As a first-time reader, I found it very helpful to go one chapter at a time, reading some outside material (like sparknote.com or cliffsnote.com) to help me as I went. TIP: get a copy of Joyce's "schema" for Ulysses -- it's a list of symbols, colors, settings, etc. for each chapter -- and is extremely helpful. Try googling it or looking in Don Gifford's *Ulysses Annotated* (schema items listed at the beginning of the notes for each chapter).

Enjoy!

breath of fresh air

I was always nervous about trying to read Ulysses. Would I understand it? Could I wade through it? And then someone said to me "you know, it's a very funny book, which is really wonderful when read out loud." So I thought I'd give it a try.

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Title: A Room with a View

Author: E.M. Forster

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-06-05

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 92 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

There are some writers whose work is especially suitable for reading aloud, and E.M. Forster is one. His voices enter the ear with such a delicate balance of force and refinement that listeners are immediately enchanted.

Members Reviews:

Horrendous Reader Stifles the Story

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Maybe, if they're into romantic stories then I'd recommend that they give this a try by either reading the physical book or getting a different version of this audiobook done by a different reader. I regret purchasing this audiobook because it was read so dryly that I couldn't pay attention to what was going on and often I my mind was off somewhere else. I don't know if that was primarily due to the reader or if that also had something to do with the prose. But I have a suspicion that if I read this book, I would've enjoyed it more.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

I was content with the ending. It was predictable but I'm okay with that.

Would you be willing to try another one of Frederick Davidson???s performances?

No.

Could you see A Room with a View being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

Actually it was made into a movie which was very popular back in the 80s. It had Helena Bonham Carter as the heroine. But if it was remade today I'd probably have Michael Fassbender play George Emerson (he seems like he could brood well) and I have no clue who I'd have playing Lucy. Honestly I feel like Helena Bonham Carter did a great job, however that was back when she was 19.

The great British author of his time?

Where does A Room with a View rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

Very high.

Which scene was your favorite?

The shock of the street murder.

Any additional comments?

This great essay into the crippling restraints on British women of his time is well worth the read. The reader held me glued to the story - the only real test of a reader of novels.

Terrible narration!

Started this book 4 times. Finally done thank goodness. Pushed through the last time as I was determined to get through it. Good story but painful narration.

loved it

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

yes.

What about Frederick Davidsons performance did you like?

Wonderfully read. Clear voice, I would buy another book ready by Davidson.

Any additional comments?

I didn't want the story to end.

Narration not fantastic

Yet again, I think this book is mainly getting marks off from me because I wasn't fond of the audiobook narrator. His lady voices really irritated me. And he kind of put me to sleep a few times, so I think I missed a few parts. But I definitely liked it enough that I'm planning on reading it again in ebook form, and I'm almost certain I will enjoy it much more when I experience it that way.

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Title: Family Blessings

Author: Fern Michaels

Narrator: Laural Merlington

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-22-04

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 34 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Right before Thanksgiving, a freak tornado descends on Larkspur, a small town in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Mountains where matriarch and candy magnate Loretta Cisco (affectionately called "Cisco" by her grandchildren) lives, and levels the home she's inhabited for 50 years.

Then there's more bad news: Cisco's beloved triplet grandchildren, Hannah, Sara, and Sam, all newlyweds, are experiencing marital problems but they refuse to confide in their grandmother. Sam's wife Sonia has left him and Hannah and Sarah fear that their husbands are having affairs. Why else would they be coming home so late every night and keeping secrets?

As the citizens of Larkspur help to rebuild Cisco's home in time for Christmas, she vows to work a holiday miracle that will hold her family together.

Members Reviews:

Stepford wives, anyone??

This is the first--and last--Fern Michaels book I'll read. The plot is tortured and overwrought, and the sex roles are worse than the 50's---insipid women and self-absorbed men. The premise of the book---that triplets might need to do some work on becoming separate individuals--might have made an interesting novel in someone else's hands, but the boat plot is unbelievable. Other details, like rebuilding an entire house in a day, also strain credulity.

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Title: The Longest Journey

Author: E.M. Forster

Narrator: Wanda McCaddon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-30-04

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Out of this misalliance comes Forster's most stylistically daring novel. As it follows Rickie from the comforts of Cambridge to the petty intrigues of Sawston to the lush, haunted environs of rural Wiltshire, The Longest Journey gives us a comic yet immensely moving vision of a country split between pragmatism and imagination, sober conformity and redemptive eccentricity, upright Christianity and delirious paganism.

Members Reviews:

Forster, not at his best

I am a great fan of E.M. Forster's novels. I would not recommend this one very highly, however. The book, as a whole, is slow moving, particularly the first quarter of it. I found the book more interesting when the main character, Ricky makes his bad marriage, reconnects with his aunt, and discovers that he has a half-brother. Apart from the slow pace, I found the book rather difficult to follow a number of times. There are shifts of time and place that are not clearly described, but rather left for the listener to infer. There are a lot of interesting characters in this novel. I wish the story had been presented better. Nadia May's narration is superb but does not fully save this audiobook.

Utter drivel

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Yes, the insipid main character.

What was most disappointing about E.M. Forster???s story?

The story was sappy, convoluted, lame and interminable. I have enjoyed a number of E.M. Forster's novels, particularly A Passage to India and A Room With a View, but this was very disappointing. It just went on and on with characters it was hard to care about.

What does Nadia May bring to the story that you wouldn???t experience if you just read the book?

She's a fine reader, just had bad material.

Could you see The Longest Journey being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

I suppose a ruthless editor and a great director could make a movie out of this.

Narrator does her best with deeply turgid prose

This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Hard to say -perhaps Miss Prism from "The Importance of Being Earnest"?

What could E.M. Forster have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

It's an awful book full of horrible people. It is very much a period piece but it is difficult to believe there was ever a time when people were so pretentious, snobbish and melodramatic; Forster is terribly earnest and all his characters take themselves incredibly seriously. My advice would have been to lighten up.

Have you listened to any of Wanda McCaddons other performances before? How does this one compare?

The narrator is not Wanda McCaddon but Nadine Rea. She does her best, but the material is awful; it also seems odd to have a female narrate a book where most of the characters are male, and in the end means that she can't do much to distinguish the voices from each other.

What character would you cut from The Longest Journey?

God, all of them. Ricky is the central character and unspeakably tedious, so ultimately I'd have to cut him.

Any additional comments?

I was just very disappointed in this, having enjoyed other works by Forster. It was for my book club so I felt like I needed to make it all the way through, and I feel sorry for the narrator, but it's a pretentious, naive, self-important and very tedious book full of narrow-minded, histrionic and deeply unpleasant people.