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Titre: Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali

Auteur: Gil Courtemanche

Narrateur: Harold Barbe

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 6 hrs and 54 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 11-16-17

Éditeur: Audible Studios

Evaluation: 5 sur 5 sur 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Résumé de l'éditeur:

À cette heure précise où les buses s'installent autour de la piscine, les parachutistes français, dans leurs transats de résine, se donnent des airs de Rambo, des coopérants québécois rivalisent de rires bruyants avec des coopérants belges. En ce dima:

À cette heure précise où les buses s'installent autour de la piscine, les parachutistes français, dans leurs transats de résine, se donnent des airs de Rambo, des coopérants québécois rivalisent de rires bruyants avec des coopérants belges. En ce dimanche tranquille, un ancien ministre de la justice se livre à d'intenses exercices d'échauffement sur le tremplin, quelques carcasses rondouillettes ou faméliques troublent l'eau, et Valcourt, qui note ces observations, les marmonne, souvent avec rage, parfois avec tendresse, mais toujours ostensiblement.

Bernard Valcourt, journaliste revenu de tout, de la famine en Éthiopie à la guerre au Liban, se rend au Rwanda pour une bien futile et utopique mission, mettre sur pied un service de télévision libre. Il y découvre un pays ravagé par la misère, la corruption, le sida, et l'amour au travers de Gentille, une Hutue aux traits fins de Tutsie. Et, tandis que la petite colonie occidentale se détend au bord de la piscine à Kigali, un peuple sombre dans la folie exterminatrice.

Avis des membres:

INOUBLIABLE

La véritable horreur est plus réelle dans cette fictionalisation du génocide rwandais. Journalistes et travailleurs humanitaires étrangers interdits ou incapables d'aider, regardez le monde renversé du bord de la piscine d'un luxueux hôtel de la capitale Kigali.

Les histoires individuelles donnent le contexte et le pathétique aux faits. Le journaliste québécois, Bernard Valcourt, aime a une travailleur de l'hôtellerie Gentile qui est hutu, mais qui a des antécédents mixtes tutsi. À travers leurs yeux, nous assistons à des semaines de violence déchirantes qui ont fait 800 000 morts.

Les faits sont impartiaux et se rompe le coeur, mais les histoires humaines dépendent d'une ligne plus nuancée que ce qui s'est passé. Le génocide rwandais enseigne ce dont les humains sont capables. Nous pouvons être persuadés de tuer les voisins, les amis et même la famille par la propagande et la haine. INOUBLIABLE.

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Title: This Too Shall Pass

Author: Milena Busquets, Valerie Miles - translator

Narrator: Mozhan Marno

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-17

Publisher: Random House Audiobooks

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Random House presents the audiobook edition of This Too Shall Pass by Milena Busquets, read by Mozhan Marno .

Forty years old and suddenly motherless, Blanca is left shocked and rudderless by the death of the most important person in her life. To deal with her dizzying grief and confusion, Blanca turns to her dearest friends, her closest family, a change of scenery, and sex.

Leaving Barcelona behind, she returns to her mothers former home in Cadaqués on the coast, accompanied by her two sons, two ex-husbands, and two best friends, with plans to meet her married lover.

Haunted by both the past and the present, Blanca spends the summer in this impossibly beautiful place alongside those she loves most. In loss she learns to find resilience and hope and what it means to live, truly and happily, on her own terms.

Members Reviews:

One woman's journey coming to terms with her mother's death

"This Too Shall Pass" is the story of a forty year old woman, mother of two boys (from two different men) coming to terms with her mum's death. The story unfolds in the Spanish village of Cadaques, on the shores the Mediterranean Sea. Blanca finds herself in Cadaques with her two ex husbands, a lover, two children, girl friends and the family dog. The story is narrated in Blanca's voice. Funny at times, sad at other times, the story will appeal to every reader, but more so to anyone who has ever had to deal with coming to terms with the loss of a loved one.

A Smart, Sophisticated Spanish Beach Book

THIS TOO SHALL PASS has been a European smash, which made me eager to read it, though I wish I had the ability to tackle this novel in its original Spanish--I always worry that in translation, some richness disappears.There were a few "happy as a clam" "spring in my step" cliches. But only a few. The language in this novel is one of its strong points, along with character development. (Don't look for a galloping plot.)

Milana Busquet's short book is, essentially, a love letter from a daughter to her complicated mother, who has just died, and had allowed Blanca, the book's narrator, "to remain a little girl until I was forty years old." Warning: if you don't/didn't have a good relationship with your own mom, this book may leave you envious or depressed. But that's a small price to pay for an inner monologues which is lush, lively and often often funny and wise. "When the world begins to depopulate of the people who love us, we become, little by little and following the rhythm of death, strangers." Consider, also, "I used to measure how much I could trust a person by whether they would have been a collaborator in France, but now my trial by fire is whether they would send me to a nursing home.

Much of the book takes place in Cadeques, a beach town near Barcelona. It's fair to call this novel a beach book--of the best sort.

Conversations between rich 40 somethings - meh

This is the story of a 40 something woman dealing with the death of her mother who was the matriarch of her family's fortune. For me, it was just okay. It was mostly a lot of conversations about how Blanca is now the new matriarch and how is she going to be able to handle it all. Her mother was the hostess and now she must be.

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Titel: Am Hang

Autor:: Markus Werner

Erzähler: Hanspeter Müller-Drossaart

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 5 hrs and 16 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 10-27-17

Herausgeber: Der Audio Verlag

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

In einem Schweizer Hotel begegnen sich zwei Fremde und beginnen ein lebhaftes Gespräch. Clarin, ein junger Scheidungsanwalt, preist den Kitzel kurzweiliger Affären, während der Witwer Loos der glücklichen Ehe mit seiner unter mysteriösen Umständen verstorbenen Frau nachtrauert. Ferner könnten sich zwei Menschen kaum sein, und doch verzahnen sich - Wort für Wort - ihre Geschichten ineinander.

Mit großer Sensibilität und großem Schwung liest der Schweizer Schauspieler Hanspeter Müller-Drossaart das mitreißende Streitgespräch zweier unterschiedlicher Temperamente über das Leben, die Liebe und die Treue.

©2005 Fischer (P)2005 Der Audio Verlag

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Título: Lo que nos queda por vivir [What We Have Left to Live]

Autor: Joan Antoni Melé

Narrador: Gustavo Ausin

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 2 hrs and 8 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 10-25-17

Editor: Editorial Libervox

Categorías: Fiction, Literary

Resumen del editor:

Una fábula cargada de sabiduría que reflexiona sobre el sentido de la vida y la importancia de vivir desde la consciencia. El esperado nuevo libro de Joan Antoni Melé, banquero, conferenciante y formador de valores comprometido con la economía consciente, la empresa sostenible y la educación en valores.

¿Quién soy como ser humano? ¿A qué he venido a la Tierra? ¿Qué legado voy a dejar al mundo? ¿En qué consisten el éxito y la felicidad?

A bordo de una nave espacial a la deriva, Robert Jones dedica las pocas horas que le quedan a conversar con Shona, el ingeniero aeronáutico encargado de las comunicaciones desde la Tierra, un joven ambicioso entregado al éxito y a su carrera. A través de las conversaciones que establecen por el maltrecho sistema de comunicación, Robert medita sobre los grandes aspectos que marcan un camino espiritual, desde el comienzo de la búsqueda personal hasta el encuentro con el vacío, el sentido de la propia existencia o las ayudas que recibimos cuando confiamos en la vida. Lecciones de sabiduría y verdad que no sólo sacudirán los cimientos del joven ingeniero del relato sino también los del oyente.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

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Titel: Zehn zärtliche Kratzbürsten

Autor:: Arto Paasilinna

Erzähler: Jürgen von der Lippe

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 4 hrs and 55 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 09-29-17

Herausgeber: Lübbe Audio

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Geschäftsführer Rauno Rämekorpi feiert seinen sechzigsten Geburtstag. Gratulanten gibt es viele, und so häufen sich Blumensträuße und Geschenke. Schade nur, dass seine Frau auf Blumen allergisch ist. Die Blütenpracht muss also weg, jedoch keinesfalls auf den Müll! So beginnt Rauno eine Fahrt durch Helsinki, und mit einem Strauß in der Hand stattet er seinen verflossenen Liebschaften einen Besuch ab...

©2017 Bastei Lübbe (P)2017 Lübbe Audio

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Titel: Stadt aus Rauch

Autor:: Svealena Kutschke

Erzähler: Sascha Icks

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 14 hrs and 18 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 08-25-17

Herausgeber: Lübbe Audio

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Wild und wunderbar. Ein Roman von großer Schönheit und Poesie - Taiye Selasi Lucie wird in einer eisigen Winternacht in der Trave geboren, mit einer Gabe, die für die kommenden Generationen Segen und Fluch sein wird. "Stadt aus Rauch" ist ein faszinierendes Epos einer Familie, auf die die Wirren des 20. Jahrhunderts ihre langen Schatten werfen.

Von großmäuligen Denunzianten und kleinmütigen Helden, von Bürokraten des Verbrechens und Hochstaplern der Kunst, von der Verführung des Faschismus und vom Schweigen derer, die glauben, schuldlos zu sein: Die Tragödie eines ganzen Jahrhunderts spiegelt sich in der eigentümlichen Welt von Lübeck, wo Historie von Seemannsgarn kaum zu unterscheiden ist. Ein mitreißendes literarisches Wagnis.

©2017 Bastei Lübbe (P)2017 Lübbe Audio

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Title: Reap the Chosen Ones

Subtitle: The Reaper Series, Book 3

Author: Jonathan Reaper

Narrator: Doug Greene

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-15-17

Publisher: Jonathan Reaper

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

No trust equals a heightened awareness and more self-reliance with very little support. Eight years later, with a new partner, it is not working. Even more difficult is a dictated career change, new family strife, and a big move to Washington, DC, continue to test Jonathan's resilience. In the present, the chessboard is built, now Jane starts setting up the pieces for her first game. Even she doesn't know when her brother is getting ready for checkmate.

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Titel: Und Marx stand still in Darwins Garten

Autor:: Ilona Jerger

Erzähler: Peter Kaempfe

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 7 hrs and 52 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 08-11-17

Herausgeber: HörbucHHamburg HHV GmbH

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Im Frühjahr 1881 leben in London zwei große Männer nur wenige Meilen voneinander entfernt: Charles Darwin und Karl Marx. Beide haben mit ihren Werken die Welt verändert. Und doch leiden sie darunter privat und öffentlich. Darwin hat den Schöpfer abgeschafft, fühlt sich missverstanden und forscht inzwischen still am Regenwurm. Marx grollt der Welt und wartet auf ein mutiges Proletariat, dabei verzettelt er sich beim Schreiben. Eines Abends begegnen sich die beiden bei einem Dinner. Schnell kreist ihre Diskussion um Gott und soziale Gerechtigkeit. Das Gespräch endet in einem Eklat. Dennoch haben der großbürgerliche Naturforscher und der ewig klamme Revolutionär mehr gemeinsam, als sie sich eingestehen wollen.

©2017 Ullstein Buchverlage GmbH, Berlin (P)2017 Hörbuch Hamburg HHV GmbH, Hamburg

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Title: Vague Pains

Author: Zachary Lemon

Narrator: J. Scott Bennett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-03-17

Publisher: Zachary Lemon

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

On the outskirts of Detroit, Meadowview Hospital means different things different people: a place to work, a place to learn, and a place to fear. Follow their intersecting narratives as Tess, Henry, and Thomas, find themselves traversing each other's dreams and struggles. Afterward, they will never be the same.

In his intriguing debut novel, Zachary Lemon masterfully crafts an introspective story which will lead you to question your own daily contradictions.

Members Reviews:

too much for being vague

A little too much wisdom for my taste in a short story. While the connection between the three characters is very well worked out, the content of their conversations and train of thoughts was a bit too exaggerated for me. More unsaid and vague would have been better for the book's lasting impression.

The narrator was average.

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Title: Summer

Author: Edith Wharton

Narrator: Alice Johnson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-24-17

Publisher: Audioliterature

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

This is a powerful and tragic work by the masterful author about a girl's sexual awakening. Of course, there are consequences involved; she is a poor girl in a small western New England town.

This book deals with both sexuality and class distinction and touches on incest as well. While these topics are more or less openly debated today, they were considered scandalous at the time of publication.

Wharton's illustrious colleagues Henry James and Joseph Conrad both praised this novel for its realism and courage!

©2017 Audioliterature (P)2017 Audioliterature

Members Reviews:

Not the best Wharton, but very good nevertheless

Charity is growing up in North Dormer, a very small, very provincial village around the first quarter of the twentieth century. When still a small child, she had been brought down form the "mountain", a poverty and lawlessness ridden settlement, by Mr. Royal, a lonesome lawyer. We do not know why he has decided to bring her to his house, but now that she is a young attractive woman and his wife is dead, his view of Charity turns less patriarchal and more romantic. Charity, however, falls for a visiting young architect who visits to draw the old houses in the area. The plot centers about Charity's pride, loathing of North Dormer with its bigoted populace, and the not so golden cage of the aging Mr. Royal. The young man from New York represents everything North Dormer is not - class, wealth, breeding, style, freedom. I am not going to reveal the particulars of the plot because their discovery by the reader is important. Suffice it to say that Edith Wharton writes very very well. It is not "The Age of Innocence", the acerbic pinnacle of her writing, but her insight into Charity's brain and heart is uncanny. Not the best Wharton, but very good nevertheless

Wrestling with fate toward redemption

"Summer" is one of those books that you will think about for a long, long time. Set in the small village of North Dormer in New England, this story unfolds far from Wharton's more famous world of the Van der Luydens and the Mingotts. "Summer" has a little of the feel of "Ethan Frome", but is painted in brighter colors. Our protagonist Charity Royall is naive and unsophisticated, yet she can face facts and deal with the consequences of her actions. We feel as if the Fates have moved to New England and have woven for Charity on a future over which she has little control. The bright summer skies and flowers are overshadowed by the Mountain which broods in the distance, and the reader has a sense of foreboding about Charity's future as she develops her relationship with the sophisticated Lucius Harney. She yearns to develop herself to his level of social ability and breadth of knowledge, all the while knowing her limitations in breeding and background. The reader admires her despite her unattractive faults, such as her undervaluing of what her guardian has given her. Often she is cruel and thankless. The end was, I thought, satisfying: Wharton did not do to Charity what she did to Lily Bart in "House of Mirth", and Charity seems to have learned to be--well--more charitable.

I liked this book more than I liked "Ethan Frome", "Twilight Sleep", or "The Reef".