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Title: The House of Special Purpose
Author: John Boyne
Narrator: Richard Teverson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-09-09
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Sixty-Five years later, visiting his wife Zoya as she lies dying in a London hospital, memories of the life they have lived together flood his mind. Their marriage, while tender, has been marked by tragedy, the loss of loved ones and experiences of exile that neither can forget.
Critic Reviews:
"Absorbing and richly satisfying." (The Times)
Boyne's novel... is a work that chimes perfectly with our times. (Irish Times)
Members Reviews:
Russian history spliced with romantic fantasy
The book switches back and forth in time through the voice of 82 year old Georgy who in 1981 looks back on his life as his wife, Zoya, lies dying from cancer in a London hospital. Real events in Russian history are mixed with a romantic fantasy following the life of a boy from a village in Russia who, through a quirk of fate becomes a companion to the Romanov heir to the Russian throne.
The story does jump about a lot between the time around the 1917 Russian Revolution, Paris in the 1920s, the second World war and post war London. Mostly I thought the time-shifts detracted from the power of the story but late into the book there is a surprise revelation that made me realise why the author had used this narrative device.
Generally I enjoyed the book but there are some very slow passages with long dialogues between characters delivered in a breathy and ponderous style.
Simply amazing
The story is great and this book is one of the few books you can enjoy over and over again
Pronunciation tzar Nicholas etc
Wonderful if only the Russian pronunciation of names were accurate. I do not need English spoken with heavy pseudo Russian accent is the names are incorrectly pronounced. Anastasia in English is Ana STA sia. But in Russian it is Anansta SEE a. It grated on my ear every time rest good
entertaining
the crux of the book is a little unbelievable perhaps, but a good story with interesting historical information.
Disappointing
First time I have not enjoyed an audio book - disappointed with story and narration.
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Title: The House of Special Purpose
Author: John Boyne
Narrator: Richard Teverson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-09-09
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Sixty-Five years later, visiting his wife Zoya as she lies dying in a London hospital, memories of the life they have lived together flood his mind. Their marriage, while tender, has been marked by tragedy, the loss of loved ones and experiences of exile that neither can forget.
Critic Reviews:
"Absorbing and richly satisfying." (The Times)
Boyne's novel... is a work that chimes perfectly with our times. (Irish Times)
Members Reviews:
Russian history spliced with romantic fantasy
The book switches back and forth in time through the voice of 82 year old Georgy who in 1981 looks back on his life as his wife, Zoya, lies dying from cancer in a London hospital. Real events in Russian history are mixed with a romantic fantasy following the life of a boy from a village in Russia who, through a quirk of fate becomes a companion to the Romanov heir to the Russian throne.
The story does jump about a lot between the time around the 1917 Russian Revolution, Paris in the 1920s, the second World war and post war London. Mostly I thought the time-shifts detracted from the power of the story but late into the book there is a surprise revelation that made me realise why the author had used this narrative device.
Generally I enjoyed the book but there are some very slow passages with long dialogues between characters delivered in a breathy and ponderous style.
Simply amazing
The story is great and this book is one of the few books you can enjoy over and over again
Pronunciation tzar Nicholas etc
Wonderful if only the Russian pronunciation of names were accurate. I do not need English spoken with heavy pseudo Russian accent is the names are incorrectly pronounced. Anastasia in English is Ana STA sia. But in Russian it is Anansta SEE a. It grated on my ear every time rest good
entertaining
the crux of the book is a little unbelievable perhaps, but a good story with interesting historical information.
Disappointing
First time I have not enjoyed an audio book - disappointed with story and narration.