Silber
- 1
- review
- 6
- helpful votes
- 2
- ratings
-
Great Soul
- Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India
- By: Joseph Lelyveld
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 16 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 71
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 41
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 40
A highly original, stirring book on Mahatma Gandhi that deepens our sense of his achievements and disappointments - his success in seizing India’s imagination and shaping its independence struggle as a mass movement, his recognition late in life that few of his followers paid more than lip service to his ambitious goals of social justice for the country’s minorities, outcasts, and rural poor.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Completely Unacceptable Narration
- By Vikram Raghavan on 04-28-11
- Great Soul
- Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India
- By: Joseph Lelyveld
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
reading is close to offensive
Reviewed: 09-13-11
This is a deliberately provocative study of Gandhi--it's intelligent and well written but Llelyveld pointedly emphasizes Gandhi's defeats and admitted inconsistencies. He has no liking for Gandhi's sense of himself as a religious leader, and I don't think a real understanding of Gandhi is possible without this. The reader uses an Indian accent for Gandhi quotes that is downright mocking in tone--close to offensive (would we like someone making Martin Luther King sound like Aunt Jemima?)--and even the other sections are read a little snidely. A surprisingly tasteless reading.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
3 people found this helpful