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Kusamakura [Grass Pillow]
- By: Natsume Soseki, Meredith McKinney - translator
- Narrated by: Kotaro Watanabe, Elizabeth Jasicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16
Natsume Soseki's Kusamakura - meaning “grass pillow” - follows its nameless young artist-narrator on a meandering walking tour of the mountains. At the inn at a hot-spring resort, he has a series of mysterious encounters with Nami, the lovely young daughter of the establishment. Nami, or "beauty", is the center of this elegant novel, the still point around which the artist moves and the enigmatic subject of Soseki's word painting.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Puzzling choice of narrator
- By Ana Matilde Sousa on 09-01-24
Aesthetic, but didn't strike me as overly deep
Reviewed: 09-10-23
The narrator was not my favorite, and perhaps I would have enjoyed the book more had a different narrator been used. As it was, I didn't find the aesthetic musings particularly engaging after the protagonist arrived at the hotsprings. Even so, I thought it was a fairly enjoyable listen, even if only to put myself in that foreign world of the past. I am a Cat remains one of my favorite works, but Grass Pillow I found fairly average.
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Babbitt (Dramatized)
- By: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrated by: Ed Asner, Ed Begley Jr., Ted Danson, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Story4 out of 5 stars 58
This epic of the booming 20's captures the relentless culture of American business. A classic novel about conformity in small town America - celebrated for its comic tone, statire, and vivid dialogue. L.A. Theatre Works, then a fledgling radio theatre company, completed Babbitt in 1989. This production was so well received that L.A. Theatre Works has since become the world's premiere radio theatre company.
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4 out of 5 stars
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American satire
- By Hal on 01-13-09
- Babbitt (Dramatized)
- By: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrated by: Ed Asner, Ed Begley Jr., Ted Danson, Richard Dreyfus, Hector Elizondo, Stacy Keach, Helen Hunt
absolutley do not get this dramatized version
Reviewed: 10-13-22
narration was absolutley horrible. The constant changing of the narrator was confusing and aggrevating
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Lost Horizon
- By: James Hilton
- Narrated by: Michael de Morgan
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 854
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 743
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 747
Celebrating the 70th anniversary of this magical and well-loved classic. Following a plane crash, Conway, a British consul; his deputy; a missionary; and an American financier find themselves in the enigmatic snow-capped mountains of uncharted Tibet. Here they discover a seemingly perfect hidden community where they are welcomed with gracious hospitality. Intrigued by its mystery, the travelers set about discovering the secret hidden at the shimmering heart of Shangri-La.
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3 out of 5 stars
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SSSSlllowwwww
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 07-09-11
- Lost Horizon
- By: James Hilton
- Narrated by: Michael de Morgan
Recording too old and accent too heavy
Reviewed: 11-25-20
the recording is just too old to make this an enjoyable listen. I would not recommend.
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