This Audio CD Book item from HarperAudio was reviewed on 9-Dec-2008.
Search ISBN:006076273X offer from Abebooks or used books from Alibris. The Known World CD Reference Book. Classifications : Unabridged Literature & Fiction Books on CD Audiobooks Formats Custom Stores Specialty Stores Books General Books on CD Audiobooks Formats Custom Stores Specialty Stores Books Popular Fiction Literatu . Click the following link to view the cover of The Known World CD. Related topics: Unabridged. Books on CD. Audiobooks. Formats. Custom Stores. Specialty Stores. Books. General. Books on CD. Audiobooks. requestid: 85eb9227-cb24-4bd8-98c9-baa05d9c3b4f
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1) Audio CD Book The Known World CD by HarperAudio. I am laughing at the one star review that Smeddley gave this book. No, it is not a book for those who only enjoy reading fluff. It is for people who enjoy getting a glimpse at a little known part of history, as if you were seeing it directly through the eyes of those who lived it. I am totally engrossed in this story, and the sound of the voice on this audio reading is captivating and soothing.¤ 2) Audio CD Book The Known World CD by HarperAudio. Astonished to read the one-star review of this wonderful novel, I felt compelled to write my own. Like many works of contemporary fiction, this novel does move from past to present and back again, but anyone who listens with the least bit of attention should have no trouble following the central--and coherent-- plot. The listener comes to know the three-dimensional characters well: Robbins, Henry Townsend, his wife Cordelia and many others practically leap off the pages, or, more correctly, the CDs as read by Kevin Free, who masterfully suggests a whole host of voices. I strongly recommend this novel to anyone interested in Pulitzer Price-winning literature, a fine, compelling story, and insights into the tragic history of the American South in which former slaves also became slave-owners, a fact I had never known.¤ 3) Audio CD Book The Known World CD by HarperAudio. I didn´t get very far into this one, just over 3 of the 15 hours. And I just stopped. I couldn´t take it anymore.
Mostly, it didn´t seem to have a very coherent plot. We went from "And here´s this character now," to "oh by the way, they lived to be 88, outliving one of their children, who died etc, etc, etc" to "and back to the present..." all the time. There was absolutely no coherent storyline, everything was told in snippets here and there. Here´s Henry dying, but this is him as an infant, oh! and here´s him getting his first slave, okay, he´s dying now, now here´s his childhood... My head was just spinning. No book should make you concentrate that hard just to follow the plot.
Granted, I do not tend to go in for the deeper stuff. But this... this is something you could drown in. It was not enjoyable, it was not fun, and I wouldn´t recommend it unless you A) really like deep, convoluted stuff, B) are really into the history of the US and want to listen to a story on slavery or C) feel like it would pad your reading resume to read such an `acclaimed´ book. Me? I´m off to immerse myself in some fluff. At least I can float along that and enjoy it.
¤ 4) Audio CD Book The Known World CD by HarperAudio. In one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, Edward P. Jones, two-time National Book Award finalist, tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave who falls under the tutelage of William Robbins, the most powerful man in Manchester County, Virginia. Making certain he never circumvents the law, Townsend runs his affairs with unusual discipline. But when death takes him unexpectedly, his widow, Caldonia, can´t uphold the estate´s order and chaos ensues. In a daring and ambitious novel, Jones has woven a footnote of history into an epic that takes an unflinching look at slavery in all of its moral complexities. Performed by Kevin Free ¤Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 6-Jan-2009, 006076273X9780060762735, 3X0-090-740-610-0X0-0X0-5X1-8 
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