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Fishing for Stars
- Narrateur(s): Humphrey Bower
- Durée: 22 h et 57 min
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- 2021-07-07
Astounding performance by Humphrey Bower
I am astounded by this book's close relationship with actual historical events. Bryce Courtenay winds his characters cleverly into factual accounts and makes our understanding clearer through the differing points of view of Anna and Marg. But although I have read these books previously, listening to the performance of Humphrey Bower made the characters and events more memorable, particularly when the characters had Japanese names. He is able to cleverly give each their own voice, no matter the nationality, or even mood of the character. For example, Anna's voice and accent changed when she was upset, and evolved as she became more accomplished in English. The story spans several decades, and even though the protagonist, Nick, is a less likeable character, in my view, there was a lot to be learned and understood through his point of view. An epic!
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