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"« La métamorphose » une nouvelle fantastique écrite par Franz KAFKA. Texte français : Candide MANET Cette nuit, je me suis métamorphosé en un monstrueux cafard. Pourtant, c'est toujours moi à l'intérieur. Pourquoi me haïssez-vous ? Je veux toujours bien faire, mais aujourd'hui, je ne suis vraiment pas dans mon assiette, je n'irai pas travailler, pourquoi d'ailleurs travailler ? Et pour qui d'ailleurs aussi ? Finalement, qui sont les monstres ?"

Franz Kafka (Author), Candide Manet (Narrator)

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[Russian] - Огненный поток

"История разворачивается в 1839 году. Напряжение между Китаем и Британской Индией стремительно растет вследствие прерванной Пекином контрабанды опиума. Британские колониалисты, потеряв огромные суммы денег и не видя других решений, объявляют Китаю войну. Собирается экспедиционный корпус для нападения, чтобы восстановить торговлю. «Ибис» — одно из судов британо-индийской армады — плывет в Китай из Бенгалии и попадает в самый разгар Первой опиумной войны. Беспокойное путешествие объединяет судьбы нескольких путешественников, каждый из которых преследует свою цель. Среди них Кесри Сингх, сипай из Ост-Индской компании, возглавляющий отряд военных, Захарий Рейд, обедневший молодой моряк, ищущий свою потерянную любовь, и Ширин Моди, решительная вдова купца-парса, направляющаяся в Китай, чтобы вернуть богатство и репутацию своего мужа. «Огненный поток» пронесет вас от Индии до Китая, от начала Первой опиумной войны до грандиозного захвата Гонконга Великобританией. Внимание! Фонограмма содержит нецензурную брань."

амитав гош (Author), алексей багдасаров (Narrator)

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The Children's War

"In 1939 a young girl sits alone in a station waiting room in Marseilles. Half-Jewish Ilse has been sent out of Nazi Germany to safety in Morocco by her mother. But her journey takes her back to France, where she cannot escape the Nazi occupation. Blown about by circumstances beyond her control, she must grow up alone in a demi-monde of refugees, whores and freedom fighters. In Germany, Nicolai struggles against his destiny in the Hitler Youth. His only comfort is the friendship of Ilse’s mother, who works as a nanny in his affluent household. The war eats up their youth. Though hope grows in France, a dark tableau is unfolding in Germany, and this reluctant soldier and brave young girl must fight for their survival. Includes a new coda written by the author for the 2023 edition of The Children's War."

Monique Charlesworth (Author), Charlotte Strevens (Narrator)

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[Romanian] - Când nu mai înțelegem lumea

"Volum nominalizat la International Booker Prize 2021 și National Book Award 2021 Când nu mai înțelegem lumea este o meditație asupra legăturilor complicate dintre descoperirile din lumea fizicii și a matematicii și tendința umanității de a se autodistruge. Un melanj de investigație biografică și imaginație ce amintește în mod șocant de stilul lui W.G. Sebald, cartea lui Labatut plonjează în viața unor personalități reale, precum Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, ale căror descoperiri geniale fie au influențat definitiv viața în bine, fie au dat naștere, fără intenția autorilor, unor suferințe inimaginabile. Tema lui Labatut este nevoia umană imperioasă de a împinge limitele cunoașterii spre infinit, dar și pericolul ce pândește acolo."

Benjamin Labatut (Author), Liviu Damian (Narrator)

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Nightfall in the Garden of Deep Time

"Audiobook Read by the Author. You’re invited… to a timeless party in a Secret Garden. Expect to come back transformed. Kelsey Willoughby doesn’t have time to pursue her dream of writing a novel. Imagination doesn’t pay the bills, and she’s busy saving her beautiful bookshop from online competition, hotel developers, and the sneaking suspicion that nobody reads anymore. Not to mention all those voices telling her she doesn’t have talent. But then the vacant lot of weeds next door starts to shimmer. When Kelsey stumbles into a luminous nighttime garden party, larger than the vacant lot that holds it and filled with enigmatic guests, she suspects they hold the key to saving the bookshop, and perhaps even to her own mysterious origins. But answers aren’t forthcoming, not until Kelsey is willing to confront her past, step into her potential, and push deeper into the unknown edges of the garden, where an unexpected journey takes her into a world of dangerous revelation. ~With evocative prose and a deeply-embedded mystery, the magical realism of Nightfall in the Garden of Deep Time immerses readers in a delicious adventure of creativity and the arts. A must-read for anyone pursuing a creative life."

Tracy Higley (Author), Tracy Higley (Narrator)

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Love Like This

"For the first time in a lifetime, Angelina and Will can choose again. After 22 years with children at home, she has no idea what she wants, and is counting on the empty house to figure it out. But he already knows—he wants her, all to himself. Nine days into their child-free life, he announces he’s been fired and is home to stay. So Angelina announces she’s returning to nursing, this time in home health care. In his new basement workroom, Will enjoys making boxes, but the quiet house sends him in search of music, where he meets Stella, who reveals more than the magic of iPods. Meanwhile, Angelina's first patient is an unpredictable woman named Lucy who reveals a particular magic of her own, as does her billboard-painting son John Milton. As Angelina and Will’s life together becomes increasingly tense and their days apart become increasingly comfortable, it looks like Will may be the one to get the empty house. Love Like This drops you inside a long-term marriage, where you’ll be screaming either stay or go—as you weigh the value of sticking with the familiar versus the value of venturing into the unknown. ©2023 Cynthia Newberry Martin (P)2023 Cynthia Newberry Martin"

Cynthia Newberry Martin (Author), Cynthia Newberry Martin (Narrator)

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[Russian] - Мальчишки из «Никеля»

"«Мальчишки из «Никеля» — это история афроамериканского подростка Элвуда Кертиса, мечтавшего стать учителем, но оказавшегося в исправительном школе за преступление, которого не совершал. Жизнь в ней оказывается больше похожа на ад, и единственным спасением Элвуда становится дружба с другим воспитанником — Тернером. Элвуд безнадежно наивен и верит в торжество справедливости, а Тернер убежден в том, что мир был, есть и будет жесток и несправедлив, и этого не изменить. Столкновение идеализма Элвуда с цинизмом Тернера приводит к принятию ими решения, которое будет иметь катастрофические последствия. Роман основан на реальных событиях и «подтверждает ведущее место Колсона Уайтхеда в современной американской литературе» (журнал Time). В 2020 году удостоен Пулитцеровской премии и Премии Оруэлла."

колсон уайтхед (Author), андрей пирог (Narrator)

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[German] - Das Summen. Die Ereignisse am Sequoia Crescent [Ungekürzt]

"Claire ist eine ganz normale Frau in einer typischen US-Mittelschichtsvorstadt. Als Englischlehrerin an einer Highschool ist sie bei Schülern und Kollegen gleichermaßen beliebt. Eines Nachts jedoch beginnt die Fassade zu bröckeln: Auf einmal ist da dieses ununterbrochene Summen, das an ihren Nerven zerrt. Das Schlimmste daran ist, dass niemand sonst es wahrzunehmen scheint. Bis Claire, zunehmend in die Isolation getrieben, eines Tages feststellt, dass einer ihrer Schüler es auch hören kann. So findet Claire mit der Zeit eine Ersatzfamilie: Menschen, die das Summen auch hören. Immer tiefer begibt sie sich in die geheime Welt des Summens, die zunehmend sektenartige Züge annimmt. Das Summen ist ein fesselndes psychologisches Portrait, das einen bis zur letzten Minute in seinem Bann hält. Was geschieht, wenn aus Neugier Besessenheit wird? Mit Das Summen erscheint der prämierte Autor und Aktivist Tannahill endlich auf Deutsch. Marion Elskis' markante Stimme sorgt für Eindringlichkeit."

Jordan Tannahill (Author), Marion Elskis (Narrator)

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The River Twice

"The River Twice, by the Giller-nominated author of the bestselling The Island Walkers, is a gripping new World War I novel set in the Southern Ontario factory town familiar to his many readers, where residents are reeling as the wounded return and the list of local young men who have been killed continues to grow. Wounded in body and spirit, Ted Whitfield returns home from the trenches to his wife, Miriam, who finds him deeply altered and virtually unreachable. Her sister, Grace, afflicted by her own secret trauma, falls into an immediate and electric affinity with Ted, and soon he is telling her—and only her—a story from the front lines that’s as shocking as it is extraordinary. As the novel moves back and forth between the lush, rolling landscape of southern Ontario and the devastated French countryside where exhausted Canadian troops are entrenched, the three characters at the centre of the narrative become entwined in almost unbearable tension. Miriam and Grace’s nine-year-old brother Will, a thoughtful quiet boy who often sees the adults more clearly than they see themselves, is at the moral centre of the story. Each of Bemrose’s finely constructed characters strives to be as true and as honest as they can with one another, and yet are caught up in the evasions and deceptions that so complicate human life, especially during a war and its aftermath. The River Twice does for Canada what Pat Barker’s The Regeneration Trilogy did for England—focuses our collective memory on the moral injustices that attend any war, contemporary or historic. John Bemrose draws readers in and won’t let them go until the last page of this astonishingly lyrical and deeply humane novel."

John Bemrose (Author), John Bemrose (Narrator)

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[Romanian] - Povestirile Evei Luna

"Isabel Allende: 20 de cărţi publicate, traduceri în peste 35 de limbi; peste 57 de milioane de exemplare vândute; 12 doctorate onorifice; 50 de premii în peste 15 ţări; 2 filme de succes făcute după romanele ei. Rolf Carlé este limanul spre care a năzuit – fără s-o ştie – Eva Luna, pe când străbătea jungla amazoniană. Dragostea lor este teritoriul privilegiat unde nimeni şi nimic nu îi poate ajunge şi, la adăpostul acestei iubiri împlinite, Eva, asemenea unei Şeherezade moderne, cu harul ei de a depăna istorii pline de nostalgie, înţelepciune, umor şi dragoste, ţese o tapiserie complicată şi multicoloră, care adună laolaltă douăzeci şi trei de poveşti despre nenumăratele ipostaze ale vieţii pasionale şi violente de pe continentul sud-american. Patul celor doi îndrăgostiţi devine astfel sanctuarul unde vorbele vrăjite ale Evei evocă personaje exotice, iar istoriile lor par să se prelungească în legendă şi mit, atât de intense sunt patimile care îi macină şi faptele pe care le săvârşesc. Fie că descoperă puterea cuvintelor, ca tânăra Belisa Crepusculario, fie puterea sentimentelor sau a chemării cărnii, precum discreta, dar perversa adolescentă Helena, aceste figuri fascinante alcătuiesc un caleidoscop magic, care-şi va prinde în mreje cititorul."

Isabel Allende (Author), Iulia Popa (Narrator)

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[Romanian] - Imago

"Imago este ultimul stadiu în metamorfoza unei insecte, în care aceasta atinge maturitatea, fiind aptă de a se reproduce. Pentru Ludmila Ulițkaia, termenul devine o metaforă care străbate întregul roman și sugerează maturizarea morală a ființei umane. O construcție epică impresionantă, în care tragedia e mereu subminată de elementele comice, un mare roman despre iubire, destine și caractere, Imago acoperă peste o jumătate de secol de istorie, de la funeraliile faraonice ale lui Stalin până la moartea poetului exilat Iosif Brodski. Ludmila Ulițkaia propune o frescă a Rusiei într-o epocă în care teroarea se îmblânzise doar întru câtva, dăinuind în diverse forme: un dezgheț pervers în cultură, o acceptare de fațadă a libertății de opinie, sancționată drastic apoi cu procese și condamnări. Pe acest fundal apar portretele câtorva tineri care aderă la noile tendințe artistice, pendulând totodată între idealism și cinism, curaj și lașitate, dragoste și trădare. Destinele lor sunt urmărite cu adânca înțelegere și pătrundere psihologică ale marii romanciere, obsedată de condiția oamenilor într-o lume strâmb croită: 'oameni reali, azi dispăruți, care au stat în spatele personajelor mele, al celor care s-au purtat ireproșabil și al celor care au călcat greșit, striviți în mașina de tocat a vremurilor, al celor care au rezistat și al celor care au cedat, martori, și eroi, și victime, a căror amintire va rămâne în veci'."

Ludmila Ulițkaia (Author), Ioana Boca (Narrator)

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[Bengali] - Shobhajatra

"মহিষাদল শুটিং করতে গিয়ে সেখানকার রাজার দেওয়ানবাড়িতে উঠেছিলেন মনোজ মিত্র. দেওয়ানের এক বংশধর স্ত্রীকে নিয়ে থাকতেন ভাঙা চোরা সেই মস্ত বাড়িতেই. এক দুপুরে সে গৃহকর্তার নিমন্ত্রনে তাদের সাথে গল্প করতে গিয়েই শোনেন তাদের ফেলে আসা সময়ের কথা. সেখান থেকেই তৈরী হয় ধনগোপাল রায়, তার রায়বাড়ি, দুই মেয়ে, নাতি, সম্পত্তির ভাগ বুঝে নিতে আশা জ্ঞাতি, তাদের পরিয়বারের রথযাত্রা আর তার অঞ্চলের লোকজিন নিয়ে এক বদলে যাওয়া সময় আর সমাজের প্রেক্ষাপটে এক দীপ নিভে যাওয়া জমিদার বাড়ির গল্প!"

Manoj Mitra (Author), Multiple (Narrator)

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