Literary Criticism audiobooks

Ein Gespräch über Otfried Preußler: Krabat und Die kleine Hexe - Klassiker der Literaturgeschichte 1 (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Ulrike Draesner, John von Düffel, Timo Brunke &...

Narrated by: Ulrike Draesner, John von Düffel, Timo Brunke &...

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Otfried Preußlers Geschichten haben Generationen von Kindern, Jugendlichen und Erwachsenen begeistert. Genannt seien nur die bekanntesten Figuren: Die kleine Hexe, Der Räuber Hotzenplotz und Das kleine Gespenst. Sein erstes Buch, Der kleine Was- sermann, erschien 1956 und erhielt ein Jahr später den Deutschen Jugendbuchpreis. Zunächst war... Read more

Rythu Biddadu Guerillagaa(Kondapalli Seetharamaiah Jeevitam)-రైతుబిడ్డ గెరిల్లాగా (కొండపల్లి సీతారామయ్య జీవితం)

By: కె.అనురాధ & K.Anuradha

Narrated by: శ్రీనివాస రావు పొలుదాసు (SP)

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Rythu Biddadu Guerillagaa is a book based on the life of Kondapalli Seetharamaiah. He was one of the charismatic leaders of the Naxalite movement in the Telugu states for more than twenty years between 1970 and 1991. Peoples' War happened under his leadership. In this book, author K. Anuradha chronicles the life and times of Kondapalli... Read more

Showman : Raj Kapoor

By: Ritu Nanda

Narrated by: Pankaj Kalra

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

"शोमैन राज कपूर" एक महान् हस्ती को उनके पाँच बच्चों रणधीर कपूर, रितु नंदा, ऋषि कपूर, रीमा जैन और राजीव कपूर की ओर से श्रद्धांजलि है, जिसे आर.के. फिल्म एंड स्टुडियो ने प्रोड्यूस किया है। यह एक अनोखा प्रयोग है, जो आत्मकथा भी है और जीवनी भी। आत्मकथा में उनके ही शब्दों का प्रयोग किया गया है, जिन्हें इंटरव्यू, पत्रिकाओं और किस्से-कहानियों से जुटाया... Read more

Examen de mi padre

By: Jorge Volpi

Narrated by: Humberto Solórzano

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Mi padre murió el 2 de agosto de 2014. Yo decidí volver mi luto literario y a lo largo de diez meses escribí diez ensayos que me permitiese recordarlo... El libro más íntimo de Jorge Volpi, autor de En busca de Klingsor, Memorial del engaño y Las elegidas. Una memoria de su padre, al mismo tiempo que una autopsia de México. El autor ha sido... Read more

Premno Password

By: Ankit Trivedi

Narrated by: Ankit Trivedi

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

પ્રેમ વિશે લખાયેલા ચૂંટેલા નિબંધો (ફકરાઓ) અને સુવાક્યોની કોફી ટેબલ બુક. તાજેતરમાં આ પુસ્તકનું સંવર્ધિત આવૃત્તિ સ્વરૂપે પુનઃમુદ્રણ થઈ રહ્યું છે. Read more

Rewilding Motherhood

By: Shannon K. Evans

Narrated by: Joana Garcia

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Women are often told by their communities that being a mother will complete or define them. But many women find themselves depleted and spiritually stagnant amid the everyday demands of being a mom. They long to experience a rich inner life but feel there is rarely enough time, energy, or stillness to connect with God in a meaningful way.



This... Read more

Read Until You Understand

By: Farah Jasmine Griffin

Narrated by: Farah Jasmine Griffin

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A BRILLIANT SCHOLAR IMPARTS THE LESSONS BEQUEATHED BY THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND ITS REMARKABLE ARTISTS AND THINKERS.Farah Jasmine Griffin has taken to her heart the phrase “read until you understand,” a line her father, who died when she was nine, wrote in a note to her. She has made it central to this book about love of the majestic power of... Read more

Theory of the Gimmick

By: Sianne Ngai

Narrated by: Nancy Wu

Length: 12 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A provocative theory of the gimmick as an aesthetic category steeped in the anxieties of capitalism.



Repulsive and yet strangely attractive, the gimmick is a form that can be found virtually everywhere in capitalism. It comes in many guises: a musical hook, a financial strategy, a striptease, a novel of ideas. Above all, acclaimed theorist Sianne... Read more

The Heroine with 1001 Faces

By: Maria Tatar

Narrated by: Julie McKay

Length: 12 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

World-renowned folklorist Maria Tatar reveals an astonishing but long buried history of heroines, taking us from Cassandra and Scheherazade to Nancy Drew and Wonder Woman.



How do we explain our newfound cultural investment in empathy and social justice? For decades, Joseph Campbell had defined our cultural aspirations in The Hero with a Thousand... Read more

Purnima

By: Ramanlal Desai

Narrated by: Yatin Parmar

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

ભારતીય સમાજમા ગણકાઓનાં વનને કથાને રાખીને લખાયેલી, રમણલાલ દસાઈની ણીતી નવલકથા. Read more

El inconcebible universo

By: Jose Gordon

Narrated by: Jose Gordon

Length: 4 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Un viejo sueño cruza los cerebros de Albert Einstein, Edward Witten y Stephen Hawking; también los de Walt Whitman, Jorge Luis Borges y Octavio Paz. Es el sueño de que, más allá de las apariencias, todas las expresiones y fuerzas de la naturaleza podrían estar unificadas. En este fascinante ensayo, el escritor José Gordon nos interna en el... Read more

Contra el fascismo

By: Umberto Eco

Narrated by: Eugenio Barona

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Las catorce claves de Umberto Eco para reconocer el fascismo: un manifiesto urgente. «Umberto Eco cambió nuestra mirada sobre los libros: imprescindibles, pequeños, frágiles, a veces criminales, casi siempre salvadores. Un maestro que nos enseñó a entrelazar la sabiduría y el juego con su estilo sagaz y lúdico, con su asombrosa inventiva y... Read more

Maroobhoomiya Hoo

By: Waris Dirie

Narrated by: Nalme Nachiyar

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

1990ರ ದಶಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಜಾಹಿರಾತು ಜಗತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮಿಂಚಿದ ಕಪ್ಪು ಶಿಲೆಯಂತ ಸುಂದರಿ ವಾರಿಸ್ ಡೆರಿಸ್ ನಳ ಆತ್ಮಕಥನ 'ಡೆಸರ್ಟ್ ಫ್ಲವರ್'ನ ಕನ್ನಡಾನುವಾದ. ವಾರಿಸ್ ಡೆರಿಸ್ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಜಾಹಿರಾತು ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಚ್ಚಳಿಯದ ಹೆಸರು. 1990ರ ದಶಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಸೌಂದರ್ಯವರ್ಧಕ ಉತ್ಪನ್ನಗಳ ಬಹುರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಕಂಪನಿಯಾದ ರೆವಲಾನ್ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ತನ್ನ ಉತ್ಪನ್ನಗಳಿಗೆ ಕಡೆದ ಕಪ್ಪು ಕಲ್ಲಿನ ಶಿಲೆಯಂತಿದ್ದ ವಾರಿಸ್ ಡೆರಿಸ್ ಳನ್ನು ಅನೇಕ ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಕಾಲ... Read more

Prakash No Padachhayo

By: Dinkar Joshi

Narrated by: Darshan Jariwala

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

દિનકર જોશી ની લખેલી પુસ્તક પ્રકાશ નો પડછાયો નું ઓડિયો રૂપાંતર દર્શન જરીવાલા ની આવાઝ માં ગુજરાતી નવલકથા ક્ષેત્રે જીવનકથનાત્મક નવલકથાઓની આગવી જ કેડી કંડારનારી આ નવલકથા ગાંધીજીના જ્યેષ્ઠ પુત્ર હરિલાલના જીવન ઉપર આધારિત છે. ગાંધીજીના પારિવારિક જીવનમાં પિતા પુત્ર વચ્ચેનો માનસિક સંઘર્ષ એમની કરુણાંતિકા હતી. આ કરુણાંતિકામાં કસ્તુરબાની વ્યથા સર્વથી અધિક... Read more

Burning Man

By: Frances Wilson

Narrated by: Esther Wane

Length: 16 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

"Never trust the teller," wrote D. H. Lawrence, "trust the tale." Everyone who knew him told stories about Lawrence, and Lawrence told stories about everyone he knew. He also told stories about himself, again and again: a pioneer of autofiction, no writer before Lawrence had made so permeable the border between life and literature. In Burning... Read more

Manifest

By: Debbie Viale

Narrated by: Teagan McKenzie

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

These are my collection of poems that I wrote over the years. Some wonderful memories and experiences that I shared with people close to my heart. Read more

Savithri

By: Dheenadayalan

Narrated by: Bavya Keerthivasan

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

"பெரும்பாலும் ஆண்களே கோலோச்சுகின்ற தமிழ்த் திரையுலகில் உருவான முன்மாதிரி இல்லாத துருவ நட்சத்திரம் சாவித்திரி. நடிகர் திலகம் சிவாஜிக்கு இணையான இன்னொரு நடிகரைச் சொல்வதற்கு இன்னமும்கூட தயக்கங்கள் இருக்கின்றன. ஆனால் சிவாஜி சிம்மாசனத்தில் இருந்த காலகட்டத்திலேயே நடிகையர் திலகம் என்ற புகழ்மொழி சாவித்ரிக்கு மட்டுமே சாத்தியமாகியிருக்கிறது. இதுதான்... Read more

Jagate Thiba Jete Dina

By: ମୃଣାଳ

Narrated by: ଅନିତ୍ୟ ମହାନ୍ତି

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

ହସ ଖୁସି ଗମାତ ମଉଜର କଥା କହନ୍ତି ଲେଖକ ମୃଣାଳ! ଯଦିଓ ସେଥିରେ ଥାଏ ସାମାଜିକ ଅବ୍ୟବସ୍ଥା ପ୍ରତି ତୀକ୍ଷ୍ଣ ବ୍ୟଙ୍ଗ! 'ଜଗତେ ଥିବା ଯେତେ ଦିନ' ବହିରେ ଅଛି ସେମିତି କିଛି ଘଟଣା, କଥା ଓ କାହାଣୀ ଯାହା ଆପଣଙ୍କୁ କୁତୁକୁତୁ କରିବ ସତ, ହେଲେ ଶୁଣିଲାବେଳେ ଛାତି ଭିତର ଟିକେ ରୁଗୁରୁଗୁ ବି ହେବ! ଶୁଣି ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ଉପସ୍ଥାପକ ଅନିତ୍ୟ ମହାନ୍ତିଙ୍କ ମନଛୁଆଁ କଣ୍ଠରେ... Read more

The Book Burners

By: Chloe Hadjimatheou & Mobeen Azhar

Narrated by: Mobeen Azhar, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Salman Rushdi...

Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1989, the literary world was rocked by an unprecedented event: Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of Revolutionary Iran, issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses.

Rushdie's book was considered by many Muslims to be blasphemy for its depiction of Mohammed, and Khomeini had just ordered Rushdie's death. The book was... Read more

El ojo de la casa

By: Carolina Sanín

Narrated by: Laura Robayo

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Primer episodio de la colección Primera Temporada. Un ensayo sobre el electrodoméstico favorito, escrito por una de las voces más influyentes y polémicas de nuestra época. El ojo de la casa nos vigila mientras descansamos o trabajamos. Su poder se extiende más allá de las cuatro paredes y traspasa fronteras, continentes. Tiene la capacidad de... Read more

Black Joy

By: Various

Narrated by: Aurora Burghart, Michael Balogun, Timi Sotire, ...

Length: 5 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Narrated by Aurora Burghart, Michael Balogun, Timi Sotire, Munya Chawawa, Travis Alabanza, Richie Brave, Sophia Tassew, Tobi Kyeremateng, Henrie Kwushue, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Mayowa Quadri, Athian Akec, Ife Grillo, Rukiat Ashawe, Melz Owusu, Isaac James, Theophina Gabriel, Fopé Ajanaku, Lauryn Green and Ruby... Read more

Letters to Gil

By: Malik Al Nasir & Benjamin Zephania

Narrated by: Malik Al Nasir & Gil Scott-Heron

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

‘A searing, triumphant story. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit as well as a beautiful ode to an iconic figure’ IRENOSEN OKOJIE Exclusive content in this audio edition includes interviews between Malik and Benjamin Zephaniah, Jalal... Read more

A Midsummer Night's Dream

By: William Shakespeare & SparkNotes

Narrated by: Luis Moreno, Soneela Nankani, Gabra Zackman, Ma...

Length: 5 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

SparkNotes Audio presents … No Fear Shakespeare audio recordings! Listen to full cast performances of Shakespeare's plays in all their brilliance—and understand what every word means!

Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare. These audiobook editions make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable.

Each No Fear Shakespeare audio recording audio... Read more

Giovanni Verga

By: Boris Bertolini

Narrated by: William Angiuli

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Siciliano d'origine, figlio di una terra ricca di tradizione e di cultura, Giovanni Verga ha saputo donare delle pagine indimenticabili, che hanno dato una spinta propulsoria ineguagliabile alla letteratura italiana. Nonostante una carriera letteraria particolarmente breve, a lui si deve infatti la nascita di uno stile nuovo e rivoluzionario per... Read more