Literary Criticism audiobooks

Dos soledades

By: Mario Vargas Llosa & Gabriel García Márquez

Narrated by: Ramsés Ramos, John Alex Toro, Johan Gamarra, Ju...

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

La conversación perdida entre dos Premios Nobel, dos de los máximos exponentes de la literatura universal El origen del boom en las palabras de sus protagonistas En septiembre de 1967, unos jóvenes Gabriel García Márquez y Mario Vargas Llosa se reunieron en Lima para hablar de literatura latinoamericana. El primero había vendido ya miles de... Read more

Giving A Damn

By: Patricia Williams

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

‘I cannot help but see the bodies of my near ancestors in the current caravans of desperate souls fleeing from place to place, chased by famine, war and toxins. Ideas honed in slavery – of the otherness, the boorishness, the inferiority of thy neighbour – have continued to travel through American society.’ The story of... Read more

Hearing Homer's Song

By: Robert Kanigel

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 10 hours

Abridged: No

From the acclaimed biographer of Jane Jacobs and Srinivasa Ramanujan comes the first full life and work of arguably the most influential classical scholar of the twentieth century, who overturned long-entrenched notions of ancient epic poetry and enlarged the very idea of literature.

In this literary detective story, Robert Kanigel gives us a... Read more

Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz

By: Gail Crowther

Narrated by: Imani Jade Powers

Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In this vividly rendered and empathetic biography of two of the greatest poets of the 20th century—Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton—“the friendship and rivalry that the pair shared—not to mention the titular cocktails at a Boston hotel—is explored in fascinating detail” (Town & Country).

Introduced at a poetry workshop in Boston University,... Read more

You Are What You Read

By: author

Narrated by: Chris Sorensen

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

We are what we read, according to Robert DiYanni. Reading may delight us or move us; we may read for instruction or inspiration. But more than this, in reading we discover ourselves. We gain access to the lives of others, explore the limitless possibilities of human existence, develop our understanding of the world around us, and find respite... Read more

Macbeth

By: William Shakespeare & SparkNotes

Narrated by: January LaVoy, Wayne Carr, Eileen Stevens, Ryan...

Length: 5 hours 7 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

حكايات المعبد الياباني

By: محمد عضيمة

Narrated by: لبنى إسماعيل

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

يقدم الشاعر والكاتب والمترجم السوري محمد عضيمة المقيم في اليابان منذ أكثر من عشرين سنة، للقارئ العربي الوجه الآخر لليابان من خلال كتابه (حكايات المعبد الياباني). الكتاب الذي يضم نحو (50) فصلاً يتناول الكاتب فيها الحياة في اليابان.. العادات والتقاليد، وحكايات الشعب الياباني البسيط، وثقافاته ويومياته وطبيعته. ومن هذه الفصول: "أوراق المسافر - الدرس... Read more

Homeless

By: Liyana Dhamirah

Narrated by: Anita Kapoor

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner for the 2020 Singapore Book Awards (Best Non-Fiction) Ten years ago, Liyana Dhamirah was in a precarious situation: at 22, she was heavily pregnant and had no place to call home. For Liyana, home was often unstable. Once a bright teenager full of optimism, she faced uncertainty and found no support from family, government agencies... Read more

Just Like My Dad

By: Elizabeth Johnson & Tyrell Plair

Narrated by: Andrika Ruiz

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Parents everywhere are experiencing the distance from their children and their activities. Just Like My Dad is a book that focuses on the plight of children being compared to the mannerisms of their parents. The book explores all sides of how this comparison can have an effect on a child. It is a book that focuses on the feelings of children,... Read more

Violence Against Indigenous Women

By: Allison Hargreaves

Narrated by: Ryanne Chisholm

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Violence against Indigenous women in Canada is an ongoing crisis, with roots deep in the nation’s colonial history. Despite numerous policies and programs developed to address the issue, Indigenous women continue to be targeted for violence at disproportionate rates. What insights can literature contribute where dominant anti-violence... Read more

The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym

By: Paula Byrne

Narrated by: Antonia Beamish

Length: 17 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

‘Captures both Barbara and her writing so miraculously’ JILLY COOPER Picked as a Book to Look Forward to in 2021 by the Guardian, The Times and the Observer A Radio 4 Book of the Week, April 2021 Barbara Pym became beloved as one of the wittiest novelists of... Read more

Idli Orchid Aakasam (ఇడ్లీ ఆర్చిడ్ ఆకాసం)

By: యండమూరి వీరేంద్రనాధ్

Narrated by: Srinivasa Rao (SP)

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

"Idli Orchid Akasam is a Telugu translation of Idli Orchid And Will Power by Vithal Venkatesh Kamath, of the Kamat Hotel chain. It tells his inspiring life story, a story of success that came as a result of a lot of hard work and perseverance. Summary Of The Book Idly Orchid Akasam is not just the biography of V. V. Kamath, it is also the story... Read more

Yayati

By: ಗಿರೀಶ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ

Narrated by: Various narrators

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾರ್ನಾರ್ಡ್ ಅವರ ಮೊದಲ ನಾಟಕವಾದ ಯಯಾತಿ 1960 ರಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆಯಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿತು ಮತ್ತು 1962 ರಲ್ಲಿ ಮೈಸೂರು ರಾಜ್ಯ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಗೆದ್ದುಕೊಂಡಿತು. ಇದು ಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಒಂದು ಪ್ರಸಂಗವನ್ನು ಆಧರಿಸಿದೆ, ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಂಡವರ ಪೂರ್ವಜರಲ್ಲಿ ಒಬ್ಬರಾದ ಯಾಯತಿಗೆ ಅಕಾಲಿಕ ವೃದ್ಧಾಪ್ಯದ ಶಾಪ ನೀಡಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಯಾಯತಿಯ ದಾಂಪತ್ಯ ದ್ರೋಹದಿಂದ ಕೆರಳಿದ ಅವನ ಮಾವ ಶುಕ್ರಾಚಾರ್ಯ. ಯಾರಾದರೂ ತನ್ನ ಯೌವನವನ್ನು ತನ್ನೊಂದಿಗೆ ವಿನಿಮಯ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು... Read more

Los condenados del aire. El viaje a la utopía de los aeropiratas del Caribe

By: Massimo Di Ricco

Narrated by: Ricardo Bustamante

Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

El 30 de mayo de 1973, dos individuos armados y encapuchados secuestraron el avión Lockheed Electra HK-1274, de la aerolínea colombiana SAM, que volaba entre Pereira y Medellín. La crónica de la olvidada hazaña de la tripulación de la aeronave de SAM y de su largo y extraño rapto es el hilo conductor que sirve para abordar la oleada de... Read more

Can Such Things Be? ( Unabridged )

By: Ambrose Bierce

Narrated by: Shane Hagedorn

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

24 short stories in fairly typical Bierce fashion - ghostly, spooky, to be read (or listened to) in the dark, perhaps with a light crackling fire burning dimly in the background. Stories of ghosts, apparitions, and strange, inexplicable occurrences are prevalent in these tales, some of which occur on or near Civil War fields of battle, some in... Read more

Über die Unverständlichkeit

By: Friedrich Schlegel

Narrated by: Kevin Sodekamp

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Die adjektivische Passiversatzform ›unverständlich‹ ist transformierbar in den Ausdruck ›kann nicht verstanden werden‹. Das Modalverb ›können‹ hat typischerweise drei Funktionen: Kompetenz, Möglichkeit, Erlaubnis. An jeder schriftlichen Kommunikation sind (sehr einfach ausgedrückt) mindestens drei Momente beteiligt: ein Produzent, Zeichen, ein... Read more

Codename Romeo

By: Sebastian Cmiel

Narrated by: Sebastian Cmiel

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Das Hörspiel erzählt von einem im Krieg stehenden Mann der als Bomben Endschärfer agiert, das Leben mit seinem Beruf ist für ihn sehr schwer........... Read more

Through the Looking-Glass ( Unabridged )

By: Lewis Carroll

Narrated by: Mark Ashby

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The sequel to “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” finds Alice back in Wonderland and a piece in a surreal chess game. This weird and wonderful book includes the poems “Jabberwocky” and “The Walrus and the Carpenter,” a talking pudding, and that immortal line “Jam yesterday, jam tomorrow, but never jam today.” Lewis Carroll was the nom de plume of... Read more

The Solitude of Self

By: Vivian Gornick

Narrated by: Theresa Conkin

Length: 4 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the most important leaders of the movement to gain American women the vote. But, as Vivian Gornick argues in this passionate, vivid biographical essay, Stanton is also the greatest feminist thinker of the nineteenth century. Endowed with a philosophical cast of mind large enough to grasp the immensity that... Read more

Hildegard von Bingen

By: Nadja Reichardt

Narrated by: Nadja Reichardt

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Ein Hörspiel nach dem Theaterstück Hildegard von Bingen - Eine Schwalbe im Krieg. Uraufführung in der französischen Friedrichstadtkirche am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin. Gastspiele u.a. in der Krypta der Frauenkirche Dresden, Stiftskirche Bassum, Deutschland und Österreich. Bis heute ist das Stück zeitlos aktuell und wird immer noch als Gastspiel... Read more

The Deadly Dozen: India's Most Notorious Serial Killers

By: Anirban Bhattacharya

Narrated by: Anirban Bhattacharya

Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

'A schoolteacher who killed multiple paramours with cyanide; a mother who trained her daughters to kill children; a thug from the 1800s who slaughtered more than 900 people, a manservant who killed girls and devoured their body parts.
If you thought serial killers was a Western phenomenon, think again!
These bone-chilling stories in The Deadly... Read more

Capote

By: Gerald Clarke

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 25 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

The national bestselling biography and the basis for the film Capote starring Philip Seymour Hoffman in an Academy Award–winning turn.



One of the strongest fiction writers of his generation, Truman Capote became a literary star while still in his teens. His most phenomenal successes include Breakfast at Tiffany's, In Cold Blood, and Other Voices,... Read more

The Science of Middle-Earth

By: Roland Lehoucq, Loïc Mangin & Jean-Sébastien St...

Narrated by: Ralph Lister

Length: 13 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The surprising and illuminating look at how Tolkien's love of science and natural history shaped the creation of his Middle Earth, from its flora and fauna to its landscapes.

The world J.R.R. Tolkien created is one of the most beloved in all of literature, and continues to capture hearts and imaginations around the world. From Oxford to ComiCon,... Read more

The Men in My Life

By: Vivian Gornick

Narrated by: J. Michael McCullough

Length: 3 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Vivian Gornick, one of our finest critics, tackled the theme of love and marriage in her last collection of essays, The End of the Novel of Love, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. In this new collection, she turns her attention to another large theme in literature: the struggle for the semblance of inner freedom. Great literature,... Read more