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rachaich
The Novel | James Albert Michener
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Pickpick

So. Four chapters, four perspectives: the writer, the editor, the critics and the reader (getting Breakfast Club vibes!) I didn't really get it until some pages into The Editor. Then I was gobsmacked. This is seriously brilliant. The writing journey start to finish. The role if The Novel in readership. I've actually underlined sections... I never do that. I keep reading aloud to anyone who listens!!!

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Daisey
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Pickpick

Published in 1957, this reads as an immediate view of the 1956 Hungarian revolution and flight of refugees. It‘s also completely a 1950s warning against communism. I was very much invested in the stories of these people who fought for and then fled their homeland.

🎧 I listened to the audio (a few hours while disking today) and found it bearable but not great.

#nonfiction #audiobook #FoodAndLit #Hungary
#BooksOnTheFarm

Texreader Excellent book. And tough work today!! 1y
Daisey @Texreader Agree about the book, but as for the work, this was the easiest job of the day and only one with AC. Plus, I got to listen to my book. 1y
Catsandbooks Fantastic! 🚜🇭🇺 1y
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Texreader
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#two4Tuesday

1) I‘m with @Catsandbooks — stay inside with the AC; it‘s brutally hot out there
2) Many but most recently James Michener. When I learned he volunteered in the 1950s to help Hungarians escape the Soviets and communism, and how it inspired him to learn all he could about the situation, I was so impressed and I learned immense amounts about a country I knew so little about, #Hungary, thanks to #foodandlit

Thanks for the tag!

Catsandbooks Yay #FoodandLit 🙌🏼 ❤️ 1y
TheSpineView Stay cool and thanks for playing! 1y
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Texreader
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Pickpick

In the 1950s, Michener volunteered to help refugees cross the Bridge at Andau into Austria escaping communism and the Soviet regime, which was putting down a temporarily successful revolt in Budapest, #Hungary. Horrified by what he saw and heard, he investigated in depth what brought about the revolt and its aftermath. This is a profound indictment of communism. Even though written in the 1950s, and being dated, it reverberates in the news from ⬇️

Texreader Ukraine and Putin‘s Soviet-era desire to rob the freedom from his neighbors. An excellent book. I learned vasts amounts about #Hungary and its history. I‘m so glad I found and read this book. But per my prior posts skip the audio. #foodandlit 1y
Catsandbooks 🇭🇺❤️ 1y
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Texreader
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This is an excellent book about the uprising against communism and the Soviets in 1950s #Hungary. If only the audio weren‘t so blasted awful. DO NOT BUY THE AUDIO version of this book. It is monotonous to the point of robotic. Second worst audio I‘ve ever heard; I bailed the last time one was this bad. But I‘m unable to return the audio. So, I‘ve sped it up as fast as I can listen and have about an hour left. #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

Catsandbooks Oh I'm sorry the audio was so bad! 1y
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Texreader
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I‘ve opted for the tagged book to be my next audiobook. It‘s nonfiction about a Hungarian uprising in 1956 against communism and the Soviet Union. #Hungary #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

P.S. I‘ve listened to the first chapter. The narrator is terrible! I‘m going to try to stick it out because this is a history I‘m unfamiliar with and would like to learn more.

Catsandbooks Oh a terrible narrator can really ruin a good book! Hope you can make it through! 1y
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Susanita
The Drifters: A Novel | James A. Michener
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📘The Drifters
🖊Fiona Davis
🎥Doctor Zhivago ✳️
🎤John Denver
🎶The Dance (Garth Brooks)
✳️Note I did NOT name it as my favorite book 🤣 #manicmonday #letterD

CBee There will always be something about Omar Sharif 😍 2y
Susanita @CBee Yes! 2y
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Susanita
The Drifters: A Novel | James A. Michener
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My favorite Michener for #letterd of the #alphabetgame

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing 2y
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Maria514626
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The US and the United Nations said nothing when the Russians rolled in and flattened the Hungarian resistance in 1956.

An amazing an heartbreaking read.

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Maria514626
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I‘ll finish this one this morning. It‘s a first edition. 😁
#20in4
I got a late start on the ‘thon but still got a couple of hours in. It‘s supposed to be 80F today so there will be outdoor reading! 🙌🙌🙌

Andrew65 An good start 👏👏👏 2y
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