Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818056 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brightly Shining Author: Caroline Waight, Ingvild Rishøi Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 58 minutes Release date: November 19, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Beautifully told with humor and tenderness, a Norwegian Christmas tale of sisterhood, financial hardship, and far-off dreams, acclaimed by reviewers and beloved by readers across Europe, where it has been a major bestseller. Christmas is just around the corner, and Ronja and Melissa’s dreamer of a father is out of work again. When ten-year-old Ronja hears about a job at a Christmas tree stand near where the family lives in central Oslo, she thinks it might be the stroke of luck they all need. Soon, the fridge fills with food, and their father returns home with money in his pocket and a smile on his face. But one evening he disappears into the night under the pretense of buying Christmas gifts—and the daughters know he has gone to his favorite local pub, Stargate, and they come to terms with the fact that he may lose his wonderful new job. Melissa decides to take his place at the Christmas tree stand, working before and after school in the December afternoon dark, and brings along Ronja, who quickly charms all the middle-class customers. On rare breaks the sisters dream of a brighter place of kindness and plenty, and find help from some of those around them—but both understand that their family structure is a precarious one, and that they are going to need luck and strength to transcend their circumstances. Skillfully told, evoking the delight, misunderstandings, and innocence of a child’s voice, Brightly Shining is small in stature but with an outsize impact on the listener, and has all the markings of a magical modern classic.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/821712 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Vida animal Author: María José Caro Narrator: Vanessa Robbiano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 49 minutes Release date: October 27, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Una historia íntima sobre las vacilaciones de la adultez y el desgaste que el tiempo le imprime a las relaciones humanas. Tras un tiempo sin verse, cuatro amigas se reencuentran en una casa de campo en Chosica para la despedida de soltera de una de ellas. El entusiasmo inicial viene acompañado de recuerdos y confidencias que pronto tensan el ambiente. Al intercambiar las dudas sobre su rol de parejas, madres e hijas, la reunión se transforma en un reflejo de sí mismas, de sus vínculos agrietados; se preguntan entonces qué las mantiene unidas. La evocación de su niñez y adolescencia permite contrastar el ayer y el ahora de mujeres que experimentan las vacilaciones de una adultez aún inexperta y el desgaste que el tiempo les imprime a las relaciones humanas, así como la dura carga de los secretos que arrastran. Porque acaso la amistad sin proximidad, como dice la narradora de esta historia, es solo 'un vehículo para honrar el pasado'. Por medio de una prosa depurada e introspectiva, María José Caro reconstruye en Vida animal el acotado perímetro urbano de una juventud limeña en el umbral de un nuevo siglo. Una generación que lleva sobre sí el pasado errático de sus padres y la inquietud ante un presente de responsabilidades e incertidumbres aún por definirse.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818623 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sequel Author: Jean Hanff Korelitz Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 24, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Not many first-time novelists get a profile in the New York Times. Then again, few first-time novelists come with the backstory of an Anna Williams-Bonner: recent bride of a wildly successful novelist who took his own life even as his fame seemed on the ascent. As her own book climbs the bestseller list, it seems not all the attention is focused on Anna's literary merit. Threats begin arriving, hinting at a dark secret in Anna's past. With her reputation - and potentially her life - on the line, is there anything Anna won't do to protect herself?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818017 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Mandel (Ungekürzt) Author: Won-pyung Sohn Narrator: Marian Funk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Über 600.000 verkaufte Exemplare in Südkorea: Der Kultroman endlich auf Deutsch! Der Überraschungserfolg aus Südkorea! Eine ergreifende Geschichte darüber, wie Liebe, Freundschaft und der Mut, sich anderen zu öffnen, ein Leben für immer verändern können. Der Junge Yunjae ist ein Außenseiter. Eine angeborene Erkrankung macht es ihm schwer, Gefühle wie Angst, Freude oder Wut zu empfinden. Als er von einem Tag auf den anderen auf sich allein gestellt ist, wächst er über sich hinaus, schließt überraschend Freundschaft und weckt Kräfte in sich, die er nie für möglich gehalten hätte ... 'Ein kühnes, originelles Stück Literatur, das die Tiefen des menschlichen Daseins mit unglaublich viel Humor auslotet.' Entertainment Weekly 'Intensiv und bewegend, ein phänomenales Buch.' Wall Street Journal 'Dieses Buch hat ein so sanftes Herz.' Salon Ein großartiger Roman für alle Leser:innen von Sayaka Muratas 'Die Ladenhüterin' und Mark Haddons 'Supergute Tage oder Die sonderbare Welt des Christopher Boone'.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/816133 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Astonishment of Stars: Stories Author: Kirti Bhadresa Narrator: Roveena Gnanabakthan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 1, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: A beautifully written short story collection that charts the lives of racialized women as they navigate their relationships, aspirations, and the burdens of memory and expectations “Sharply observed and gracefully told, this is a collection shining with all the unexpected delights and defeats that make up a life.” — Anuja Varghese, author of Chrysalis The wife who uses the name of her white husband in public. The mother who cleans the small-town hospital while her daughter moves to the city to forget their shared past. The well-behaved teen girl who anxiously watches her older sister slip further and further away from their hovering parents. Each of these characters is both familiar and singular, reminding us of women we have been, of our mothers and daughters, neighbors and adversaries. Kirti Bhadresa is a keen observer of humanity, especially of the BIPOC women whose domestic and professional work is the backbone of late-stage capitalism but whose lives receive so little attention in mainstream culture. An Astonishment of Stars is a collection that sees those who are unseen and cuts to the heart of contemporary womanhood, community collisions, and relationships both chosen and forced upon us.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/820051 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Un piano en bahía Desolación Author: Libertad Demitrópulos Narrator: María Carolina Yarussi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 27, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: 'Déjenla seguir viviendo del piano y de la música, donde se mueve feliz. Es ahí donde se abren las puertas que se le cerraron cuando, engañada, se embarcó en aquel barco que fue su perdición. Mamá les enseñó el piano, y a tocar ella aprendió más rápido que Raquel. En todo era más avezada que su hermana. Por ejemplo: siendo menor fue la primera en descubrir a las rameras de Liverpool. ¿Ves esas mujeres?, buscan hombres. ¿Para qué?, preguntaba Raquel. Para hacer cosas. ¿Qué cosas? Unas que se hacen adentro de la cama.' Nancy, una joven inglesa de clase baja, es trasladada en barco desde Liverpool hasta Punta Arenas, donde vive un ganadero austríaco a quien fue vendida como esposa. El paisaje de la Patagonia argentina y sus personajes son nuevos para ella: mineros, hombres de campo, loberos, prestamistas y prostitutas pueblan estas páginas y se mueven alrededor de un objetivo: el dinero. Los hombres se entregan a él, las mujeres son mercancía. En Un piano en Bahía Desolación, publicado en 1994, trece años después de su obra más reconocida, Río de las congojas, Libertad Demitrópulos nos ofrece un friso de una región y una época, marcada por la consolidación del Estado-nación argentino y la instauración de un modelo económico agroexportador, pero también por la violencia hacia las mujeres y los pactos patriarcales.'

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/805485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Invisible Girl: Luna Novella Author: C.L. Farley Narrator: Clare Staniforth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 51 minutes Release date: September 24, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Maggie survived an apocalypse of hungry shadows by becoming invisible, only to drown during a violent telepathic assault. Living on the edge of Bloemfontein, in South Africa, Maggie scavenges for scraps and grapples with the unreality, a collection of strange visions and slippery thoughts caused by the attack. When she's approached by strangers who claim she can destroy the shadow monsters, Maggie faces a dilemma: are these people real, and if so, how can she ensure they stay with her forever? The Invisible Girl is about seeing the world differently, and society's tendency to 'other' people who make them uncomfortable. Many different ideas and experiences inspired this story: life in a backwater city, victim shaming and the stigma surrounding mental health issues, and the search for community in a world that doesn't tolerate strangeness well.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/814276 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Villain's Dance Author: Fiston Mwanza Mujila Narrator: Amir Abdullah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: September 24, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Finalist for the 2024 National Book Award for Translated Literature Full of wit, music, and a rollicking cast of characters, The Villain's Dance shows Fiston Mwanza Mujila is back with a bang. Zaire. Late 90's. Mobutu's thirty-year reign is tottering. In Lubumbashi, the stubbornly homeless Sanza has fallen in with a trio of veteran street kids led by the devious Ngungi. A chance encounter with the mysterious Monsieur Guillaume seems to offer a way out . . . Meanwhile in Angola, Molakisi has joined thousands of fellow Zairians hoping to make their fortunes hunting diamonds, while Austrian Franz finds himself roped into writing the memoirs of the charismatic Tshiamuena, the 'Madonna of the Cafunfo Mines.' Things are drawing to a head, but at the Mambo de la Fête, they still dance the Villain's Dance from dusk till dawn.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/821003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unspoken Heart Author: Bal Singh Narrator: Steven Floyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 54 minutes Release date: September 23, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: The Unspoken Heart by Balbir Singh is a book about love in all its glory. The story revolves around Tanveer, a successful city lawyer with no time for romance. However, her whole life changes when she comes across an incredibly popular book recommended to her by her best friend. The book is about love, and shines light on it in a way Tanveer never knew possible. She decides to track down the author to find out the truth behind his words, but what she discovers is beyond her wildest imagination. Tanveer would never be the same again as her whole life changes the closer she gets to the truth.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/804732 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Miniaturist Author: Jessie Burton Narrator: Jessie Burton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 12, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed...On an autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman knocks at the door of a grand house in the wealthiest quarter of Amsterdam. She has come from the country to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt, but instead she is met by his sharp-tongued sister, Marin. Only later does Johannes appear and present her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. It is to be furnished by an elusive miniaturist, whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in unexpected ways. Nella is at first mystified by the closed world of the Brandt household, but as she uncovers its secrets she realizes the escalating dangers that await them all. Does the miniaturist hold their fate in her hands? And will she be the key to their salvation or the architect of their downfall? Beautiful, intoxicating and filled with heart-pounding suspense, The Miniaturist is a magnificent story of love and obsession, betrayal and retribution, appearance and truth.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/815496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Мама для двойняшек босса Author: Николь Келлер Narrator: Маргарита Ефремова, Валерий Толков Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes Release date: September 6, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: - Лука, нам нужно серьезно поговорить, - я едва ли не умоляю. Плевать на унижение, я готова и не через это пройти ради своих детей. - Говори, только быстрее, я тороплюсь. Меня дома ждут. Такая простая фраза режет меня по живому. Дома его ждут двойняшки. Дети, которых я выносила и с таким трудом родила. Мои дети. Наши с Лукой. - Лука, это как раз по поводу двойняшек…Дело в том, что они…мои дети. - Что за чушь ты несешь? А, самое главное, зачем? Надеешься получить еще денег?! - Причем тут деньги?! Я говорю… - Хватит! – рявкает босс, резко хлопая ладонью по столу. – Это наши дети с Алисой. Наши. Да, она не может иметь детей и… - Я докажу. -Трясущимися руками достаю документы и осторожно кладу на стол прямо перед боссом. – Посмотри сам. - Что за…?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/803682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Herzscherben Author: Julia Abel Narrator: Chris Jeremy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 38 minutes Release date: July 26, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Das Leben. Der Tod. Die Liebe. Der Hass. Der Tag. Die Nacht. Im Leben gibt es immer zwei Seiten. Doch trotz ihres Zusammenspiels, zerreißen sie einem manchmal das Herz. Ohne Gnade. Ohne Reue. Emelie hat sämtliche Hoffnung in ihrem Leben verloren, weil das Schicksal sich entschied, sich gegen sie zu wenden und ihr das Wichtigste im Leben zu nehmen. Doch eines Nachts macht sie eine unerwartete Begegnung. Diese reißt sie für einen Moment aus ihrer Dunkelheit und offenbart ihr neue Wege. Wird sie wieder zu sich selbst und das Licht in ihrem Herzen finden? Oder wird sie weiter fallen und in den Scherben ihres Herzens untergehen?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/808216 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wind What Ruffles the Surface: Ambient 1 Series: #1 of Ambient Prose Author: Martin Luuk Narrator: Jake Young Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 50 minutes Release date: July 25, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Ambient Prose publishes full-length audio books that evoke emotions, images, and sensations, without the constraints of narrative arc or plot, allowing listeners to drift in and out of focus, relax, sleep, or find their own meaning and connection within the ebb and flow of words. Ambient Prose works offer a seamless flow of the human written word, where the soothing, poetic use of language creates a unique auditory experience both engaging and ignorable. In The wind what ruffles the surface, author Martin Luuk takes listeners on an auditory journey that is itself dream-like, presenting a collection of evocative images, and scenes, and creating a tapestry of fragmented vignettes that readers can explore in any order. Using provocative juxtapositions and open-ended interpretations, The wind what ruffles the surface allows readers to find their own connections and meanings within the text, pushing the boundaries of conventional literature and inviting a more immersive, impressionistic listening experience. As one of the leading voices in the new ambient literature movement, Luuk has created a work that is at once a comforting backdrop, a sleep aid & companion, and a new literary form.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/802296 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Мышь Author: иван филиппов Narrator: татьяна лазарева Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 22, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: 2020 год. Из Института функционального бессмертия, где идёт разработка средства для продления жизни Путина, сбегает инфицированная мышь. В Москве случается апокалипсис: большая часть жителей города погибает, кто-то выживает, остальные превращаются в зомби. Теперь они почти не видят — зато быстро бегают, охотятся толпами, чутко слышат и очень хорошо чувствуют запахи. Герои истории — выжившие, которых апокалипсис застал в разных частях Москвы. Они не знакомы между собой, но движутся в одном направлении — туда, где ещё можно спастись.