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The Tiger's Wife
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs, Susan Duerden
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
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Summary
Winner of the Orange Prize.
A tiger escapes from a zoo, padding through the ruined streets and onwards, to a ridge above the Balkan village of Galina. His visits hold the villagers in a terrified thrall. But for one boy, the tiger is a thing of magic - Shere Khan awoken from The Jungle Book. Natalia is the granddaughter of that boy. Now a doctor, she is visiting orphanages after another war has devastated the Balkans. On this journey, she receives word of her beloved grandfather's death, far from their home, in circumstances shrouded in mystery. From fragments of stories her grandfather told her as a child, Natalia realises he may have died searching for 'the deathless man', a vagabond who was said to be immortal.
Struggling to understand why a man of science would undertake such a quest, she stumbles upon a clue that will lead her to a tattered copy of The Jungle Book, and then to the extraordinary story of the tiger's wife.
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- oliviah
- 30-09-19
Brilliant story writing - Poor story telling
The book itself is amazing but the woman reading it out sounded like a bad impression of a news reporter The monotony of tone drove me mad. The man reading out the grandfathers segments was brilliant.
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- Krystyna
- 17-09-23
Bad narrator
The story started really good, I ended up buying the book as I was unable to continue to listen to this horrible narration
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Kindle Customer
- 29-03-22
Awful Narration
The story is good but the narrator sounds like she's reading the news and it ruins the magic of the story. She emphasises things in the wrong places. Terrible.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Penny
- 11-02-13
Good book - terrible narrator!!
Just like Christine above, I've been driven up the wall by the dreadful narration of this book- it's not until you listen to someone like this narrator that you realise how important it is to be able to 'tune in'. She has a repetitive sing-song lilt in her voice, which bears no relation to the story. Goodness knows how she ever got this job and I will AVOID ANY BOOK NARRATED BY HER IN THE FUTURE!! I persevered and got to about 1/3 of the way through, very interesting story, but could stand no more, I was just about at screaming point and found myself trying to repeat the sentences myself, how they could/should have been read. I'll read it on my kindle, so that was a waste of money!!
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Christine
- 06-01-12
Irritating narration
I found the female narrator’s reading irritating, the way she emphasises the last word of each sentence whether appropriate or not. After a few paragraphs it was driving me up the wall. I gave up and read the book instead. It's a good story.
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