Learning to Talk: Short Stories [Audiobook] download free by Hilary Mantel
- Listen audiobook: Learning to Talk: Short Stories
- Author: Hilary Mantel
- Release date: 2009/6/22
- Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Poetry and Drama
- ISBN: 9780007166442
- Rating: 7.45 of 10
- Votes: 146
- Review by: Armando Kenny
- Review rating: 9.28 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/17
- Duration: 2H13M53S in 256 kbps (35.2 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-24
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MP3, MPEG4, WMA, Apple Lossless, WAV, FLAC (compression ZIP, AZW, GZ, RAR, 7Z, CAB)
- Total pages original book: 176
- Includes a PDF summary of 18 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 13M51S (3.6 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: A companion piece to the captivating memoir GIVING UP THE GHOST by the Man Booker-winning author, this collection of loosely autobiographical stories locates the transforming moments of a haunted childhood. This sharp, funny collection of stories drawn from life begins in the 1950s in an insular northern village 'scoured by bitter winds and rough gossip tongues.' For the child narrator, the only way to survive is to get up, get on, get out. In 'King Billy is a Gentleman', the child must come to terms with the loss of a father and the puzzle of a fading Irish heritage. 'Curved Is the Line of Beauty' is a story of friendship, faith and a near-disaster in a scrap-yard. The title story sees our narrator ironing out her northern vowels with the help of an ex-actress with one lung and a Manchester accent. In 'Third Floor Rising', she watches, dazzled, as her mother carves out a stylish new identity. With a deceptively light touch, Mantel locates the transforming moments of a haunted childhood.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Anthologies (non-poetry), Contemporary Fiction, Short Story Books
- Download servers: Hotfile, Mediafire, FileServe, Torrent, Google Drive, Woelkli, Microsoft OneDrive, FileTransfer.io, 4Shared, SecureSlice. Compressed in ZIP, AZW, GZ, RAR, 7Z, CAB
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 9.69 USD
- Dimensions: 129x198x11mm
- Weight: 130g
- Printed by: FOURTH ESTATE LTD
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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