Title: Astray Author: Emma Donoghue Narrators: Khristine Hvam, James Langton, Robert Petkoff, Suzanne Toren, and Dion Graham Publication Year: 2012 Pages: 288 (audio length: 6 hours 31 minutes) Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Short Stories Source: Audiobook version purchased from Audible.com From the cover: The fascinating characters that roam across the pages of Emma Donoghue’s stories [...]
Title: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Author: John Boyne Narrator: Michael Maloney Publication Year: 2006 Pages: 240 (audio length: 4 hours 56 minutes) Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, (Young Adult?) Source: Audiobook version purchased from Audible.com From the cover: Berlin 1942 When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are [...]
Title: The Sultan’s Wife Author: Jane Johnson Publication Year: 2012 Pages: 416 Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction Source: E-review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.com From the cover: The author of “The Salt Road” and “The Tenth Gift” Jane Johnson returns with a captivating historical novel set in Morocco. The year is 1677. Behind the magnificent [...]
Title: Hear Me Alone Author: Thando Mgqolozano Publication Year: 2011 Pages: 140 Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction Source: Purchased from a bookstore From the cover: When Epher returns to Nazareth, he meets his childhood sweetheart, Bellewa Miriam, whose marriage to the woodwork merchant, old man Joseph, has been arranged. Bellewa Miriam shares with Epher that an [...]
Title: The Tent Author: Miral al-Tahawy Translator: Anthony Calderbank Publication Year: 1998 (originally published in Arabic in 1996) Pages: 140 Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction Source: Borrowed from Amy while in Egypt From the cover: The Tent is a beautifully written, powerful, and disturbing novel, featuring a host of women characters whose lives are subject to [...]
