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The Girl from Krakow
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
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The Girl from Krakow
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Publisher's Summary
It's 1935. Rita Feuerstahl comes to the university in Krakow intent on enjoying her freedom. But life has other things in store - marriage, a love affair, a child, all in the shadows of the oncoming war. When the war arrives, Rita is armed with a secret so enormous that it could cost the Allies everything, even as it gives her the will to live. She must find a way both to keep her secret and to survive amid the chaos of Europe at war. Living by her wits among the Germans as their conquests turn to defeat, she seeks a way to prevent the inevitable doom of Nazism from making her one of its last victims. Can her passion and resolve outlast the most powerful evil that Europe has ever seen?
In an epic saga that spans from Paris in the '30s and Spain's Civil War to Moscow, Warsaw, and the heart of Nazi Germany, The Girl from Krakow follows one woman's battle for survival as entire nations are torn apart, never to be the same.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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- Diana
- 19-03-2016
Unrealistic, boring, and a bit offensive
What did you like best about The Girl from Krakow? What did you like least?
I liked the blurb best. I liked the unrealistic and constant deus ex machinas least.
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
This is a fascinating period in history, and in Poland's history particularly. Books about how civilians lived during this time, and how Jews managed to hide, are full of incredible stories and are well worth reading. Unfortunately, even with this location, timeframe, and the multitude of interesting real stories from which to work, Alex Rosenberg has managed to write a boring, shallow, unrealistic, and often embarrassing story.
Which scene did you most enjoy?
For the utter incredulity of it, the scene towards the end of the book where a situation with no possible positive outcome for Rita and her friend Danielle is reversed by a policeman at the very last moment. Completely unlikely, this scene caused me to roll my eyes at its absurdity.
Any additional comments?
Michael Page did an admirable job narrating this story.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Jane
- 12-03-2016
An epic journey of survival in WWII
Would you consider the audio edition of The Girl from Krakow to be better than the print version?
Possibly.
What did you like best about this story?
The historical details intertwined in the story of Rita's survival were interesting and I have read enough about WWII to know they would not be exaggerated
What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
I found it hard to get into the story as I was distracted by the reader's harsh voice. As the story gained more importance than the reader I was able to engage better - the different accents were I thought good.
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Both, I was very engaged and was emotionally invested in Rita's journey of survival.
Any additional comments?
Initially I did not know wether the author was a man or a woman and guessed (correctly) the sex scenes were written by a man especially as later scenes seemed just wrong - so male - I think they should be rewritten as the protagonist is a women and a woman's interpretation is needed - brave try but off key. Also they were probably a bit clumsy and did not need to be so graphic - I am no prude but given the rest of the story were a bit out of place - I think the author was trying to inject that side of humanity which is often missing in these stories of war, and which should be included as an important part of the human condition.
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- Richard
- 01-07-2017
Absolutely marvellous. Unbelievable, yet believable.
Miracles do happen. Despite the cynicism of this modern Godless, secular world. One must never forget mans inhumanity to man. One should never forget what happened during the 2nd World War by so called civilised peoples. Saying that I am Godless and secular. Having never experienced war I cannot imagine the horrors; I am grateful that I haven't. This book is not fiction.
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- Lisa
- 04-12-2016
The Girl from Krakow, beautiful, heart wrenching.
what an amazing book. so complete in it's ability to capture the reader. excellent narrator.
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- Ursula
- 17-08-2017
Special story
Fabulous story about families torn apart and reunited after the holocaust. Surely based on real situations. Well told.
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- Lee
- 03-07-2017
Brilliant
What a great story and Michael Page is a superstar narrator. I really enjoyed this book from start to finish.
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- Min
- 31-08-2016
'Nipples hardened'
That should be the title of this book,because that phrase was used so many times throughout this 20hr audiobook.
Disappointing - I was going to abandon this audiobook, but 16hrs in, I had invested too much time for me to not know the ending (I spent ages trawling online to find a summary of this book so that I didn't have to finish it, but alas) and so I slogged on.
Needless to say, I'm not a fan.
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