The Bells (Audio)
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781441763204 (1441763201)
Publish date: September 1st 2010
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Minutes: 10
Edition language: English
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2011/01/review-bells-by-richard-harvell.html
I have to say, this one was pretty interesting. There were a few places that got me a bit bogged down, but I think I was held back a bit by my fear that it was going to become an icky "Catholic men molest the kid" story. Which it wasn't, and once that became clear, I read pretty quickly. As a musici...
The Bells is one of those novels that starts out slowly, leaving the reader confused and uncertain about whether to continue, but soon builds to the point where the reader finds himself or herself obsessed with Moses' story. One quickly forgets that the narrator is really Moses' son reading a letter...
One of the best books I have read this year!
In a time when the church was the centre of every town and the bells called the faithful to worship, Moses Froben was born in a bellfry to a deaf/mute mother. The circumstances of Moses’ birth are as mysterious as the story he is telling his son about his own conception. The narration takes us fro...
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