Hungry ghosts
(Pre-loaded Audio)
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Published
Solon, Ohio : Playaway Products, LLC, [2023].
ISBN
9798822668133
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Published
Solon, Ohio : Playaway Products, LLC, [2023].
Format
Pre-loaded Audio
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (12 hr., 38 min., 42 sec.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
ISBN
9798822668133
Notes
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Title from Playaway label.
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"LIGHT."
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Release date supplied by publisher.
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Previously released by HarperCollins ℗2023.
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Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
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One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.
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Accompanying material may vary.
Participants/Performers
Read by Don Warrington.
Description
Trinidad in the 1940s, nearing the end of American occupation and British colonialism. On a hill overlooking Bell Village sits the Changoor farm, where Dalton and Marlee Changoor live in luxury unrecognizable to those who reside in the farms shadow. Down below is the Barrack, a ramshackle building of wood and tin, divided into rooms occupied by whole families. Among these families are the Saroops--Hans, Shweta, and their son, Krishna, all three born of the barracks. Theirs are hard lives of backbreaking work, grinding poverty, devotion to faith, and a battle against nature and a social structure designed to keep them where they are. But when Dalton goes missing and Marlee's safety is compromised, farmhand Hans is lured by the promise of a handsome stipend to move to the farm as a watchman. As the mystery of Dalton's disappearance unfolds, the lives of the wealthy couple and those who live in the barracks below become insidiously entwined, their community changed forever and in shocking ways. A searing and singular novel of religion, class, family, and historical violence, and rooted in Trinidad's wild pastoral landscape and inspired by oral storytelling traditions, Hungry Ghosts is deeply resonant of its time and place while evoking the roots and ripple effects of generational trauma and linked histories; the lingering resentments, sacrifices, and longings that alter destinies; and the consequences of powerlessness. Lyrically told and rendered with harrowing beauty, Hungry Ghosts is a stunning piece of storytelling and an affecting mystery, from a blazingly talented writer.
Target Audience
Adult.
System Details
Playaway Digital Audio.
Local note
PLAYAWAY
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hosein, K. J., & Warrington, D. (2023). Hungry ghosts (Unabridged.). Playaway Products, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hosein, Kevin Jared and Don, Warrington. 2023. Hungry Ghosts. Playaway Products, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hosein, Kevin Jared and Don, Warrington. Hungry Ghosts Playaway Products, LLC, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hosein, Kevin Jared,, and Don Warrington. Hungry Ghosts Unabridged., Playaway Products, LLC, 2023.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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