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The Golden Age
- By: Joan London
- Narrated by: Daniel Koek
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 50
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 49
Perth, 1954. Thirteen-year-old Frank, a refugee from wartime Hungary, is learning to walk again after contracting polio. At The Golden Age Children's Convalescent Home, he meets Elsa, and the two patients form a forbidden, passionate bond. The Golden Age becomes the little world that reflects the larger one, where everything occurs: love, desire, music, death and poetry.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Shame about the narration
- By A. Gander on 18-04-2018
- The Golden Age
- By: Joan London
- Narrated by: Daniel Koek
A struggle !
Reviewed: 27-08-2017
I gave up with this book and never finished it, I found the presentation flat and monotonous, the lack of pitch variation in the voice and the lack of attention to punctuation made listening hard work and I found my mind wandered. it's a shame as the story may be excellent but I was simply not able to engage with the books presentation.