Valeria Luiselli has narrated 2 audiobooks on Listento.it by 2 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 26 ratings. The most-rated is Lost Children Archive.
Lost Children Archive
Summary
"Impossibly smart, full of beauty, heart and insight.... Everyone should read this book." (Tommy Orange) From the two-time NBCC finalist, an emotionally resonant, fiercely imaginative new novel about a family whose road trip across America collides with an immigration crisis at the Southwestern border - an indelible journey told with breathtaking imagery, spare lyricism, and profound humanity. A mother and father set out with their two children, a boy and a girl, driving from New York to Arizona in the heat of summer. Their destination: Apacheria, the place the Apaches once called home. Why Apaches? asks the 10-year-old son. Because they were the last of something,answers his father. In their car, they play games and sing along to music. But on the radio, there is news about an "immigration crisis": thousands of kids trying to cross the Southwestern border into the US but getting detained - or lost in the desert along the way. As the family drives - through Virginia to Tennessee, across Oklahoma and Texas - we sense they are on the brink of a crisis of their own. A fissure is growing between the parents, one the children can almost feel beneath their feet. They are led, inexorably, to a grand, harrowing adventure - both in the desert landscape and within the chambers of their own imaginations. Told through several compelling voices, blending texts, sounds, and images, Lost Children Archive is an astonishing feat of literary virtuosity. It is a richly engaging story of how we document our experiences and how we remember the things that matter to us the most. With urgency and empathy, it takes us deep into the lives of one remarkable family as it probes the nature of justice and equality today. Includes a PDF of visuals from the book. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2019 Valeria Luiselli (P)2019 Random House Audio
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Ver morir una polilla [To See a Moth Die]
Summary
“El aislamiento físico al que ahora estamos obligados terminará algún día. No sabemos cuándo exactamente, pero terminará. Quizás para muchos ya terminó. Dicen que podría regresar, nos informan de una probable segunda ola, amenazan con riesgos de nuevos brotes - quién sabe. Pero más allá de nuestro aislamiento físico, hay otro aislamiento más profundo. El aislamiento emocional que lentamente se expande en nosotros y a nuestro alrededor, paralelo a la violenta expansión del virus, tomará mucho más tiempo para desentrañarse, va a persistir - confuso e inexplicable: una nueva interioridad.” Valeria Luiselli, la galardonada escritora mexicana, describe el paso del tiempo en su departamento en Nueva York durante la época del confinamiento ocasionado por la pandemia de COVID-19. En este ensayo, Valeria nos comparte un retrato de los momentos que comparte con su hija, su sobrina y la perrita Lola, desde un lugar profundamente íntimo. “The physical isolation we are enduring right now will end one day. We don’t know when exactly, but it will end. Perhaps, for many, it has already ended. They tell us that it might return, in probable second waves, in pockets of new outbreaks, who knows. But beyond our physical isolation there is, and will be, another isolation, of a deeper nature, which will stay with us for longer....” Award-winning Mexican author Valeria Luiselli describes in loving detail the passing of time in her New York City apartment during the quarantine period caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This heartfelt essay examines the most intimate moments Valeria shares with her daughter, her niece, and her dog Lola. Please note: This audiobook includes both Spanish and English versions.
©2020 Valeria Luiselli (P)2020 Audible Originals, LLC.