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Train to Pakistan

Written by: Khushwant Singh
Narrated by: Paul Thottam
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Mano Majra is a place, Khushwant Singh tells us at the beginning of this classic novel, where Sikhs and Muslims have lived together in peace for hundreds of years. Then one day, at the end of the summer, the "ghost train" arrives, a silent, incredible funeral train loaded with the bodies of thousands of refuges, bringing the village its first taste of the horrors of the civil war. Train to Pakistan is the story of this isolated village that is plunged into the abyss of religious hate. It is also the story of a Sikh boy and a Muslim girl whose love endures and transcends the ravages of war.

©1956, 2018 Khushwant Singh (P)2018 Random House Audio
Historical World Literature Pakistan Fiction

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Good book

It gives glimpses of what happened during partition, well written and narrated thanks, it was my first book on audible

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should have been 2 stars but for Mr Singh

struggled to finish it. narrator has a grating voice. stayed away due to it.

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Dangerously thrilling

The fact that, there was a time this happened in real life makes me shiver. 😥

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brilliant story. narrator could have been better.

The narrator makes numerous stupid errors and sounds like a poor rendition of a brilliancy.

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A beautifully written story

the last line was the most memorable one. Beautifully written, depicting love alwyas wins over hatred.

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WOW

It was a revelation that population back then we're facing the issues that are prevalent till this date. performance was more English than the desi background it was written in.

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Overdoing the details

I was told this was a good read, so I bought it.
A few chapters in, the hugely deep detail killed it for me.
I mean you can spend a few lines desctibing, for example, a shirt, if it is relevant.
In this book not only does it go into details of that 'shirt', but he gets into each button of said shirt, as well as each buttonhole, and each hole into which the button is stitched to the shirt.
Detail to the point of drowning in minutae.
I gave up.
I am sure there is some good somewhere, but it didn't hold it for me.

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Can do better

narration was not impressive. their was instances during narration that were articulated very bad and sometimes the speaker broke in conversation as if talking to others perhaps people sitting in the same room where the recording was being done.

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Worth a Try

Amazing and horrifying at the same time , the characters in this story , their ideology , their conversation seemed so real . once I started this book I was unable stop , the last chapter was amazing .
Narration was too slow and could have been better .

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the content hits hard, simplicity of narration aws

Based on true events- one of the saddest one in the history- this book takes us through the simple lives caught in the tornedo of tough times of the partition. The content is so full of emotions and yet the author has totally avoided melodrama. He narrates the story so plainly that it doesn't remain a story . Reader feels that he/she is witnessing the events in person. That, I think is the biggest strength of the novel. Needless to say authors witty dialogues and choice of words impresses the readers very often. Read very well by the narrator of this audio book.

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