Book description
The Mouse and His Child: A Symphony of Tin and Heart
In the cathedral of childhood literature, where wonder echoes through generations, Russell Hoban's "The Mouse and His Child" stands as a stained-glass masterpiece-fragile yet luminous, simple yet profound.
This audiobook unfolds like a music box unwinding its secret melody. A tin father and his child, dancing beneath Christmas lights, shatter more than clockwork rules-they fracture the boundaries between toy and soul, between discarded and beloved. When fate casts them into darkness, their journey becomes something magnificent: a pilgrimage toward belonging.
Hoban's prose carries the weight of fable and the lightness of dreams. Each chapter resonates with the quiet thunder of small hopes. The tramp who mends them with tender hands becomes their salvation; the quest for home transforms into an odyssey of the heart. Through wastelands of abandonment and landscapes of longing, father and child seek not just a place, but purpose.
The narration breathes life into tin souls, making their mechanical hearts beat with genuine emotion. Every creak and whisper of their journey sings with authenticity. This is storytelling that understands toys are vessels for human yearning, that family is chosen rather than given, that home is less a place than a feeling of being known.
Listen and discover why some tales become treasures-passed down like heirlooms, carried in memory like prayers.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
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Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience