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Tunneling to the Center of the Earth
StoriesBy Kevin WilsonNarrated by George Newbern, Karen White, Michael Crouch, Jenna Lamia, Sophie Amoss, Allyson RyanLength6h 58m
About this audiobook
Audiobook performed by George Newbern, Karen White, Michael Crouch, Jenna Lamia, Sophie Amoss, and Allyson Ryan
A debut short story collection in the tradition of writers like Kelly Link, Aimee Bender, and George Saunders—complex, imaginative, and refreshingly original—now on audio as part of Ecco’s “Art of the Story” Series, and with a new introduction from the author.
Kevin Wilson’s characters inhabit a world that moves seamlessly between the real and the imagined, yet they are grounded in the emotional truths of the characters’ experiences. “Grand Stand-In” is narrated by an employee of the Nuclear Family Supplemental Provider—a company that supplies “stand-ins” for families with deceased, ill, or just plain mean grandparents. And in “Blowing Up On the Spot,” a story singled out by Ann Patchett for Ploughshares, a young woman works sorting tiles at a Scrabble factory after her parents have spontaneously combusted.
Southern gothic at its best, laced with humor and pathos, these wonderfully empathetic stories explore the relationship between loss and death and the many ways we try to cope with both.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.1 (5.2K)
Includes Goodreads, StoryGraph, Amazon, LibraryThing
GenreGeneral Fiction, Fairy Tales and Folklore, Fantasy
Length6 hrs 58 mins
Narrated byGeorge Newbern, Karen White, Michael Crouch, Jenna Lamia, Sophie Amoss, Allyson Ryan
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateSep 1, 2020
LanguageEnglish
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