StoriesBy Kevin WilsonNarrated by George Newbern, Karen White, Michael Crouch, Jenna Lamia, Sophie Amoss, Allyson Ryan
Length6h 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.
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
Table of contents
1#1
9#9
2#2
10#10
3#3
11#11
4#4
12#12
5#5
13#13
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6#6
14#14
7#7
15#15
8#8
About the author
Kevin Wilson
Kevin Wilson is the New York Times bestselling author of five novels, including Now Is Not the Time to Panic, Nothing to See Here, and The Family Fang, as well as two story collections. His work has received the Shirley Jackson Award and been selected as a Read with Jenna book club pick. He lives in Sewanee, Tennessee, with his wife and two sons.View all by Kevin Wilson
