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The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award Shortlist Collection 2019

By: Joe Dunthorne, Danielle McLaughlin, Paul Dalla Rosa, Louise Kennedy, Kevin Barry, Emma Cline
Narrated by: Stephen Hogan, Damian Lynch, Nicholas Osmond, Melanie McHugh, Patrick Moy, Peter Marinker
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  • Summary

  • Diverse and moving, these six outstanding stories are meditations on grief and loss, love, communication and loneliness. Each one will take the reader on a brief yet unforgettable journey into private worlds and unexpected corners of the human heart.

    The shortlisted stories have all been chosen for this year's Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award - the world's richest and most prestigious prize for a single short story, dubbed the 'equivalent of the Man Booker for the short story' by the Sydney Morning Herald.

    The finalists of 2019 come from three continents, whose exceptional stories span such diverse territory as high end fashion, the Troubles, a disastrous poetry anthology cross-cultural romance and family secrets. But all are linked by their competence and artistry, through stylistic inventiveness, dark humour, intricacy, and a masterful formal control.

    This podcast is free for members. You can download all 6 episodes to your Library now.
    ©2018 Joe Dunthorne, Paul Dalla Rosa, Louise Kennedy, Kevin Barry, 2019 Danielle McLaughlin, Emma Cline (P)2019 Audible, Ltd.
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Episodes
  • What Can You Do with a General by Emma Cline

    What Can You Do with a General by Emma Cline

     The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award Shortlist Collection 2019
    Sep 12 2019

    In What Can You Do With A General, a family gathers for Christmas in California while dark undercurrents hint at past violence and abuse. It's been described as "a Cheever-esque, perfect story" by judge Carys Davies.
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    43 mins
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  • The Coast of Leitrim by Kevin Barry

    The Coast of Leitrim by Kevin Barry

     The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award Shortlist Collection 2019
    Sep 12 2019

    The Coast Of Leitrim is a love story which explores the relationship between an Irish man and a Polish woman he meets in a café.

    "It’s got perfect pitch... with a raconteur tone" according to judge Kit de Waal.
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    32 mins
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  • In Silhouette by Louise Kennedy

    In Silhouette by Louise Kennedy

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    Sep 12 2019

    In Silhouette is an ambitious story set over four time periods inspired by The Troubles in Northern Ireland. This remarkable achievement is also described as "a mystery novel in 6,000 words" by judge Sarah Churchwell.
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    37 mins
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Love Unknown

Beyond brilliant, I am craving for happy ending yet sit sombre with the reality of it all.

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A treat.

This collection was just what I needed and the short stories were all original, beautifully written and the subject matter so engaging. While there were some that I preferred, each one well deserved inclusion in the shortlist . I looked up some of the writers that I most enjoyed, to see if there was anything else they had published. I look forward to reading their next work and so appreciated the opportunity to hear some new voices.

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Relatable and thought provoking

I enjoyed all these short stories and they provided a welcome break in between long book series. I felt I could relate to the narrators and wanted to know what would happen to them, even if their experiences were far from my own.

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Comme was strangely gripping and relatable

Excellent performance! I was immersed, taken to a familiar place and found comfort in this modern day urban struggle.

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surprisingly ok

something to listen to. might need to listen again to remind myself because i think i missed something

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if I could id give this zero stars I would

I downloaded this seeing as it was free and it looked like something monotonous to help me drift off to sleep at night. I was wrong, the voices are dull enough to be soothing but not enough to send you off to the land of nod, the plots are uninspired refuse and the characters are vapid and meaningless to the point of making me angry instead of sleepy. to top this all off I can not return the damn thing because it was free, so now its making me angry every time I have to look at is icon in my library, in other words not worth your time.

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What were the rest like?

Really struggled with these. Occasional flashes of promise that fizzed to mediocre. Maybe it's me.

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Not for me

I tried to enjoy the stories, but most of them were just not enjoyable to me

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