The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award Shortlist Collection 2019
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The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award Shortlist Collection 2019
About this listen
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.
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©2018 Joe Dunthorne, Paul Dalla Rosa, Louise Kennedy, Kevin Barry, 2019 Danielle McLaughlin, Emma Cline (P)2019 Audible, Ltd.-
What Can You Do with a General by Emma Cline
The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award Shortlist Collection 2019Sep 12 201943 minsFailed to add items
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The Coast of Leitrim by Kevin Barry
The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award Shortlist Collection 2019Sep 12 201932 minsFailed to add items
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In Silhouette by Louise Kennedy
The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award Shortlist Collection 2019Sep 12 201937 minsFailed to add items
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- Anonymous User
- 07-10-2019
Love Unknown
Beyond brilliant, I am craving for happy ending yet sit sombre with the reality of it all.
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- Layla Sacker
- 07-02-2020
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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- Scimum
- 11-05-2020
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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- Amazon Customer
- 07-07-2020
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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- Leonie H.
- 23-01-2020
surprisingly ok
something to listen to. might need to listen again to remind myself because i think i missed something
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- Cacelia
- 05-05-2020
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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- Chiribai
- 25-06-2020
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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- ShapelessOne
- 15-03-2020
Not for me
I tried to enjoy the stories, but most of them were just not enjoyable to me
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