Reality: And Other Stories
By John Lanchester
Read by Richard Armitage , Antony Boyle , Emilia Fox , and Hugh Quarsie
Unabridged
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Library CD (In Stock)
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2 Formats: Library CD
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2 Formats: MP3 CD
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ISBN: 9798200780242
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ISBN: 9798200780266
| Runtime: | 4.97 Hours |
| Category: | Fiction/Short Stories |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice of the Week
A mysterious tall man haunts a country house in search of a cell signal; a translator at an academic conference starts hearing things over his headset that nobody should hear; a family discovers their dependence on the latest technological gadget goes to the very foundations of human relations; and the merry contestants in a reality TV show may actually be . . . somewhere very hellish indeed. Reality and Other Stories is a book of disquiet that captures the severe disconnection and distraction of our time.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“This intriguing debut collection grapples with technology and its illusion of convenience, choice, and escape…Ghost stories for the digital age.” —New York Times
“Brisk, vinegar-sharp satires that horrify and amuse in equal measure.” —The Guardian (London)
“A mind-bending collection about the multifaceted scariness of the way we live now.” —Times Literary Supplement (London)
“A smart book, scary as hell, and also a whole lot of fun…as endlessly entertaining as it is legitimately frightening.” —NPR
Four actors dazzlingly narrate the eight stories in this horror collection. —AudioFile
Author
Author Bio: John Lanchester
John Lanchester is a contributing editor at the London Review of Books, and his work has appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, and Observer, among others.
He has won the Whitbread and Hawthornden Awards, as well as being awarded the 2008 E. M. Forster Award by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in London.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Short Stories |
| Runtime: | 4.97 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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