Temporary by Hilary Leichter audiobook

Temporary

By Hilary Leichter
Read by Carly Robins

Brilliance Audio 9781566895668

The Emily Books Series: Book 1

Unabridged

Format : CD (In Stock)
  • ISBN: 9781721353484

Runtime: 5.01 Hours
Category: Fiction/Literary
Audience: Adult
Language: English

Summary

Summary

Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel

Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year

 A Tor.com Reviewers' Choice of Best Books of 2020

In Temporary, a young woman’s workplace is the size of the world. She fills increasingly bizarre placements in search of steadiness, connection, and something, at last, to call her own. Whether it’s shining an endless closet of shoes, swabbing the deck of a pirate ship, assisting an assassin, or filling in for the Chairman of the Board, for the mythical Temporary, “there is nothing more personal than doing your job.” 

This riveting quest, at once hilarious and profound, will resonate with anyone who has ever done their best at work, even when the work is only temporary.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“[A] delirious and deeply humane satire…Temporary has the manic, goofing energy of a lounge act.” Wall Street Journal
“Leichter’s deeper interest is in mining how transient, insecure work inflects our private life—if it even permits a private life.” New York Times
“The near-farcical chaos of the gig economy is explored in this story of a young woman’s journey through a series of increasingly wild job placements.” Vogue
“Leichter’s funny, absurdist debut cleverly explores a capitalist society taken to a dreamlike extreme.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Robins’s narration makes this audiobook a delightful experience worthy of multiple listens.” AudioFile

Reviews

Reviews

Author

Author Bio: Hilary Leichter

Author Bio: Hilary Leichter

Hilary Leichter is an author whose writing has appeared in n+1, the New Yorker, the Cut, the Southern Review, and elsewhere. She has taught fiction at Columbia University and has been awarded fellowships from the Folger Shakespeare Library and the New York Foundation for the Arts.

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Details

Details

Available Formats : CD
Category: Fiction/Literary
Runtime: 5.01
Audience: Adult
Language: English