Books : Selected Shorts: Short Stories Recorded Live at Symphony Space (Selected Shorts, Vol 3)
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by: Silhouette
Binding: Audio Cassette
EAN: 9780807234822
ISBN: 0807234826
Label: Listening Library
Manufacturer: Listening Library
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: 1991-09
Publisher: Listening Library
Sales Rank: 5290773
Studio: Listening Library
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Funny short stories, well read
This is a wonderful selection of amusing stories, well read by such performers as James Naughton and Jerry Zaks. The selection of stories includes "The Cat that went to Trinity" by Robertson Davies and "The Hector Quesadilla Story" by T.C. Boyle. Also included are stories by Grace Paley, Edna O'Brien, Michael Cunningham and others.
The reviewer below says this Selected Shorts set, Vol 3, is actually about baseball. He refers to another Selected Shorts volume with three discs of baseball ... Read More
Rating: - great presentation of baseball writing
First, IGNORE the title shown by Amazon.com. The real title of this set of tape recordings is "Selected Shorts Celebrates Baseball." While the title shown, "spaceball," seems to evoke the 21st century, the baseball short stories read in this tape actually give a great feel for baseball during the 20th century. The set of stories are introduced with great insight and humor by Roger Angell and Bart Giamatti. The short stories include John Updike's well known "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu." Overall, I ... Read More
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