A Touch of Magic |
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Author:
| Symphony Space Staff, Lam, Andrew Bradbury, Ray Jacobs, W. W. Saki, Barthelme, Donald Foer, Jonathan Safran Bender, Aimee Murakami, Haruki Boyle, T. C. |
Series title: | Selected Shorts: a Celebration of the Short Story Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-934033-13-5 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2009 |
Publisher: | Symphony Space
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Book Format: | CD-Audio |
List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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Recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City and at venues across the United States, these audio anthologies feature short stories from the
Selected Shorts program that airs nationwide. More than 300,000 listeners tune in to this offering weekly to hear spellbinding tales read aloud by an assortment of terrific actors. By turns funny, moving, romantic, and surreal, each of the tales on this magical lineup is...
More Description Recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City and at venues across the United States, these audio anthologies feature short stories from the Selected Shorts program that airs nationwide. More than 300,000 listeners tune in to this offering weekly to hear spellbinding tales read aloud by an assortment of terrific actors.
By turns funny, moving, romantic, and surreal, each of the tales on this magical lineup is filled with unexpected twists and turns. Stephen Colbert performs Ray Bradbury’s tale about a room that can take one anywhere in the worldsometimes with dangerous consequences. From a romance between a mermaid and an imp to a wonderful ghost story about a trinket with terrible powers, this eclectic collection also features narratives by W. W. Jacobs, Andrew Lam, Saki, and T. C. Boyle as well as performances by John Lithgow, James Naughton, Daniel Gerroll, and René Auberjonois.