Discover the Best Audio Stories in Literature, Short Stories

The Bridegroom: Stories by Ha Jin

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297096 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297096] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bridegroom: Stories Author: Ha Jin Narrator: Feodor Chin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Genres: Short Stories Publisher's Summary: From the remarkable Ha Jin, winner of the National Book Award for his celebrated novel Waiting, comes this collection of comical and deeply moving tales of contemporary China that are as warm and human as they are surprising, disturbing, and delightful. In the title story, the head of security at a factory is shocked, first when the handsomest worker on the floor proposes marriage to his homely adopted daughter and again when his new son-in-law is arrested for the “crime” of homosexuality. In “After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town,” the workers at an American-style fast-food franchise receive a hilarious crash course in marketing, deep frying, and that frustrating capitalist dictum, “the customer is always right.” Ha Jin has triumphed again with his unforgettable storytelling in The Bridegroom.

Madame Zero: 9 Stories by Sarah Hall

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297045 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297045] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Madame Zero: 9 Stories Author: Sarah Hall Narrator: Billie Fulford-Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 23 minutes Release date: July 25, 2017 Genres: Short Stories Publisher's Summary: From one of the most accomplished British writers working today, the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Wolf Border, comes a unique and arresting collection of short fiction that is both disturbing and dazzling. Sarah Hall has been hailed as ''one of the most significant and exciting of Britain’s young novelists'' (The Guardian), a writer whose ''intelligence and ambition are thrilling to behold'' (BookForum). Her work has been acclaimed as ''amazing . . . terrific and original'' (Washington Post). In this collection of nine works of short fiction, she uses her piercing insight to plumb the depth of the female experience and the human soul. A husband’s wife transforms into a vulpine in ''Mrs. Fox,'' winner of the BBC Short Story Prize. In ''Case Study 2, '' A social worker struggles with a foster child raised in a commune. A new mother runs into an old lover in ''Luxury Hour.'' In incandescent prose, full of rich observations and striking clarity, Hall has composed nine wholly original pieces—works of fiction that will resonate long after the final word is heard.

The Plumberry School of Comfort Food by Cathy Bramley

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296515 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296515] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Plumberry School of Comfort Food Series: #4 of The Plumberry School of Comfort Food Author: Cathy Bramley Narrator: Colleen Prendergast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 7 minutes Release date: July 20, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Short Stories Publisher's Summary: The Plumberry School of Comfort Food by Cathy Bramley was originally published as a four-part serial. This is the complete story in one audiobook read by Colleen Prendergast. Verity Bloom hasn't been interested in cooking anything more complicated than the perfect fish finger sandwich, ever since she lost her best friend and baking companion two years ago. But an opportunity to help a friend lands her right back in the heart of the kitchen. The Plumberry School of Comfort Food is due to open in a few weeks' time and needs the kind of great ideas that only Verity could cook up. And with new friendships bubbling and a sprinkling of romance in the mix, Verity finally begins to feel like she's home. But when tragedy strikes at the very heart of the cookery school, can Verity find the magic ingredient for Plumberry while still writing her own recipe for happiness? A heartwarming and romantic story certain to make you smile - perfect for fans of Carole Matthews, Trisha Ashley and Katie Fforde. Your favourite authors have loved reading bestselling Cathy Bramley: ‘Delightfully warm with plenty of twists and turns’ Trisha Ashley ‘Engaging characters and a sweeping romance. This is delightful!’ Katie Fforde ‘Full of joy and fun' Milly Johnson

[Spanish] - Los boys by Junot Díaz

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295774 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295774] to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Los boys Author: Junot Díaz Narrator: Yamil Ureña Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: July 13, 2017 Genres: Short Stories Publisher's Summary: Escucha ahora la ópera prima de Junot Díaz. Premio Pulitzer 2008. La mejor literatura actual en versión audiolibro. Junot Díaz hizo su entrada en la escena literaria con esta colección de diez relatos que se desplazan de los barrios de la República Dominicana a los suburbios de Nueva Jersey. Díaz, que según Newsweek combina «la mirada objetiva de un periodista con el verbo de un poeta», evoca un mundo del que han desaparecido los padres, en el que las madres luchan con determinación por sus hijos, y en el que los más jóvenes heredan la crueldad y el avispado humor de unas vidas determinadas por la pobreza y la incertidumbre. Pocas veces un autor publica un primer libro precedido por el reconocimiento unánime de la crítica. Escúchalo ahora. Reseña: «Junot Díaz es un escritor de reciente aparición y gran valía. Sus personajes tienen vida propia fuera de la página, en el seno de nuestra tradición literaria y en el ámbito de nuestro corazón.» Walter Mosley

Saint Christopher and the Gravedigger by Catherine Cookson

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290845 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290845] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saint Christopher and the Gravedigger Author: Catherine Cookson Narrator: Derek Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: July 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Short Stories Publisher's Summary: Known for the wit of her writing, in her lifetime Catherine Cookson became the UK’s most widely read novelist. When the Cookson Estate discovered the unpublished manuscript of Saint Christopher and the Gravedigger in the attic of her home, they unearthed a gem for Cookson’s many fans. Gravedigger John Gascoigne lives in Downfell Hurst with his wife, Florrie, their three children and his mother, Gran. John is a deep thinker but extremely taciturn—a man of few words and many grunts. Which is why everyone is alarmed when he’s hit on the head by a cricket ball, and it suddenly seems as if the words won’t stop. What’s more, he says he is talking to Saint Christopher—only no one else can see the saint, and they’re beginning to worry John’s not quite right in the head… Mad or not, John has some secrets he’s been keeping. But if he can’t stop talking, they won’t stay secret for long.