Selected Shorts: Lots of Laughs!

by Nicholson Baker, Ron Carlson, Etgar Keret, et al.

This three-CD collection features more best-loved selections from National Public Radio's Selected Shorts, an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by acclaimed actors... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Audio CD
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971921822
• ISBN13: 9780971921825
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Symphony Space
• Length: 3 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Good stories read live.

I liked the stories, they are read to a live audience, which is nice (authentic laughs). Each story is read by a different actor, some better than others. Note that actors transition from loud to soft for dramatic effect, unlike the usual monotone of a standard reader. I dislike as I travel in a car with variable background noise that makes me turn the volume way up for soft parts and then be blasted by the actors' emphasis of a joke, as this isn't a problem for most people's listening I still give this 5 stars.

Excellent Storytelling!

I have been a devoted Selected Shorts fan for about 12 years and I thought this collection was really first-class. I listened to it at night in the car when I was on the road and enjoyed it thoroughly, especially the stories "Farrell's Caddy" and "Chivalry." The other stories were very good, too. I would heartily recommned this collection to anyone who enjoys a well told tale. John La Boone, St. Marys, Georgia