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Emigrants, The Ambros Adelwarth

By: W.G. Sebald
Narrated by: Eleanor Bron, Henry Bron & John Wood
Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Inspired by an old photograph album to investigate the life of a lost relative, a man finds himself on a journey that traverses the 20th century, leading him from an American asylum to the shores of the Dead Sea. Adapted by Edward Kemp from W G Sebald's acclaimed novel about the experiences of Jewish emigrants. Starring John Wood, Henry Goodman,... Read more

The Unnamable

By: Samuel Beckett
Narrated by: Sean Barrett
Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

The Unnamable is the third novel in Becket’s trilogy, three remarkable prose works in which men of increasingly debilitating physical circumstances act, ponder, consider and rage against impermanence and the human condition. The Unnamable is without doubt the most uncompromising text and it is read here in startling fashion by Sean Barrett. Read more

Terminal Boredom

Stories

By: Izumi Suzuki
Narrated by: Cindy Kay
Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

The first English language publication of the work of Izumi Suzuki, a legend of Japanese science fiction and a countercultural icon.



At turns nonchalantly hip and charmingly deranged, Suzuki's singular slant on speculative fiction would be echoed in countless later works, from Margaret Atwood and Harumi Murakami, to Black Mirror and Ex Machina.... Read more

The Years

By: Annie Ernaux
Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

The Years is a personal narrative of the period of 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory, impressions past and present—even projections into the future—photos, books, songs, radio, television, and decades of advertising and headlines, contrasted with intimate conflicts and written notes from six decades of diaries. Local dialect, words of... Read more

Interior Chinatown

A Novel (National Book Award Winner)

By: Charles Yu
Narrated by: Joel de la Fuente
Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

“This satirical work is written in the form of a TV script that focuses on the 'generic Asian man.' It provides a deep, thought-provoking and brilliant social commentary that brings to light and challenges Asian stereotypes in Hollywood and on a larger scale. I really enjoyed this listening experience! Read more

The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree

By: Shokoofeh Azar
Narrated by: Priya Ayyar
Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Set in Iran in the decade following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, this moving, richly imagined novel is narrated by the ghost of Bahar, a thirteen-year-old girl, whose family is compelled to flee their home in Tehran for a new life in a small village, hoping in this way to preserve both their intellectual freedom and their lives. But they soon... Read more

Things We Lost in the Fire

Stories

By: Mariana Enriquez
Narrated by: Tanya Eby
Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

An arresting collection of short stories, reminiscent of Shirley Jackson and Julio Cortazar, by an exciting new international talent. Read more