Travel Tales

audiobook (Unabridged) Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story

By N. M. Kelby

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"When I first saw New York I was twenty, and it was summertime and I got off a DC-7 at the old Idlewild temporary terminal in a new dress..." - From Goodbye to All That by Joan Didion

Hilarity, suspense and high drama are offered up in this new mix of tales of travel to locales familiar and exotic. Take a trip in a time machine with Madame Bovary, join a father and son on a sailing voyage that goes dangerously awry, retreat to a country estate with the most eccentric hosts imaginable, and more!

N.M. Kelby's Jubilation Florida

read by Joanne Woodward

An unconventional affair that begins at a convention.

Max Steele's The Hat of My Mother

read by Paul Hecht

Nadine Gordimer's The Ultimate Safari

read by Myra Lucretia Taylor

Crossing Krueger Park... with a family of refugees.

Joan Didion's Goodbye to All That

read by Mia Dillon

Why Joan Didion left New York.

Jason Brown's The Afternoon of the Sassanoa

read by Bradley Whitford

A father and son sailing trip runs into trouble.

Ring Lardner's Liberty Hall

read by Christina Pickles

A weekend with friends in the country goes wonderfully awry.

Selected Shorts is an award-winning, one-hour program featuring readings of classic and new short fiction, recorded live at New York's Symphony Space. One of the most popular series on the airwaves, this unique show is hosted by Isaiah Sheffer and produced for radio by Symphony Space and WNYC Radio.

"One of the Best Audiobooks of 2007" - AudioFile Magazine

Travel Tales