EPISODE · Oct 18, 2022 · 4H 47M
Tom Piazza's Blues and Trouble: Twelve Stories
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618504 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blues and Trouble: Twelve Stories Author: Tom Piazza Narrator: Todd Menesses Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 18, 2022 Genres: Short Stories Publisher's Summary: Exploring the diverse landscape of American life, the stories in Blues and Trouble: Twelve Stories capture the lives of people caught between circumstance and their own natures or on the run from fate—from a Jewish couple encountering a dealer in Nazi memorabilia to the troubled family of a Gulf Coast fisherman awaiting a hurricane. Tom Piazza’s debut short story collection, originally published in 1996, heralded the arrival of a startlingly original and vital presence in American fiction and letters. Set in Memphis, New Orleans, Florida, Texas, New York City, and elsewhere, the stories echo voices from Ernest Hemingway to Robert Johnson in their sharp eye for detail and their emotional impact New to this volume is an introduction written by the author. Drawing themes, forms, and stylistic approaches from blues and country music, these stories present a tough, haunting vision of a landscape where the social and spiritual ground shifts constantly underfoot.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618504 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blues and Trouble: Twelve Stories Author: Tom Piazza Narrator: Todd Menesses Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 18, 2022 Genres: Short Stories Publisher's Summary: Exploring the diverse landscape of American life, the stories in Blues and Trouble: Twelve Stories capture the lives of people caught between circumstance and their own natures or on the run from fate—from a Jewish couple encountering a dealer in Nazi memorabilia to the troubled family of a Gulf Coast fisherman awaiting a hurricane. Tom Piazza’s debut short story collection, originally published in 1996, heralded the arrival of a startlingly original and vital presence in American fiction and letters. Set in Memphis, New Orleans, Florida, Texas, New York City, and elsewhere, the stories echo voices from Ernest Hemingway to Robert Johnson in their sharp eye for detail and their emotional impact New to this volume is an introduction written by the author. Drawing themes, forms, and stylistic approaches from blues and country music, these stories present a tough, haunting vision of a landscape where the social and spiritual ground shifts constantly underfoot.
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