Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules is a collection of short stories-some classic, others impending-selected and introduced by David Sedaris.

With this audiobook a careful listener can discover the truth about loneliness, betrayal, love and hope.

Where the Door is Always Open and the Welcome Mat is Out

by Patricia Highsmith, read by Cherry Jones

Bullet In the Brain by Tobias Wolff

read by Toby Wherry

Gryphon by Charles Baxter

read by David Sedaris

In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried by Amy Hempel

read by Mary-Louise Parker

Cosmopolitan by Akhil Sharma

read by the Author

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About the Author:
David Sedaris published this book to support 826NYC, a nonprofit tutoring center in Brooklyn, New York that helps students ages six to eighteen develop their writing skills through free writing workshops, publishing projects, and one-on-one help with homework and English-language learning. Sedaris is the author of the internationally bestselling Barrel Fever, Naked, Holidays on Ice, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, and Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk.
From AudioFile:
This collection of stories, many well known, is remarkable for its variety, intensity, and quality. Readers are well matched, each one capturing the story's voice and striking just the right balance between restraint and emotion. Cherry Jones's dialogue shines as she depicts the tension between estranged sisters. Toby Wherry captures the cynicism of a literary critic who critiques his own murder. David Sedaris underscores the child's incredulity in the story about a bizarre substitute teacher. Akhil Sharma, the only author in the collection reading his own work, adds a strong sense authenticity with his accent. Mary-Louise Parker's performance of a woman at the bedside of her dying friend made this listener cry. E.S. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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