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Jennifer Egan - Emerald City and Other Stories

Di Speirs

Miranda Davies

Jennifer Egan

Andrew Scott

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A young man comes to understand the allure and the disappointment of New York.

A young man on the fringe of the fashion world comes to understand the allure and the disappointment of New York. Read by Andrew Scott.

2011 was a phenomenal year for the young American author, Jennifer Egan. Her novel, 'A Visit From The Goon Squad' became a run-away bestseller and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. 

In her first collection of short stories, entitled Emerald City, the stories are a pithy and sometimes poignant look at contemporary life in the United States. Young and middle-aged characters change, grow and regret in a series of tales that traverse the United States and the state of modern marriage, parenting and ambition.

Today's title story, Emerald City, examines the allure and the disappointments of life among the trend-setters of New York, where fashionistas scrabble for fame and fortune and where realities hit hard.

The Reader is Andrew Scott
The Abridger is Miranda Davies
The Producer is Di Speirs.

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