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Currency
- Friends, Trends, and Dividends
- ナレーター: Arden Cho, Kelly Marie Tran, Helen Hunt, Wilson Cruz, Eric Dane, Malcolm Hillgartner, Jackson White, Thom Rivera
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あらすじ・解説
Inequality. Influence. Fraud. Sabotage. These are the themes of great fiction and our modern economy. In this collection of short stories by some of today’s most scintillating writers, the rich get poorer and the poor get richer. Yeah, right! From the heartbreaking to the hilarious, here are eight instantly classic battles over currency, class, privilege - and social distance.
SIMPLEXITY by Kiley Reid, read by Arden Cho
A twenty-eight-year-old entry-level worker at a design firm navigates the microaggressive corporate landscape in a quick and delicious satire by Kiley Reid, the New York Times bestselling author of Such a Fun Age.
I WOULD BE DOING THIS ANYWAY by Jia Tolentino, read by Kelly Marie Tran
A razor-sharp short story about anonymity, mutual deception, and the perils of overexposure—debut fiction by Jia Tolentino, the New York Times bestselling author of Trick Mirror.
REWARDS by Emma Cline, read by Helen Hunt
Two women reflect on the value of their lives in a wry short story of male privilege and undeserved rewards by Emma Cline, the New York Times bestselling author of The Girls.
CREWELWORK by Justin Torres, read by Wilson Cruz
Poised between his lush introversion and the brutal realm of his every day, a young artist considers the price of precarity in this powerful short story by Justin Torres, the author of We the Animals.
THE TOMORROW BOX by Curtis Sittenfeld, read by Eric Dane
An unnervingly funny and sharply observant story about the privilege, class division, and purposeful lives of old friends by Curtis Sittenfeld, the New York Times bestselling author of Rodham.
IF YOU ARE LONELY AND YOU KNOW IT by Yiyun Li, read by Malcolm Hillgartner
He tends to his garden and bees. He keeps quiet. He avoids drama. Until one transgression causes an emotional adventure in this heartfelt short story by Yiyun Li, a PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author.
ME AND CARLOS by Tom Perrotta, read by Jackson White
A darkly comic short story about American class divides and coming-of-age regrets by Tom Perrotta, the New York Times bestselling author of Election and The Leftovers.
THE SUMMER HOUSE BY Cristina Henríquez, read by Thom Rivera
Accustomed to being used, a jack-of-all-odd-jobs is torn between desire and duty in a short story about loneliness and wounded love by Cristina Henríquez, the author of The Book of Unknown Americans.