The Triumph of the Egg, Sherwood Anderson
The Triumph of the Egg, Sherwood Anderson
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The Triumph of the Egg
A Book of Impressions from American Life in Tales and Poems

Author: Sherwood Anderson

Narrator: various narrators, Erica Sullivan, Kate Mulligan, Traber Burns, Jim Meskimen, Donald Corren, Richard Powers, Arthur Morey

Unabridged: 7 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/25/2019


Synopsis

The Triumph of the Egg is a fictional panorama of a great region of our country, unfolded by a writer who—to quote the New York Times—“depicts life in the Midwest as Dostoevsky pictured the many colored life of Russia, with almost as wonderful a touch of genius, with a more concentrated and daring skill.”This coveted 1921 collection is an example of what a book of stories can be when a writer of vision deals with the materials of American life.

About Sherwood Anderson

Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941) was born in Camden, Ohio. Largely self-educated, he worked at various trades while writing fiction in his spare time. For several years he worked as a copywriter in Chicago where he became part of the Chicago literary renaissance. As an author, he strongly influenced American short-story writing, and his best-known book, Winesburg, Ohio (1919), brought him recognition as a leader in the revolt against established literary traditions.

About Erica Sullivan

Read by Erica Sullivan, Kate Mulligan, Traber Burns, Jim Meskimen, Donald Corren, Paul Michael Garcia, and Arthur Morey

About Kate Mulligan

Kate Mulligan has acted with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for more than ten seasons in productions including Hairspray, Alice in Wonderland, and Sense and Sensibility. Her film and television work includes Being John Malkovich and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

About Traber Burns

Traber Burns worked for thirty-five years in regional theater, including the New York, Oregon, and Alabama Shakespeare festivals. He also spent five years in Los Angeles appearing in many television productions and commercials, including Lost, Close to Home, Without a Trace, Boston Legal, Grey’s Anatomy, Cold Case, Gilmore Girls, and others.

About Jim Meskimen

Jim Meskimen is a stage, film, and television actor who has appeared in many well-known movies and television shows. He acted in Apollo 13 and Frost/Nixon for director Ron Howard, both of which were nominated for Best Picture Oscars. His television appearances include The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Friends, Lie to Me, Criminal Minds, and Parks and Recreation. He is also a painter, award-winning audiobook narrator, and audiobook director for Galaxy Audio.

About Donald Corren

Donald Corren is an audiobook narrator and a New York actor with leading credits on and Off-Broadway, as well as numerous television appearances. On Broadway, he costarred with Judy Kaye in the critically acclaimed production of Souvenir, and replaced Harvey Fierstein in the seminal production of Torch Song Trilogy. His Off-Broadway appearances include The Soap Myth, Dietrich & Chevalier, The Last Sunday in June, Stephen Sondheim’s Saturday Night, and the original New York production of Tomfoolery. His television credits include eight seasons as forensic tech Medill on NBC’s Law & Order, as well as his current role as Dr. Kurian on Syfy’s Z Nation.

About Richard Powers

Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory, and Bewilderment was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

About Arthur Morey

Arthur Morey has won three AudioFile Magazine “Best Of” Awards, and his work has garnered numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and placed him as a finalist for two Audie Awards. He has acted in a number of productions, both off Broadway in New York and off Loop in Chicago. He graduated from Harvard and did graduate work at the University of Chicago. He has won awards for his fiction and drama, worked as an editor with several book publishers, and taught literature and writing at Northwestern University. His plays and songs have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Milan, where he has also performed.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paula

Quem tem os contos como um dos seus géneros de literatura preferidos fica logo embevecido com o texto introdutório de “O Triunfo do Ovo e Outras Histórias.” Os contos são pessoas à porta da casa do meu espírito, Está frio na rua, e eles sentam-se à espera. Espreito pela janela. Os contos têm as mãos fri......more

'Harika bir hikayem var ama anlatacak bir yol bulamıyorum..' . 1876 Ohio doğumlu Sherwood Anderson için William Faulkner şöyle diyor: 'Sherwood Anderson bizim dönemimiz Amerikan yazarlarının öncüsüdür. O, sonraki kuşaklara aktarılacak bir geleneğin, asıl değeri hiçbir zaman tam olarak bilinememiş, en......more

Goodreads review by Aaron

Some of the comments that people have left about this book leave me baffled. The Egg and Other Short Stories is the greatest collection of short stories in the past one-hundred years. There, I said it! Like, Winesburg, Anderson explores a side of society, many people in his time refused to talk abou......more

Looking over some of the other reviews of Triumph of the Egg, and Other Stories Kindle Edition by Sherwood Anderson, I agree with many of the other comments. The collection is rather odd, and not entirely to my liking. Anderson’s prose has a fragile beauty to it. He is a fine writer. My preference w......more