Tunneling to the Center of the Earth
(eAudiobook)
Description
Kevin Wilson's characters inhabit a world that moves seamlessly between the real and the imagined, the mundane and the fantastic. "Grand Stand-In" is narrated by an employee of the Nuclear Family Supplemental Provider-a company that supplies "stand-ins" for families with deceased, ill, or just plain mean grandparents. And in "Blowing Up On the Spot," a story singled out by Ann Patchett for Ploughshares, a young woman works sorting tiles at a Scrabble factory after her parents have spontaneously combusted. Southern gothic at its best, laced with humor and pathos, these wonderfully inventive stories explore the relationship between loss and death and the many ways we try to cope with both.
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Wilson, K., & Newbern, G. (2020). Tunneling to the Center of the Earth. Unabridged. HarperAudio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Wilson, Kevin and George, Newbern. 2020. Tunneling to the Center of the Earth. HarperAudio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Wilson, Kevin and George, Newbern, Tunneling to the Center of the Earth. HarperAudio, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Wilson, Kevin, and George Newbern. Tunneling to the Center of the Earth. Unabridged. HarperAudio, 2020.
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| title | Tunneling to the Center of the Earth |
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| duration | 6h 58m 56s |
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| dateLastUpdated | Aug 03, 2025 06:13:03 PM |
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| Last File Modification Time | Aug 02, 2025 10:27:58 PM |
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| Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Aug 18, 2025 07:44:51 AM |
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