We Don't Live Here Anymore

The Collected Short Stories and Novellas of Andre Dubus, Volume 1

De: Andre Dubus, Ann Beattie - introduction

Narrado por: Joe Barrett, Robert Fass, Bronson Pinchot

In the early 1970s, literary journals that contained Andre Dubus' short stories were passed around among admiring readers. When his debut collection, Separate Flights, arrived in 1975, it was immediately celebrated and won the Boston Globe's Laurence L. & Thomas Winship/PEN New England Award.

The collection includes the novella We Don't Live Here Anymore, which served as the basis for the 2004 film of the same title (nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival); the novella also introduces Dubus' writer-protagonist Hank Allison, a character who continues to appear throughout his work.

Two years later, the title story of Dubus' sophomore collection Adultery and Other Choices continued the exploits of Hank Allison. "The title story alone will make it worth your while to go out and get the book", wrote the New York Times Book Review.

While the collection's opening stories focus on the fragile nature of youth, later stories shift to darker struggles of adulthood, such as in "Andromache" - Dubus' first story to appear in The New Yorker (1968) - which traces the aftermath of a tragic death during wartime.

The complete list of narrators includes Robert Fass, Joe Barrett, Bronson Pinchot, Cassandra Campbell, Hillary Huber, Traber Burns, and Andre Dubus.

©2018 David R Godine (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Spectacular Collection

I first read Andre Debus novel “House of Sand and Fog” and decided to try his collection of short stories and novellas. I was blown away by their quality. They are on par with the best short stories of Chekhov and Hemingway. They are immensely entertaining and well-crafted. I am in awe and will listen to this collection again and will listen to Volume 2 and 3. I highly recommend them. Andre Debus is one of the best writers of our time.

Finding Particular Stories

Powerful and subtle stories, well written. But this review is to provide help on a technical issue: how to find a particular story on the Audible app.

If you listen to it straight through, the readers follow the print book faithfully and you won't have issues. If you're trying to jump to particular stories using the index that shows up on the Audible app, you will have problems. The app index shows the name of some of the stories accurately, but many are listed inaccurately and some titles listed are not actually stories in the book. Below is a guide to sort this out. It's a list of each story that appears in the book, followed by a description of how the book is listed in the app index. The index separates various stories into more than one index entry, as can be seen below. In cases where the index is accurate, only the title is listed below. Hope this helps!

Spotlights (an introduction by Ann Beattie) / AUDIBLE: Spotlights and Biddy
We Don't Live Here Any More / AUDIBLE: Chapter 1, dd, Chapter 2, 3 (Chapters following "Spotlights and Biddy")
Over the Hill / AUDIBLE: Over the Hill, Chapter 1,2,3,4,5,6
The Doctor / AUDIBLE: The Doctor, Chapter 1 (up until 11:36)
In My Life / AUDIBLE: Chapter 1 (this story starts at 11:39) (Chapter following "The Doctor")
If They Knew Yvonne / AUDIBLE: Chapter 2,3 (Chapters following "The Doctor")
Going Under
Miranda Over the Valley
Separate Flights / AUDIBLE: Separate Flights, Chapter 1,2,3,4,5,6
An Afternoon with the Old Man / AUDIBLE: Adultery and Other Choices
Contrition
The Bully
Graduation
The Fat Girl
Cadence / AUDIBLE: fdhdf
Corporal of Artillery / AUDIBLE: Chapter 31
The Shooting / AUDIBLE: Chapter 32
Andromache / AUDIBLE: Chapter 33
Adultery / AUDIBLE: Adultery, Chapter 1,2,3,4
Editor's Note