Selected Shorts: Food Fictions

Delicious tales about food and eating, read by distinguished actors

Many of the stories included in this three-CD collection were recorded at a Selected Shorts tour to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles in May of 2006. Offering a mix of classic and contemporary fiction, this funny, sensual, delectable collection serves up literary morsels to please every food lover.

Track Listing:

Disc 1

1. I Was Really Very Hungry by F.K. Fisher
   read by Christina Pickles
   A fantasy meal in a French country inn.
2. Sorry Fugu by T.C. Boyle
   read by Tony Roberts
   Sex and the restaurant wars.

Disc 2

1. Just a Little More by V.S. Pritchett
   read by Rene Auberjonois
   A father’s food memories.
2. Indigestion by Anton Chekhov
   read by Bradley Whitford
   A comedy of overindulgence.
3. Taste by Roald Dahl
   read by John Lithgow
   A betting game in which a daughter is wagered on the vintage of a bottle of wine.

Disc 3

1. A Piece of Pie by Damon Runyon
   read by John Shea
   A gamble on a guy and a doll.
2. Enough by Alice McDermott
   read by Fionnula Flanagan
   A woman’s appetite for love and life.

About Symphony Space:
Symphony Space is America's only community-based arts organization with a nationwide audience, beloved in New York City for events such as the annual Wall to Wall music marathon and celebrated around the country for its Selected Shorts broadcasts.