The Unfinished World and Other Stories

By: Amber Sparks

Narrated by: Ali Ahn, David Aaron Baker, Jane Cramer, Adam Grupper, Liz Pearce

A highly anticipated collection of wildly imaginative short stories from "one of contemporary fiction's true mad scientists" (Necessary Fiction).

In the weird and wonderful tradition of Kelly Link and Karen Russell, Amber Sparks' dazzling new collection bursts forth with stories that render the apocalyptic and otherworldly hauntingly familiar. In "The Cemetery for Lost Faces", two orphans translate their grief into taxidermy, artfully arresting the passage of time. The anchoring novella, The Unfinished World, unfurls a surprising love story between a free and adventurous young woman and a dashing filmmaker burdened by a mysterious family. Sparks' stories - populated with sculptors, librarians, astronauts, and warriors - form a veritable cabinet of curiosities.

Mythical, bizarre, and deeply moving, The Unfinished World and Other Stories heralds the arrival of a major writer and illuminates the search for a brief encounter with the extraordinary.

©2016 Amber Sparks (P)2016 Recorded Books

couldn't finish because it was so depressing

If you want to be disappointed and sad by stories that just make you feel terrible. Then this is the book for you. Full disclaimer, I only finished the first 3 or 4 stories and it just was a big bummer.