{"product_id":"9780786156566","title":"A Grown-up's Halloween: Fantasies and Fables for the Philosophically Fiendish","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont color=\"blue\"\u003e2007 Audie® Award Finalist - Short Stories\/Collections\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Grown-up’s Halloween: Fantasies and Fables for the Philosophically Fiendish\u003c\/i\u003e is an eclectic mix of stories, plays, and sketches dedicated to the thinking paranoiac. Selections include \"In a Grove,\" upon which Akira Kurosawa based his classic film, \u003ci\u003eRashomon\u003c\/i\u003e; an adult fairy tale by the author of \u003ci\u003eWinnie-the-Pooh\u003c\/i\u003e; the real story (honest!) behind Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel \u003ci\u003eThe Moon Maid\u003c\/i\u003e; and cautionary and scary tales from Dostoevsky, Kafka, Mark Twain, and others. Gore, sex, horror, literature, and edifying morals — what more could you want from an audiobook?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn a Grove\u003c\/i\u003e by Ryunosuke Akutagawa \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Garbage Man and the Noble Lady of Baghdad\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sultan and the Wazir's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e from \u003ci\u003eThe Book of a Thousand Nights and One Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Wallpaper\u003c\/i\u003e by Charlotte Perkins Gilman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Adding Machine\u003c\/i\u003e by Elmer Rice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Grand Inquisitor\u003c\/i\u003e by Fyodor Dostoevsky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJosephine, the Mouse Singer\u003c\/i\u003e by Franz Kafka\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Interview in a V. A. Hospital\u003c\/i\u003e by Yuri Rasovsky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ugly Duckling\u003c\/i\u003e by A. A. Milne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Moon Maid: The True Story\u003c\/i\u003e by Emmett Loverde\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFables by Mark Twain and Ambrose Bierce\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man of Destiny\u003c\/i\u003e by George Bernard Shaw\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy Support for Public Radio Must Increase\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIt Came from Outer Pinsk\u003c\/i\u003e by A. Fiend\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47095241015536,"sku":"9780786156566","price":11.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780786156566_p0.jpg?v=1763665646","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780786156566","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}