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Black Swans

By: Eve Babitz
Narrated by: Mia Barron
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A collection of original short stories offers an intimate and dark portrait of life in the United States as they journey through California seeking answers to our changing world, dealing with such topics as jealousy, AIDS, sex, and Jim Morrison.

A new reissue of Babitz’s collection of nine stories that look back on the 1980s and early 1990s - decades of dreams, drink, and glimpses of a changing world. Black Swans further celebrates the phenomenon of Eve Babitz, cementing her reputation as the voice of a generation.

©1993 Eve Babitz; 2018 Stephanie Danler (Introduction) (P)2018 Recorded Books Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Short Stories
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Made me laugh out loud, and view LA with new eyes! Like a perfect jewel box of sparkling anecdotes.

Brilliant!!!

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Eve babitz always pops off BUT MIA IS SUCH A GOOD NARRATOR OMG!!! So peak woman!!!!

Love love love

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i really liked the story about "Tango". I found the introduction confusing and the story "Black Swans" in the "meh" category. Nice for a short book about the LA of the "70s". Good narrator.

Joan Didion "lite"

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Interesting but empty . Good for passive listening during work or driving. I liked the ‘vibe of the book’ more than the actual book.

Torrid affairs @ Chateau Marmont

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Great Writing. As an LA native I looked forward to this audible. But- the narrator was just shrill, every S was a whistle. I clenched when a word or sentence had multiple S’s. A shame really, I could not get past the first chapter.

Narrator felt like like hearing a continual nails on the chalkboard.

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