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The Little People

By: Steven Millhauser
Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
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They are citizens of our town who own property, pay taxes, and vote. They dress like us. They speak like us. They eat like us. They are two inches tall.

From Steven Millhauser, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Martin Dressler and one of the most imaginative and essential voices of our time, comes a fable about a race of miniature people and the way of life they have come master within our own. By turns enchanting and provocative, The Little People explores the fascination and unease the little people create in us, examines our private desire to disappear into their world, and reveals what happens when our personal and romantic lives inevitably collide.

©2020 Steve Millhauser (P)2020 Audible Originals, LLC. Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Feel-Good Short Stories

About the Creator

Steven Millhauser is the author of numerous works of fiction including Martin Dressler, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1997, and We Others: New and Selected Stories, winner of The Story Prize and a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. His work has been translated into 18 languages, and his story "Eisenheim the Illusionist" was the basis of the 2006 film The Illusionist. He is retired from Skidmore College and lives in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Photo Credit: Michael Lionstar

About the Performer

Kevin Pariseau’s audiobook narrations have garnered many notable honors including his 2012 Audie nomination in Fiction for Herman Wouk’s The Winds of War, his 2014 SOVA nomination for Outstanding Science Fiction Narration for Dan Simmons’s Ilium, and his AudioFile Earphones Award for the 2010 winner in the Best of Science Fiction category, William Gibson’s Burning Chrome. In addition to his work as a narrator, Kevin has worked professionally as an actor for many years, appearing on Broadway and off, in film, and on television. Notable productions include the original Broadway casts of Legally Blonde and Ink, and the national tour of Lincoln Center Theater’s Tony Award-winning My Fair Lady, presented in the continental US through 2021.

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I'm just confused as to why this story exists... Why so descriptive about the sexualization and intimate ongoings between the large and small people?

huh....

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Although not exactly sweet, it is quite an interesting listen. A few lewd moments, but nothing overtly graphic. Definitely worth the listen

Short and sweet

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Very much enjoyed this clever tale. Kept imagining it as an amazing movie. Would read more from this author.

Clever

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A TrueType wonderful fantasy, a story that makes you think, not what I thought it was about before reading it.

Story plot

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Enjoyable, detailed, funny and imaginative. I wish it was longer. Great storyline. Can’t wait for another installment

Great Story

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Fabulously written and surprisingly very interesting, imaginative and really good. The descriptions can be interchanged with so many differences that occur realistically and naturally with humans. Excellent read!

I WISH THIS WERE LONGER!

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A quick, insightful piece of speculative satire. Let me mark out a singular difference, let’s make it everything that we think we can know about that person, let’s name all the reasons why we should keep those others away from our worlds (and judge those who challenge that), let’s fetishize that difference….starting to sound familiar? Only here the difference is that the people are little. It really is an incisive critique of …well, life.

Clever

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It is an interesting concept for the story, but it has no clear ending. I am not a fan of stories without an ending.

Interesting parents abruptly

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This was a short story about a class of little people who live along side regular sized people. The situation is described, including sexual habits, which could have been left out. A strangle tale, which didn’t make much sense.

Strange, Weird Story

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I really enjoyed this book. I have one minor criticism, I wish it was longer. I could have easily listened to a longer, fuller version of this book. Surprisingly. I want to know more about this community.

Great Short Book

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