Electrodomésticos

by Moira McCavana, Roberto Prado (Narrator)

Inspired, in part, by Moira McCavana’s own family history in Bilbao, these inventive short stories inhabit the Spanish Basque Country in the fifty years following the Spanish Civil War. 

“In Guernica, there isn’t a tree, on the outskirts of town, from whose gnarled arms dangle felt berets. The hats are not a range of colors—they are not blue, cream, maroon, brown, orange, violet, or green. The hats did not begin as buds, as specks of folded felt that uncurled as the tree developed from a sapling, and matured.” So begins the opening story of Electrodomésticos, the debut collection from Moira McCavana. In these stories, characters struggle with allegiances both political and personal, their attempts at independence coinciding with the region’s growing nationalist fervor. Exquisitely attuned to the nuances of familial and cultural history, and beautifully blending pastoral and historical sensibilities, Electrodomésticos is a stunning debut about place, language, and identity, from a promising new voice.

Genres: Short Stories

1 pages, Audible Audio

First published August 19, 2021

About the author

Moira McCavana is a writer from Boston, Massachusetts. Her first published short story "No Spanish" was one of the winners of the 2019 O. Henry Prize.

Reviews

[Iva · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting story although a bit weird we the listeners would have understood it better if the story had been longer, better explained and with a bit more context which would've have made us more sympathetic and understanding towards all the characters.

[Rachel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Boring and pointless. Ably narrated though.

[Angela M. Artis · Rating 1 out of 5]

???

[Chris L. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just as the story gets interesting, it's over. Another Audible original that should have been expanded into a longer novel as it's threadbare in this version.

[Evelin · Rating 1 out of 5]

?

[Whatcha Reading Heather? · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nice visual descriptions and a great narrator can't help the fact that I got more information about the story from the summary than the actual book.

[Sakshi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent collection of short stories. Moira has an impeccable writing style and deftly navigates the reader through the dynamics/history of the Basque Country.

[Julie · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5 ⭐️ writing was nice, painted a decent picture of a time and place. Didn’t really understand the point of the book other than it being a sketch/glimpse into the lives of these people for a very brief time. I didn’t get the bigger purpose or message, but maybe there wasn’t one? Not a lot of character development or depth.

[Debabrata Ghosh · Rating 1 out of 5]

The writing was nice and portrayed a warm and nostalgic picture of Basque at the backdrop of class division of the time. Everything else was missing, no character development to yearn for, not a shade of any message that is loud and clear, just a sketch of a story rather than anything concrete.

[Mindy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ehhhh

[Perrilyn Pringle · Rating 2 out of 5]

A very random story i found. It was ok.

[Arthur Boslar · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is one chapter of a book.
One piece of a story untold.
I can easily see this being the unassuming start to an adventure, but then it ends right when it should be just beginning.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

So good. This is why I trust Sarabande. They never go wrong.