The Wrong Side of the River
An Audiobook by Brian Price
Read by Robin Miles
The mighty river has broken. Everyone wants to get to the other side. Ain’t that always the way?
"This is a dream," says the narrator, "so I just jump to the good parts." 'The Other Side of the River' is a poetic allegory that we will all recognize as the current state of affairs in our world. Told through a collection of original voices, with whom mysteries fold and unfold like colorful fans, as the the story compels us to wonder, and wonder again: has the North Pole really moved? What happens when the river breaks? What is on the other side of the river? And where will we be when we get there? The author of the Old Cart Wrangler never disappoints with his comic meditations on his own private America.
"This is a dream," says the narrator, "so I just jump to the good parts." 'The Other Side of the River' is a poetic allegory that we will all recognize as the current state of affairs in our world. Told through a collection of original voices, with whom mysteries fold and unfold like colorful fans, as the the story compels us to wonder, and wonder again: has the North Pole really moved? What happens when the river breaks? What is on the other side of the river? And where will we be when we get there? The author of the Old Cart Wrangler never disappoints with his comic meditations on his own private America.
Published by Blackstone Publishing.
Also available at Audible.
Also available at Audible.
The Wrong Side of the River is stunning, it’s really wonderful what you’ve done. I had no idea where it was going. And Robin was so good, my god, she breathed it, she lived it. A fine piece of writing too. Hats off to you.
Tom Lopez, ZBS
Robin Miles throws herself into the narration of this lyrical novella with enthusiastic flair. In the not too distant past or future, everyone waits in the Town With No Name to cross the river. Folks can't get over it, and they can't get around it, so they learn to live with it. Miles crafts an astonishing array of voices to portray the inhabitants of the mysterious town--from a gruff wilderness man to an innocent girl--as they describe how the river affects them. Each character remains distinct but blends into a cohesive ensemble. Listeners will be swept into a story that starts as chaos and in the end fits together into a strange but enthralling whole. N.M. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine
– Audiofile Magazine – October 2021
– Audiofile Magazine – October 2021
“The river is broken and they just can’t make it across. The immersive wit and imagination of the author of 'The Old Cart Wrangler' are in full flower and brought to colorful life by reader extraordinaire Robin Miles. It's a living, moving prose poem full of memorable characters that shoots its arrow directly into the heart and bloodstream of our curious times.”
— Peabody Award winning Audio Artist, Marjorie Van Halteren
Produced by The Great Northern Audio Theatre.
Cover Art by Alicia Price.
Cover design by Jerry Stearns.
Cover Art by Alicia Price.
Cover design by Jerry Stearns.
Author - Brian Price
BRIAN PRICE has been working in audio theater and production for over thirty-fi ve years. He has written, directed, and adapted for groups such as Native Voices at the Autry, the Grist Mill, and the National Audio Theatre Festivals. He and his Great Northern Audio Theatre partner, Jerry Stearns, wrote and produced eighteen years of the Mark Time Awards Radio Show and were awarded an Audie Award in 2017 for Best Audio Drama for their full-length drama In the Embers. They also hold a Norman Corwin Award for Lifetime Achievement in Audio Theater.
Narrator - Robin Miles
ROBIN MILES, named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, has won several Audie and Earphones Awards. She holds a BA in theater studies from Yale University, an MFA in acting from the Yale School of Drama, and a certi cate from the British American Drama Academy in England.