Jorgy’s Shorts collects 16 short stories about everyday life: a garden dispute, a swimming pool rivalry, a film shoot in the rain, a doorbell that rings at the wrong moment.
Jorgy is an observer who can talk his way out of trouble and notices more than he lets on. Each story follows him through one small, true-to-life episode. Each also comes with a classical piece that matches its mood and structure, and a short philosophical reading about what the story means.
Sixteen thinkers each get one story and one piece of music: Aristotle, Simone de Beauvoir, Montaigne, Hume, Nietzsche, Epicurus, Spinoza, Seneca, Epictetus, Bergson, Hannah Arendt, Kant, Socrates, Schopenhauer, Camus and Wittgenstein. The music ranges from Schubert’s Trout Quintet and Bach’s Goldberg Variations to Shostakovich, Ravel and Satie. Several stories include a short passage imagining how the philosopher would have told the story.
The book is for anyone who loves classical music, likes philosophy without jargon, or simply enjoys short, well-observed stories. Every story stands on its own, so you can read the book from start to finish or one story at a time, with the matching music playing in the background.
What’s inside:
- 16 original short stories, each self-contained
- A classical music recommendation for every story, with an explanation of why it fits
- A philosophical reading of each story by a different thinker
- Short pastiches imagining how several of the philosophers would have told the story
- A recurring cast, with Jorgy’s voice running through the whole collection
Jorgy’s Shorts comes from MusikRoel, home to music recommendations, essays and stories about classical music in everyday life.
