First, James Lasdun’s "A Woman at the Window," is a cautionary tale for men who want to rescue damsels in distress. The reader is Leenya Rideout. Next, the late Ukranian-born writer Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky has invented a substance that expands apartments, and wreaks havoc on the life of his main character. "This American Life" commentator David Rakoff provides the nicely melancholy reading. Finally, Leenya Rideout returns for "Flight," in which a scatter-brained, lonely woman "borrows" her addled neighbor.
