The first short story collection in ten years from the Man Booker Prize-winning,New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo MacArthur genius and Booker Prize-winner George Saunders returns with a collection of short stories that make sense of our increasingly troubled world
With his trademark prose - wickedly funny,unsentimental,and perfectly tuned - Saunders continues to challenge and surprise: here is a collection of prismatic,deeply resonant stories that encompass joy and despair,oppression and revolution,bizarre fantasy and brutal reality.'Love Letter'is a tender missive from grandfather to grandson,in the midst of a dystopian political situation in the not-too-distant future,that reminds us of our obligations to our ideals,ourselves,and each other.
'Ghoul'is set in a Hell-themed section of an underground amusement park in Colorado,and follows the exploits of a lonely,morally complex character named Brian,who comes to question everything he takes for granted about his'reality.'
In'Mother's Day',two women who loved the same man come to an existential reckoning in the middle of a hailstorm. And in'Elliott Spencer',our eighty-nine-year-old protagonist finds himself brainwashed - his memory'scraped'- a victim of a scheme in which poor,vulnerable people are reprogrammed and deployed as political protesters. Together,these nine subversive,profound,and essential stories coalesce into a case for viewing the world with the same generosity and clear-eyed attention as Saunders does,even in the most absurd of circumstances.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781526624994Number of pages: 256Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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'The world's best short story writer...Liberation Day is great art.'- The Daily Telegraph
'This is the joy of Saunders: he encapsulates human experience,while always hitting the punchline.'- The Financial Times
George Saunders
Widely regarded as one of America's most talented contemporary novelists,George Saunders made his name writing acclaimed short stories,published in the collections CivilWarLand in Bad Decline,Pastoralia,In Persuasion Nation and Tenth of December. His debut novel,Lincoln in the Bardo,won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 2017 and is an international bestseller.
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