| In Persuasion Nation Contributor(s): Saunders, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 159448242X ISBN-13: 9781594482427 Publisher: Riverhead Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: This new collection of stories--his best work yet--comes from the acclaimed and mind-bendingly hilarious George Saunders. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Satire |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.60 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction. Talking candy bars, baby geniuses, disappointed mothers, castrated dogs, interned teenagers, and moral fables--all in this hilarious and heartbreaking collection from an author hailed as the heir to Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon. The first thing you ought to know is that Saunders is the funniest writer in America... But] Saunders's laughs are a cover, a diversion, beneath which reside some profoundly serious intentions regarding the morality of how we live and the power of love and immanent death to transform us into vastly better creatures... I can't think of another writer who would try to do what Saunders is doing, or anything close to it. This is an important book.--The Nation Saunders is a hilarious, wicked, and pitch-perfect satirist of our times, of course, but for a satirist he has a whole lot of heart.--Esquire |