George Saunders did not come here to play. “An astoundingly tuned voice - graceful, dark, authentic, and funny - telling just the kinds of stories we need to get us through these times.” (Thomas Pynchon) “Not since Twain has America produced a satirist this funny.” (Zadie Smith) “Saunders makes the all-but-impossible look effortless.” (Jonathan Franzen) is scary, hilarious, and unforgettable.” (Tobias Wolff) “George Saunders is a writer of arresting brilliance and originality, with a sure sense of his material and apparently inexhaustible resources of voice. “Saunders’s satiric vision of America is dark and demented it’s also ferocious and very funny.” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times) “It’s no exaggeration to say that short story master George Saunders helped change the trajectory of American fiction.” ( The Wall Street Journal) Praise for George Saunders and CivilWarLand in Bad Decline : With a new introduction by Joshua Ferris and a new author’s note by Saunders himself, this edition is essential listening for those seeking to discover or revisit a virtuosic, disturbingly prescient voice. In six stories and a novella, Saunders hatches an unforgettable cast of characters, each struggling to survive in an increasingly haywire world. Since its publication in 1996, George Saunders’ debut collection has grown in esteem from a cherished cult classic to a masterpiece of the form, inspiring an entire generation of writers along the way.
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