Tenth of December - Couverture souple

Saunders, George

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1408894815 ISBN 13 : 9781408894811

Editeur : Bloomsbury Paperbacks, 2017

Synopsis

The prize-winning, New York Times bestselling short story collection from the internationally bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo


'I think he's the greatest writer since Salinger' Richard Ayoade
'I love this collection and it has one of my favourite stories of all time in it' Elizabeth Day
'The best book you'll read this year' New York Times
'Dazzlingly surreal stories about a failing America' Sunday Times

WINNER OF THE 2014 FOLIO PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2013

George Saunders's most wryly hilarious and disturbing collection yet, Tenth of December illuminates human experience and explores figures lost in a labyrinth of troubling preoccupations.

A family member recollects a backyard pole dressed for all occasions; Jeff faces horrifying ultimatums and the prospect of Darkenfloxx(TM) in some unusual drug trials; and Al Roosten hides his own internal monologue behind a winning smile that he hopes will make him popular.

With dark visions of the future riffing against ghosts of the past and the ever-settling present, this collection sings with astonishing charm and intensity.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

George Saunders is the author of thirteen books, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Booker Prize in 2017, and five collections of stories including Tenth of December, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and the recent collection Liberation Day (selected by former President Obama has one of his ten favourite books of 2021). Three of Saunders' books -Pastoralia, Tenth of December, and Lincoln in the Bardo - were chosen for the New York Times' list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Saunders hosts the popular Story Club on Substack, which grew out of his book on the Russian short story, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. In 2013, he was named one of the world's 100 Most Influential People by Time magazine. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The prize-winning, New York Times bestselling short story collection from the internationally bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1408894815
• ISBN 13: 9781408894811
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Van Ditmar Boeken, VDB Sales; sales@vanditmar.nl; ; Hondiuslaan 44; Utrecht; 3528 AB; Pays-Bas