George Saunders
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
251 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of stories includes Home, a wryly whimsical account of a soldier's return from war; Victory Lap, a tale about an inventive abduction attempt; and the title story, in which a suicidal cancer patient saves the life of a young misfit.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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On February 22, 1862, two days after his death, Willie Lincoln was laid to rest in a marble crypt in a Georgetown cemetery. That very night, shattered by grief, Abraham Lincoln arrives at the cemetery under cover of darkness and visits the crypt, alone, to spend time with his son's body. Willie finds himself in a strange purgatory-- the bardo-- where ghosts commisserate quarrel, and enact bizarre acts of penance ... and where a struggle erupts over...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
233 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"The 'best short story writer in English' (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics, and justice, and cuts to the very heart of what it means to live in community with our fellow humans. 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...