George Saunders

Pastoralia was published to huge literary acclaim, establishing George Saunders, one of the New Yorker's 'twenty writers for the 21st century', as one of the most hypnotic and original voices of contemporary fiction.

Pastoralia

A book of short stories, some good, some so-so. All of them weird and twisty though.

Laura Hilliger

Dweedle 

You will spend a lot of time in the meandering thoughts of characters. You will also get great commentary on the absurdity of how we live. I particularly loved the short story about an inspirational conference. Solid gold.

Bunnhi

Ended up half way through "Winky"'s chapter and realized that I had no clue what or who I was following in the story any more.

A stunning collection including the story "Sea Oak," 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. Hailed by Thomas Pynchon as "graceful, dark, authentic, and funny," George Saunders gives us, in his inventive and beloved voice, this bestselling collection of stories set against a warped, hilarious, and terrifyingly recognizable American landscape.

alma

pastoralia, with the titular novella being the most compelling and complex, is absolutely remarkable. saunders, though not reviving the art of the short story as many say (its not dead!), was certainly making it better. 

Emma Nash

note to self: revisit "sea oak," "the end of firpo in the world," and "the falls" sometime very soon

Joshua Line

Curious? Read "Sea Oak." Totally worth it.

Charlie Beckerman

Ben Clark

Los relatos de Saunders son como extraños objetos de arte que toman situaciones familiares y telones de fondo del modo de vida americano, para saturarlos de un color hiperrealista y un lenguaje retorcido. Dijo Cervantes que la brevedad es el alma del ingenio. Carver, Cheever, Salinger, Barthelme.. Y ahora, Saunders. Los grandes renovadores del cuento americano tienen mucho que agradecer a la revista The New Yorker, publicación que a mediados del siglo XX fomentó en Estados Unidos el relato corto como forma literaria popular. Saunders sigue esta tradición. Sus relatos en The New Yorker suelen ser los más celebrados por los lectores de la revista de cultura, política, arte y humor. 

Miguel Angel Palmer Salva

Molly M

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Yasmin

A collection of stories by the author of CivilWarLand in Bad Decline focuses on a somewhat skewed version of America and includes the misadventures of a male exotic dancer who is haunted by a departed maiden aunt and a self-help guru given to colorful metaphors. Reprint.

Pastoralia

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