Pastoralia

Pastoralia - Paperback

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Pastoralia - Paperback

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Book Overview

by George Saunders (Author)

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.

One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

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.

Author Biography

George Saunders is the Man Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo; Tenth of December; In Persuasion Nation; The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil; Pastoralia; CivilWarLand in Bad Decline; The Braindead Megaphone; and a children's book, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip. His work appears regularly in the New Yorker, Harper's and GQ. In 2006, he was awarded a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant." In 2000, The New Yorker named him one of the "Best Writers Under 40." He is a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction. He teaches at Syracuse University.

George Saunders es autor de las colecciones de relatos Guerracivilandia en ruinas, Pastoralia y Diez de diciembre, por la que fue finalista del National Book Award, de varios libros infantiles y ensayos y de Felicidades, por cierto (Seix Barral, 2020), que recoge el discurso que dio en la Universidad de Siracusa y que fue compartido más de un millón de veces en internet. Ha recibido becas de las fundaciones MacArthur y Guggenheim, el Premio PEN/Malamud a la excelencia en el relato corto y es miembro de la Academia Estadounidense de las Artes y las Ciencias. En 2013 fue nombrado una de las cien personas más influyentes del mundo por la revista Time. Lincoln en el Bardo (Seix Barral, 2018), su primera novela, fue galardonada con el Premio Man Booker en 2017. Actualmente imparte clases de escritura creativa en la Universidad de Siracusa, en Nueva York.
Number of Pages: 224
Dimensions: 0.58 x 8.04 x 5.12 IN
Publication Date: June 01, 2001
ISBN9781573228725
Author George Saunders
PublisherRiverhead Books
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedJune 2001
LanguageENG- English
Pages224
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About George Saunders

George Saunders is the author of thirteen books, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Booker Prize, 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 as one of his ten favorite books of 2022). Three of Saunders's books--Pastoralia, Tenth of December, and Lincoln in the Bardo--were chosen for The New York Times's 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. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.

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