Book
Liberation day : stories
Call Number
- FICTION SAUN (CEN, OSH)
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Random House, [2022]
Physical Description
233 pages ; 22 cm
Summary
"With his trademark prose--wickedly funny, unsentimental, and perfectly tuned--George Saunders continues to challenge and surprise: here is a collection of prismatic, deeply resonant stories that encompass joy and despair, oppression and revolution, bizarre fantasy and brutal reality. 'Love Letter' is a tender missive from grandfather to grandson, in the midst of a dystopian political situation in the not-too-distant future, that reminds us of our obligations to our ideals, ourselves, and each other. 'Ghoul' is set in a Hell-themed section of an underground amusement park in Colorado, and follows the exploits of a lonely, morally complex character named Brian, who comes to question everything he takes for granted about his 'reality.' In 'Mother's Day, ' two women who loved the same man come to an existential reckoning in the middle of a hailstorm. And in 'Elliott Spencer, ' our eighty-nine-year-old protagonist finds himself brainwashed--his memory 'scraped'--a victim of a scheme in which poor, vulnerable people are reprogrammed and deployed as political protesters. Together, these nine subversive, profound, and essential stories coalesce into a case for viewing the world with the same generosity and clear-eyed attention as Saunders does, even in the most absurd of circumstances"--
Contents
- Liberation day
- Mom of bold action
- Love letter
- Thing at work
- Sparrow
- Ghoul
- Mother's Day
- Elliot Spencer
- My house.