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Tenth of December Stories
Author: George Saunders

One of the most important and blazingly original writers of his generation, George Saunders is an undisputed master of the short story, and Tenth of December is his most honest, accessible, and moving collection yet. — — In the taut opener, ?Victory Lap,? a boy witnesses the attempted abduction of the girl next door and is faced with a harrowing... more » choice: Does he ignore what he sees, or override years of smothering advice from his parents and act? In ?Home,? a combat-damaged soldier moves back in with his mother and struggles to reconcile the world he left with the one to which he has returned. And in the title story, a stunning meditation on imagination, memory, and loss, a middle-aged cancer patient walks into the woods to commit suicide, only to encounter a troubled young boy who, over the course of a fateful morning, gives the dying man a final chance to recall who he really is. A hapless, deluded owner of an antiques store; two mothers struggling to do the right thing; a teenage girl whose idealism is challenged by a brutal brush with reality; a man tormented by a series of pharmaceutical experiments that force him to lust, to love, to kill?the unforgettable characters that populate the pages of Tenth of December are vividly and lovingly infused with Saunders?s signature blend of exuberant prose, deep humanity, and stylistic innovation.

Writing brilliantly and profoundly about class, sex, love, loss, work, despair, and war, Saunders cuts to the core of the contemporary experience. These stories take on the big questions and explore the fault lines of our own morality, delving into the questions of what makes us good and what makes us human.

Unsettling, insightful, and hilarious, the stories in Tenth of December?through their manic energy, their focus on what is redeemable in human beings, and their generosity of spirit?not only entertain and delight; they fulfill Chekhov?s dictum that art should ?prepare us for tenderness.?

Advance praise for Tenth of December

?Tenth of December shows George Saunders at his most subversive, hilarious, and emotionally piercing. Few writers can encompass that range of adjectives, but Saunders is a true original?restlessly inventive, yet deeply humane.??Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize?winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad

?George Saunders is a complete original, unlike anyone else, thank god?and yet still he manages to be the rightful heir to three other complete American originals?Barthelme (the lyricism, the playfulness), Vonnegut (the outrage, the wit, the scope), and Twain (the common sense, the exasperation). There is no author I recommend to people more often?for ten years I?ve urged George Saunders onto everyone and everyone. You want funny? Saunders is your man. You want emotional heft? Saunders again. You want stories that are actually about something?stories that again and again get to the meat of matters of life and death and justice and country? Saunders. There is no one better, no one more essential to our national sense of self and sanity.??Dave Eggers, author of A Hologram for the King

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ISBN-13: 9780449808603
ISBN-10: 0449808602
Publication Date: 1/8/2013
Edition: Unabridged
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Publisher: Random House Audio
Book Type: Audio CD
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover
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Laura P. (hemmputnam) reviewed Tenth of December: Stories on 1/1/2015 + 1120 more book reviews

This is an incredibly powerful collection of short stories touching on parenting, PTSD, psychopharmacology, suicide, class, and immigration. Skip The Semplica Girl Diaries if you are squeamish. Enjoy the wonderful writing!

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