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Funny, sad, bleak, weird, toxic — the future of America as the Free Market runs rampant,the environment skids into disarray, and civilization dissolves into surreal chaos. These wacky, brilliant, hilarious and entirely original stories cue us in on George Saunder's skewed vision of the legacy we are creating. Against the backdrop of our devolvement, our own worst tendencies and greatest virtues are weirdly illuminated.
Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the one his fellow foxes regarded with a knowing snort and a roll of the eyes. That is, until Fox 8 develops a unique skill: He teaches himself to speak “Yuman” by hiding in the bushes outside a house and listening to children’s bedtime stories. The power of language fuels his abundant curiosity about people—even after “danjer” arrives in the form of a new shopping mall that cuts off his food supply, sending Fox 8 on a harrowing quest to help save his pack. Told with his distinctive blend of humor and pathos, showcases the extraordinary imaginative talents of George Saunders, whom the called “the writer for our time.”
From an author named by The New Yorker as one of the "20 Best American Fiction Writers Under 40," a hilarious, inventive, unforgettable collection of stories.
His remarkable first collection of stories was hailed by The New York Times as "the debut of an exciting new voice in fiction." Garrison Keillor called him wildly funny, pure, generous-all that a great humorist should be." With this new collection, George Saunders takes us even further into the shocking, uproarious and oddly familiar landscape of his imagination.
The stories in Pastoralia are set in a slightly skewed version of America, where elements of contemporary life have been merged, twisted, and amplified, casting their absurdity-and our humanity-in a startling new light. Whether he writes a gothic morality tale in which a male exotic dancer is haunted by his maiden aunt from beyond the grave, or about a self-help guru who tells his followers his mission is to discover who's been "crapping in your oatmeal," Saunders's stories are both indelibly strange and vividly real.
George Saunders has been identified as a writer in the tradition of Mark Twain, Thomas Pynchon, and Kurt Vonnegut-"a savage satirist with a sentimental streak," said The New York Times. In this new collection, Saunders brings greater wisdom and maturity to the worldview he established with CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, leaving no doubt about his place as the brilliant successor to these writers.
A new story collection, the first in six years, from one of our greatest living writers, MacArthur "genius grant" recipient and New Yorker contributor George Saunders.
George Saunders, one of our most important writers, is back with a masterful, deeply felt collection that takes his literary powers to a new level. In a recent interview, when asked how he saw the role of the writer, Saunders said: "To me, the writer's main job is to make the story unscroll in such a way that the reader is snared-she's right there, seeing things happen and caring about them. And if you dedicate yourself to this job, the meanings more or less take care of themselves." In Tenth of December, the reader is always right there, and the meanings are beautiful and profound and abundant. The title story is an exquisite, moving account of the intersection, at a frozen lake in the woods, of a young misfit and a middle-aged cancer patient who goes there to commit suicide, only to end up saving the boy's life. "Home" is the often funny, often poignant account of a soldier returning from the war. And "Victory Lap" is a taut, inventive story about the attempted abduction of a teenage girl. In all, Tenth of December is George Saunders at his absolute best, a collection of stories and characters that add up to something deep, irreducible, and uniquely American.
Cette pièce – une folie en un acte – d’après l’auteur, se déroule près de Saint-Gervais-les Bains, au début du 19e siècle, dans un hôtel perdu, pas vraiment trois étoiles. Les patrons sont à noce, reste Jacques, pas vraiment dégourdi. Arrivent des clients, dont un touriste anglais au français originalement approximatif. S’ensuit toute une série de quiproquos où le laxatif destiné à une cliente malade lui est administré, où curiosités peut s’entendre de bien des sens, où l’endroit nécessaire, le commun n’est pas bien différent de la Commune. Ajoutez-y un barbier opportuniste, dont les « saignées » sont censées tout guérir. Ça ne vole pas toujours très haut, mais c’est drôle.
The breakout book from "the funniest writer in America" — not to mention an official Genius — a trade paperback original and his first nonfiction collection ever.
George Saunders's first foray into nonfiction is composed of essays on literature, travel, and politics. At the core of this unique collection are Saunders's travel essays based on his trips to seek out the mysteries of the "Buddha Boy" of Nepal; to attempt to indulge in the extravagant pleasures of Dubai; and to join the exploits of the minutemen at the Mexican border. Saunders expertly navigates the works of Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, and Esther Forbes, and leads the reader across the rocky political landscape of modern America. Emblazoned with his trademark wit and singular vision, Saunders's endeavor into the art of the essay is testament to his exceptional range and ability as a writer and thinker.
The year is 1635. Iceland is a world darkened by superstition, poverty, and cruelty.
Men of science marvel over a unicorn's horn, poor folk worship the Virgin in secret, and both books and men are burnt.
Jonas Palmason, a poet and self-taught healer, has been condemned to exile for heretical conduct, having fallen foul of the local magistrate. Banished to a barren island, Jonas recalls his gift for curing "female maladies," his exorcism of a walking corpse on the remote Snjafjoll coast, the frenzied massacre of innocent Basque whalers at the hands of local villagers, and the deaths of three of his children.
"Achingly brilliant, an epic made mad, made extraordinary." — Junot Díaz
"Hallucinatory, lyrical, by turns comic and tragic, this extraordinary novel should make Sjón an international name. His evocation of seventeenth century Iceland through the eyes of a man born before his time has stuck in my mind like nothing else I’ve read in the last year." — Hari Kunzru
Voyage en zigzag ? Pourquoi ? Parce que dans les Alpes toute montée se fait au moyen d’innombrables « lacets » en prenant la pente de biais à gauche, puis à droite et ainsi de suite, en zigzag… Sainte-Beuve nous éclaire sur l’origine de ces excursions : Dans le pensionnat genevois qu’avaient créé Rodolphe Töpffer et sa femme, « chaque année, à la belle saison, se mettant à la tête de la jeune bande, il employait les vacances à les guider, le sac au dos dans de longues et vigoureuses excursions pédestres […] Une grande publicité atteignit également plus tard les récits illustrés de ses courses alpestres, que Töpffer autographiait lui-même chaque année à un nombre d’exemplaire suffisant seulement pour ses élèves et ses amis. Mais quel qu’ait été le succès de la belle édition des Voyages en zigzag, nous n’oublierons jamais les modestes cahiers auxquels l’inspiration du premier jet et la coopération directe de l’auteur assureront toujours une véritable supériorité. » C’est le premier de ces voyages en zigzag – tiré d’une copie fidèle des manuscrits originaux – que nous vous livrons ici. Des récits pleins d’humour de l'excursion de ces potaches genevois dans les paysages alpins de l’Helvétie profonde…
The year is 1883, and the stark Icelandic landscape is the backdrop for this spellbinding fable that is part mystery, part fairy tale. The fates of a priest, a naturalist, and a young woman with Down syndrome are intrinsically bound and gradually, surprisingly unraveled.
"'s fable…describes its world with brilliant, precise, concrete colour and detail while at the same time making things and people mysterious and ungraspable…The world of 19th-century Iceland is brilliantly and economically present: the bareness of the dwellings, the roughness of the churches and congregations, the meager food…The novel is a parable, comic, and lyrical about the nature of things." — for
Dans ce 3ème « Voyage en zigzag » de l’automne 1826, M. et Mme Töpffer et leurs « potaches » atteignent dans leur excursion la Suisse « primitive » (c'est-à-dire les cantons qui ont été à l’origine de la confédération suisse). Auberges agréables ou médiocres, bruyantes ou confortables, pluie et flaques d’eau, ascensions (à pied), expériences culinaires, visites de sites : nos genevois s’immergent dans la culture de cette suisse alémanique du nord-est et rencontrent toutes sortes de personnages truculents qu’ils finissent par réunir dans un banquet imaginaire.
"An extraordinary, powerful fable — a marvel." — Alberto Manguel
"Sjón writes like a man under a spell, filled with enchantment and magic and great wit. He is a rogue of the first order." — Keith Donohue
The year is 1949 and Valdimar Haraldsson, an eccentric Icelander with elevated ideas about the influence of fish consumption on Nordic civilization, has had the singular good fortune to be invited to join a Danish merchant ship on its way to the Black Sea.
Among the crew is the mythical hero Caeneus, disguised as the second mate. Every evening after dinner he entrances his fellow travelers with the tale of how he sailed with the fabled vessel, the Argo, on the Argonauts' quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece.
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