George Saunders
George Saunders is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eleven books, including A Swim in a Pond in the Rain; Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Booker Prize; Congratulations, by the Way; Tenth of December, a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the inaugural Folio Award; The Braindead Megaphone; and the critically acclaimed collections CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, Pastoralia, and In Persuasion Nation . He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.
George Saunders is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eleven books, including A Swim in a Pond in the Rain; Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Booker Prize; Congratulations, by the Way; Tenth of December, a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the inaugural Folio Award; The Braindead Megaphone; and the critically acclaimed collections CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, Pastoralia, and In Persuasion Nation . He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University. See less
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George Saunders book reviews
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Tenth of December: Stories
George Saunders is a wizard
by Stacy W, May 17, 2021
This is one of my two most favorite collections of short stories. Saunders is a magnificent writer. Read More
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Lincoln in the Bardo
blew my mind.
I imagine that this novel isn't for everyone, as the format and storytelling style is very unusual. In fact, everything about it is unusual. It's written as a series of quotes or speeches from ... Read More
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In Persuasion Nation
by James O, Sep 28, 2014
Quite a bit of a let down for me compared to Saunder's earlier work. The laughs are few and the points often heavy handed from a writer often so effortlessly profound. Read More