Pastoralia
Hailed by Thomas Pynchon as "graceful, dark, authentic, and funny," George Saunders now surpasses his New York Times Notable Book, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, with this bestselling collection of stories set against a warped, hilarious, and terrifyingly recognizable American landscape.One of...
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Hailed by Thomas Pynchon as "graceful, dark, authentic, and funny," George Saunders now surpasses his New York Times Notable Book, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, with this bestselling collection of stories set against a warped, hilarious, and terrifyingly recognizable American landscape.One of Entertainment Weekly’s Ten Best Books of the Year
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781573228725 (1573228729)
ASIN: 1573228729
Publish date: June 1st 2001
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Category:
Humor,
Funny,
Science Fiction,
Adult Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Anthologies,
Collections,
Contemporary,
Short Stories,
United States,
Short Story Collection
Published in 2000, this book was somehow completely off my radar. The six short stories in this volume all feature people who are generally unhappy. They are unhappy for different reasons, but every one of them is trying their best, and none are wallowing in their unhappiness. Pastoralia, my favor...
Keeping this short and sweet. This is another wonderful collection from George Saunders. So far I've loved every collection of his I've read (I only have one more left now to read, I believe). Saunders has such a unique voice, even when he writes in third person. You really get into the minds of a...
I'm really more of a 3.5 on this one, but I feel generous today, so I'm going to officially record this rating as a 4. Because I like the darkness, the slightly skewed sense of humor, the obvious grain of salt with which the author looks at modern society. But it also seemed a little repetitive - ...
I guess this is funny? It's a great cover.
I really enjoyed the opening story of this collection by George Saunders, and based on it alone, I will search out some more of his work. I do have to say, however, that many of the stories are kind of repetitive and one-note. I would characterize his satire as less Vonnegut-like, and more Swiftian....
10 years ago
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