George Saunders is the kind of contemporary writer that reminds you how crappy too many other contemporary writers are. These were marvelous stories - the diction is spot-on, the humor is buoyant and the humanity is consoling. I will admit I preferred [b:Pastoralia|14295|Pastoralia|George Saunders|h...
This was my first reading of Saunders. I think I had first seen his name in something having to do with Adam Levin. I think Saunders teaches at Syracuse and Levin was his student at one point? This book then starting popping up on Goodreads ads and in my Recommendations page. Anyway, I decided t...
Short version: It's not so funny anymore.The shit lives Saunders portrays, at the mercy of corporations and technologies, are too familiar, too plausible, too full of unrelieved pain. And the weird, clipped, bureaucratic diction he employs—to demonstrate that even our language itself is trapped in t...
Saunders creates characters with the most memorable interior dialogues I've ever read. Definitely off-beat, and definitely not to everyone's taste. There were many times when I laughed out loud, and times when Saunders had me talking in my head to the characters. He had me involved in every story, t...
I love well-written short stories, and these are among the best. I loved how most of them told the story from the point of view of many characters, so that you got a more complete picture of what was happening.
I have great admiration for authors of short stories. They have a limited space in which to engage the reader, and George Saunders has the format and genre nailed. His powerful, moving and frightening tales put him in a class with Dorothy Parker, Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Saki and other masters of...
Bizarre, Clever, and DarkHoly Weird, Batman. My colleague chose this collection of short stories for book club, and it's rather unique! I've never read George Saunders before, but it seems he has a twisted, complex world view. His characters are not likable at all, and I felt frustrated trying to fi...
Loved this book and it short stories. Strange as in a bit darker version of our current reality. At the same time it left me with a feeling of hope. It is a collection of stories that have been written over several years but still a common thread can be seen. All in all a good read.
I am not sure what is in the kool-aid but who thinks and talks like the characters in George Saunders' collection of short stories. He might have a "Genius Grant" but it was obviously misguided. This collection doesn't even read like short stories but more like scrapes of writings quilted together. ...
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