Tenth of December: Stories

George Saunders

ISBN 10: 0385359756 ISBN 13: 9780385359757

Publisher: Books on Tape, 2013

Synopsis

Set of 5 CDs. 5 hours, 41 minutes playing time.

About this title

Review:

Amazon Best Books of the Month, January 2013: George Saunders' first short-story collection in six years, Tenth of December is as profound and moving as it is entertaining. Saunders' wonderful ability to portray a character's inner monologue--the secret voices, the little fantasies, the inside jokes, the spots of sadness--might be his greatest talent as a writer. But he is also expert at parceling out details to hook the reader and nudge the story in whatever direction he wants it to go. While these stories are generally more straightforward than we’re used to seeing from this author, the turns they take are constantly surprising. Saunders is an American original, a writer gifted at expressing the irony and absurdity all around us and inside us, but his ultimate goal is to show us something deeper: Our lives are composed of genuine experiences that deserve to be taken seriously. --Chris Schluep

About the Author:

MacArthur "Genius Grant" fellow George Saunders is the acclaimed author of several collections of short stories, including "Pastoralia" and "CivilWarLand in Bad Decline," as well as a collection of essays and a book for children. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Books on Tape
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0385359756
• ISBN 13: 9780385359757
• Binding: Audio CD