Fox 8 startles his pack by teaching himself to speak "Yuman." A cautionary tale about the consequences of trying to tame the natural world. This is the first hardcover edition. SIGNED by the author, who also added the year in red and green rubber-stamped fox. Fine in fine dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Fox 8: A Story
Publisher: Random House
Publication Date: 2018
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1984818023
ISBN 13: 9781984818027
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Cardinal, Chelsea
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Weight: 2 pounds
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a darkly comic short story about the unintended consequences unleashed by our quest to tame the natural world—featuring gorgeous black-and-white illustrations by Chelsea Cardinal.

Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the one his fellow foxes regard with a knowing snort and a roll of the eyes. That is, until he 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, Fox 8 showcases the extraordinary imaginative talents of George Saunders, whom The New York Times called “the writer for our time.”

About the Author

George Saunders is the author of nine books, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Man Booker Prize, and the story collections CivilWarLand, Pastoralia, and Tenth of December, the latter a finalist for the National Book Award. He has received fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Guggenheim Foundation. In 2006 he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. In 2013 he was awarded the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction and was included in Time’s list of the one hundred most influential people in the world. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.

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