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Tenth of December: Stories (original 2013; edition 2013)

by George Saunders

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A collection of stories which includes "Home," a wryly whimsical account of a soldier's return from war; "Victory lap," a tale about an inventive abduction attempt; and the title story, in which a suicidal cancer patient saves the life of a young misfit.
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Title:Tenth of December: Stories
Authors:George Saunders
Info:Random House Trade Paperbacks (2013), Kindle Edition, 271 pages
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Saunders is as good as they say: brutally frank, funny, totally on track with the human condition today. ( )
  MylesKesten | Jan 23, 2024 |
I do not generally care for short stories -- I'm more of a novel person. But I like Saunders. As with any collection, some stories are better than others. Tenth of December was my favorite but many were very good. The collection is held together by themes: toxic families, characters that are on the fringes-- damaged, excluded, strange-- and glimpses of redemption (the glimpse is often quickly stolen back as there's a lot of depressing endings.) I wish he would write another novel. ( )
  technodiabla | Jan 12, 2024 |
I already want to read it again. Disturbing and totally fresh. Wow. ( )
  RachelGMB | Dec 27, 2023 |
I already want to read it again. Disturbing and totally fresh. Wow. ( )
  RachelGMB | Dec 27, 2023 |
Reason read: TIOLI challenge
I don't know why I chose to read this, I don't like George Sander's short stories. It's what he does, it's just not meant for me.
  Kristelh | Dec 26, 2023 |
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No one writes more powerfully than George Saunders about the lost, the unlucky, the disenfranchised, those Americans who struggle to pay the bills, make the rent, hold onto a job they might detest — folks who find their dreams slipping from their grasp as they frantically tread water, trying to keep from drowning.
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Damsma, HarmTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Lovell, JoelForewordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Miedema, NiekTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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For Pat Pacino
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Three days shy of her fifteenth birthday, Alison Pope paused at the top of the stairs.
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Based on the experience of my life, which I have not exactly hit out of the park, I tend to agree with that thing about, If it's not broke, don't fix it. And would go even further to: Even if it is broke, leave it alone, you'll probably make it worse.
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A collection of stories which includes "Home," a wryly whimsical account of a soldier's return from war; "Victory lap," a tale about an inventive abduction attempt; and the title story, in which a suicidal cancer patient saves the life of a young misfit.
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813.54Literature › English (North America) › American fiction › 20th Century › 1945-1999

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PS3569.A7897Language and Literature › American literature › American literature › Individual authors › 1961-

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