George Saunders
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A novella and short stories on a future America, a land of corporate hypocrisy, violence and pollution. Trendy attractions include pickled babies and cows with plexiglass sides, so you can see the milk made, people buy other people's more interesting memories for downloading into their heads.
3) Pastoralia
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If Americans in the future were to try to send us a message about where our culture is heading, they might simply point to the fiction of George Saunders. Living in a world that's both indelibly original and hauntingly familiar, the characters in these stories bring to life our most absurd tendencies, and allow us to see ourselves in a shocking, uproariously funny new light.
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In his stories, Saunders explores ideas of power, ethics, and justice, and cuts to the very heart of what it means to live in community with our fellow humans. Wickedly funny, unsentimental, and perfectly tuned, the stories challenge and surprise as they encompass joy and despair, oppression and revolution, bizarre fantasy and brutal reality. --
"The 'best short story writer in English' (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas...
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"With poems found within the text of George Saunders's Lincoln in the Bardo, Crystal Simone Smith embarks on an uncompromising exploration of collective mourning and crafts a masterwork that resonates far beyond the page. These poems are visually stark, a gathering of gripping verses that unmasks a dialogue of tragic truths--the stories of lives taken unjustly and too soon. Bold and deeply affecting, Dark Testament is a remarkable reckoning with...
10) Lincoln w Bardo
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Polish
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Trwa wojna secesyjna, smierc codziennie zbiera swe tragiczne zniwo. Pewnego zimowego dnia zabierze tez chlopca imieniem Willie, ukochanego synka prezydenta Lincolna. Zaloba rodziców przybierze rózne formy. Matka zamknie sie w sobie. Ojciec rozpocznie conocne wedrówki do grobowca. Rozdarty miedzy rozpacza po stracie syna a odpowiedzialnoscia za kraj i obywateli, chce trwac w zludzeniu, ze dziecko wciaz jest z nim. Osieroconego rodzica obserwuja...
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Da shi ming zuo fang volume 164
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中文(繁體)
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On February 22, 1862, two days after his death, Willie Lincoln was laid to rest in a marble crypt in a Georgetown cemetery. That very night, shattered by grief, Abraham Lincoln arrives at the cemetery under cover of darkness and visits the crypt, alone, to spend time with his son's body. Willie finds himself in a strange purgatory-- the bardo-- where ghosts commisserate, quarrel, and enact bizarre acts of penance ... and where a struggle erupts over...
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"La Casa Blanca, febrero de 1862. Mientras Abraham Lincoln intenta hacer frente a una guerra civil que aenas acaba de comenzar, su hijo Willie fallece con tan sólo once años. Incapaz de dejarlo ir, el presidente visita la tumba en la que descansa el cuerpo, mientras el pequeño, atrapado entre la vida y la muerte, en un limbo habitado por fantasmas que ignoran su destino, se enfrenta a su propia lucha en lo más profundo de su alma."--Cover.
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Powracający z wojny, przepełniony agresją, frustracją i traumą żołnierz. Więzień, który bierze udział w biochemicznych eksperymentach, testujących granice jego człowieczeństwa. Ojciec rodziny piszący pamiętnik z myślą o trójce swoich dzieci. Co mają ze sobą wspólnego bohaterowie opowiadań George'a Saundersa? To w gruncie rzeczy zupełnie zwyczajni ludzie, którzy w wyścigu po sukces i lepsze życie znajdują się zazwyczaj...
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"An essential book for all Grace Paley fans. Grace Paley is best known for her inimitable short stories, but she was also an enormously talented essayist and poet. A Grace Paley Reader collects the best of Paley's writing, showcasing her breadth of work and her extraordinary insight and empathy. With an introduction by George Saunders and an afterword by the writer's daughter, Nora Paley, A Grace Paley Reader is sure to become an instant classic."--...
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"Bobbie Ann Mason burst onto the American literary scene during a renaissance of short fiction that Raymond Carver called a 'literary phenomenon.' Anne Tyler hailed Mason as 'a full-fledged master of the short story.' Mason's work, charged with a spirit of exploration, garnered both popular and critical acclaim. This reader collects outstanding examples of Mason's award-winning work from throughout her writing career and provides a unique look at...
16) The assault
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"Tired of her husband Seth's abusive behavior, Lindsay's out for revenge. She and her exotic dancer friend Nikki are stealing Seth's riches in a series of brazen armed robberies. But things get complicated when Nikki seduces Broza, the detective on the case. When their final heist goes horribly wrong, the two women must flee for their lives with an unsuspecting Broza in hot pursuit"--Container.
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The Believer magazine presents a compendium of advice from producers, writers, and actors of The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation, Late Show with David Letterman, The Hangover, and The Colbert Report, along with other musicians, cartoonists, New Yorker writers, and those similarly unqualified to offer guidance.
Here Amy Sedaris describes the perfect murder for...
Here Amy Sedaris describes the perfect murder for...
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The American Civil Liberties Union partners with award-winning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman in this "forceful, beautifully written" (Associated Press) collection that brings together many of our greatest living writers, each contributing an original piece inspired by a historic ACLU case.
On January 19, 1920, a small group of idealists and visionaries, including Helen Keller, Jane Addams, Roger Baldwin, and Crystal Eastman,...
On January 19, 1920, a small group of idealists and visionaries, including Helen Keller, Jane Addams, Roger Baldwin, and Crystal Eastman,...