George Saunders: Saunders, G: Swim in a Pond in the Rain
Saunders, G: Swim in a Pond in the Rain
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- Random House LCC US, 01/2021
- Einband: Fester Einband
- ISBN-13: 9781984856029
- Gewicht: 703 g
- Maße: 235 x 156 mm
- Stärke: 28 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 12.1.2021
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Klappentext
From the New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December, a literary masterclass on what makes great stories work, how to write them yourself, and what they can tell us about our world today.In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for twenty years as a professor in the prestigious Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program. Paired with stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, these essays are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it's more relevant than ever in these turbulent times.
Saunders approaches each of these stories technically yet accessibly, and through them explains how narrative functions; why we stay immersed in a story and why we resist it; and the bedrock virtues a writer must foster. For the process of writing, Saunders reminds us, is as much a craft as it is a quality of openness and a willingness to see the world through new eyes.
Funny, frank, and rigorous, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain ultimately shows how great fiction can change a person's life and become a benchmark of one's moral and ethical beliefs.
Biografie
George Saunders wurde 1958 geboren und wuchs in Chicago auf. Seine Kurzgeschichten wurden zweimal mit dem National Magazine Award ausgezeichnet. George Saunders lebt mit seiner Frau und seinen zwei Töchtern in Rochester bei New York.Mehr von George Saunders
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