“An astoundingly tuned voice-graceful, dark, authentic, and funny-telling just the kinds of stories we need to get us through these times. “Not since Twain has America produced a satirist this funny.” -Zadie Smith “Saunders makes the all-but-impossible look effortless.” -Jonathan Franzen is scary, hilarious, and unforgettable.” -Tobias Wolff The absurdism and themes of loneliness throughout this story were all too real and reminded me of my own family. “George Saunders is a writer of arresting brilliance and originality, with a sure sense of his material and apparently inexhaustible resources of voice. The first story entitled Civilwarland In Bad Decline, which takes place in a fictitious theme park, made me cry more than any other novel, short story, or poem I’ve ever read. “Saunders’s satiric vision of America is dark and demented it’s also ferocious and very funny.” -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
“It’s no exaggeration to say that short story master George Saunders helped change the trajectory of American fiction.” - The Wall Street Journal CivilWarLand in Bad Decline: Stories and a Novella George Saunders Vintage, Dec 1, 2016- American literature- 176 pages 35Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes. Praise for George Saunders and CivilWarLand in Bad Decline With a new introduction by Joshua Ferris and a new author’s note by Saunders himself, this edition is essential reading for those seeking to discover or revisit a virtuosic, disturbingly prescient voice. In six stories and a novella, Saunders hatches an unforgettable cast of characters, each struggling to survive in an increasingly haywire world. Since its publication in 1996, George Saunders’s debut collection has grown in esteem from a cherished cult classic to a masterpiece of the form, inspiring an entire generation of writers along the way.
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