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Is reading not the novel (sorry) experience it once was?
Read Tenth of December.
I love what Khaled Hosseini says about George Saunders: "Saunders makes you feel as though you are reading fiction for the first time."
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Is reading not the novel (sorry) experience it once was?
Read Tenth of December.
I love what Khaled Hosseini says about George Saunders: "Saunders makes you feel as though you are reading fiction for the first time."
Truth. ...more
This was my first book of short stories in a very long time. I think I want to read another. Not that these were my taste in stories.The author writes very odd stories, and he moves back and forth between different narrators without any warning. This has an interesting effect (is that a spoiler?).
He has a very unique style and read the audio version himself. This was effective because I always felt this was exactly what he intended. My favorites were Victory Lap, Semplico Girls Diary, 10th of De ...more
He has a very unique style and read the audio version himself. This was effective because I always felt this was exactly what he intended. My favorites were Victory Lap, Semplico Girls Diary, 10th of De ...more
sometimes I hate that I get into the the mode of "finish what you start" this was one that I should have put aside early on but i finished instead. depressing stories I fell for the National book award label on the front. this book was a finalist. I wonder why, maybe a slow year
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