![]() ![]() 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. Following his superb story collections Civilwarland in Bad Decline (1996) and Pastoralia (1999), as well as last years novella The Brief and Frightening. 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. The book is signed and dated (2012) on the half title page. There is gentle shelf wear to the ends of the spine. The narrator of the story CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, an unnamed man with a routine tendency to defer to the authority of others, is a mid-level employee at a theme park called CivilWarLand. ![]() Despite it being a library copy, the book is in nice shape and there are no library markings on the dust jacket. Saunders has published nine books, including the short-story collections CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, Pastoralia, In Persuasion Nation, Tenth of. ![]() ![]() The library card pocket on the back end paper and the end papers show wear the jacket was glued to the end paper at one time. This is a library copy and it has library markings (Wilmington, Ohio) on the title page. ![]()
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