Pastoralia
Author(s): George Saunders
`Saunders is an astoundingly tuned voice - graceful, dark, authentic and funny - telling just the kind of stories we need to get us through these times' Thomas Pynchon In PASTORALIA elements of contemporary life are twisted, merged and amplified into a slightly skewed version of modern America. A couple live and work in a caveman theme-park, where speaking is an instantly punishable offence. A born loser attends a self-help seminar where he is encouraged to rid himself of all the people who are `crapping in your oatmeal'. And a male exotic dancer and his family are terrorised by their decomposing aunt who visits them with a solemn message from beyond the grave. With an uncanny combination of deadpan naturalism and uproarious humour, George Saunders creates a world that is both indelibly original and yet hauntingly familiar ...
Product Information
From the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of the 2017 Man Booker Prize winner Lincoln in the Bardo
General Fields
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- : Bloomsbury
- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : 0.152
- : 01 November 2017
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : 01 March 2018
- : books
Special Fields
- : 208
- : Paperback
- : George Saunders