Civilwarland in Bad Decline : Stories and a novella
Author(s): George Saunders
Six short stories and a novella. Set in a dystopian near-future in which America has become little more than a theme park in terminal disrepair, they constitute a searching and bitterly humorous commentary on the current state of the American Dream. First published 1996.
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A sharp, funny, wholly original collection of stories from the winner of the 2014 Folio Prize
"One of the few living masters of the [short story] genre" Daily Telegraph "Surreal and puncturing" -- Margaret Atwood "There is no author I recommend to people more often - for ten years I've urged George Saunders onto everyone and everyone." -- Dave Eggers "[A] brilliant collection of short stories" -- Philip Hensher Mail on Sunday "Strangely moving, hilariously unsettling, and unlike anything else you'll read this year" Esquire
General Fields
- :
- : Vintage Publishing
- : Vintage
- : 0.143
- : 06 February 1997
- : 198mm X 129mm X 12mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : 192
- : Paperback
- : George Saunders
