Pastoralia
Descriere
`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 ...
Despre autor
George Saunders este un scriitor american de povestiri, eseuri, nuvele, cărți pentru copii și romane. Opera sa a apărut în New Yorker, Harper's, McSweeney's și GQ. A contribuit, de asemenea, la o coloană săptămânală, American Psyche, în revista de weekend The Guardian între 2006 și 2008.
