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Tenth of December [large type] : stories / George Saunders.

by Saunders, George, 1958-

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Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2013.

Short stories, American.

Electronic Resource

http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2011/10/31/111031fi_fiction_saunders

Electronic Resource

http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2012/10/15/121015fi_fiction_saunders

9781410460394 (lg. print : hardcover)

1410460398 (lg. print : hardcover)

301 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Large print edition.

Victory lap -- Sticks -- Puppy -- Escape from Spiderhead -- Exhortation -- Al Roosten -- The Semplica girls diaries -- Home -- My chivalric fiasco -- Tenth of December.

In a recent interview, when asked how he saw the role of the writer, Saunders said "To me, the writer's main job is to make the story unscroll in such a way that the reader is snared -- she's right there, seeing things happen and caring about them. And if you dedicate yourself to this job, the meanings more or less take care of themselves." In Tenth of December, the reader is always right there, and the meanings are beautiful and profound and abundant. The title story is an exquisite, moving account of the intersection, at a frozen lake in the woods, of a young misfit and a middle-aged cancer patient who goes there to commit suicide, only to end up saving the boy's life. "Home" is the often funny, often poignant account of a soldier returning from the war. And "Victory Lap" is a taut, inventive story about the attempted abduction of a teenage girl.

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