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Thông tin chi tiết về Pastoralia
Nhà xuất bản | Bloomsbury |
Tác giả | George Saunders |
Ngày xuất bản | 11-2017 |
ISBN-13 | 9781408870532 |
Loại bìa | Paperback |
Số trang | 208 |
SKU | 5070196657130 |
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 …
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