{"product_id":"liberation-day-by-george-saunders","title":"Liberation Day By George Saunders","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the best science fiction short stories to be published in the 21st century so far'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSFX Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Saunders is funny and kind as ever, and his narrative virtuosity puts him up there with the best'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnne Enright,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first short story collection in ten years from the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMacArthur genius and Booker Prize-winner George Saunders returns with a collection of short stories that make sense of our increasingly troubled world, his first since the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist Tenth of December\u003cbr\u003eThe 'best short story writer in English' (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics, and justice, and cuts to the very heart of what it means to live in community with our fellow humans. With his trademark prose - wickedly funny, unsentimental, and perfectly tuned - Saunders continues to challenge and surprise- here is a collection of prismatic, deeply resonant stories that encompass joy and despair, oppression and revolution, bizarre fantasy and brutal reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Love Letter' is a tender missive from grandfather to grandson, in the midst of a dystopian political situation in the not-too-distant future, that reminds us of our obligations to our ideals, ourselves, and each other. 'Ghoul' is set in a Hell-themed section of an underground amusement park in Colorado, and follows the exploits of a lonely, morally complex character named Brian, who comes to question everything he takes for granted about his 'reality.' In 'Mother's Day', two women who loved the same man come to an existential reckoning in the middle of a hailstorm. And in 'Elliott Spencer', our eighty-nine-year-old protagonist finds himself brainwashed - his memory 'scraped' - a victim of a scheme in which poor, vulnerable people are reprogrammed and deployed as political protesters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether, these nine subversive, profound, and essential stories coalesce into a case for viewing the world with the same generosity and clear-eyed attention as Saunders does, even in the most absurd of circumstances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e____________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The only way to experience Saunders's oblique, farcical, tragic world is to dive right in. It will take the top of your head off, but it's worth it' \u003c\/b\u003eThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The world's best short story writer - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiberation Day\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is great art' \u003c\/b\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eBook Information\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003ePublished: 18\/10\/2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eGenre: Short Stories, Fiction, Science fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003ePages: 231\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eDimensions: 234 x 154mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #ff2a00;\"\u003eNote: Remaindered books or remainders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e are printed books that are over stocks and are sold at reduced prices. Remainder books are sometimes marked by the publisher or slightly damaged.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"George Saunders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47851972428086,"sku":"9781526624963","price":8.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/files\/Opening-2024-05-02T165705.994.jpg?v=1714633037","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/liberation-day-by-george-saunders","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}