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Pastoralia
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  • Published: 9 July 2019
  • ISBN: 9780593147184
  • Imprint: RH US Audio Adult
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $23.00

Pastoralia

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A stunning collection including the story "Sea Oak," from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.

Hailed by Thomas Pynchon as "graceful, dark, authentic, and funny," George Saunders gives us, in his inventive and beloved voice, this bestselling collection of stories set against a warped, hilarious, and terrifyingly recognizable American landscape.

Includes an Original Song by the Author 
“Pastoralia” was written and performed by George Saunders, and recorded, mixed, and mastered by Peter Coleman at Indigital Studios in Santa Cruz, California.
  • Published: 9 July 2019
  • ISBN: 9780593147184
  • Imprint: RH US Audio Adult
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $23.00
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George Saunders

George Saunders is the author of nine books, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Man Booker Prize, and the story collections Pastoralia and Tenth of December, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. He has received fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Guggenheim Foundation. In 2006 he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. In 2013 he was awarded the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction and was included in Time’s list of the one hundred most influential people in the world. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.
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Praise for Pastoralia

Praise for Pastoralia:
"Artful and sophisicated... truly unusual. Imagine Lewis's Babbitt thrown into the backseat of a car going cross-country, driven by R. Crumb, Matt Groening, Lynda Barry, Harvey Pekar, or Spike Jonze." --The New York Times

"Saunders is a provocateur, a moralist, a zealot, a lefty, and a funny, funny writer, and the stories in Pastoralia delight. We're very luck to have them." --Esquire

"Intoxicating." --Time Out

"Compulsively swallowed, sweetly addictive" --San Francisco Bay Guardian

"Demands to be reread immediately" --The Wall Street Journal

"Hilarious and heartrending" --The Village Voice

"Breathtaking . . . a masterpiece" --San Diego Union Tribune

"Riveting" --U.S. News and World Report

"Screamingly funny" --Time