EAN: 9781984856036

A SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN - GEORGE SAUNDERS ...

In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain  George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic
Russian short stories he's been teaching for twenty years as a professor in the prestigious
Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program. Paired with stories by Chekhov 
Turgenev  Tolstoy  and Gogol  these essays are intended for anyone interested in how fiction
works and why it's more relevant than ever in these turbulent times. Saunders approaches each
of these stories technically yet accessibly  and through them explains how narrative functions
why we stay immersed in a story and why we resist it  and the bedrock virtues a writer must
foster. For the process of writing  Saunders reminds us  is as much a craft as it is a quality
of openness and a willingness to see the world through new eyes. Funny  frank  and rigorous  A
Swim in a Pond in the Rain ultimately shows how great fiction can change a person's life and
become a benchmark of one's moral and ethical beliefs--

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