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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

Hardcover • 2021 • English

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

By George Saunders

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About the book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves—and our world today. LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, Time, San Francisco Chronicle, Esquire, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Town & Country, The Rumpus, Electric Lit, Thrillist, BookPage • “[A] worship so...Show more

Literary essays
Literary studies: general
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers

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ISBN

9781984856029

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published year

2021

Language

English

Original title

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

Format

Hardcover

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