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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Course on Writing, Reading, and Life (Paperback)
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"In this literal master class on literature and writing, Saunders earnestly yet playfully dissects 19th-century Russian short stories to discover how they exude life to this very mean solar day, while highlighting methods whatsoever aspiring writer can utilize. The huge bonus: reading the wondrous stories themselves, and experiencing Tolstoy'due south authorisation, Chekhov's humanity, and the joy and glory of Gogol."
— Mike Hare, Northshire Saratoga, Saratoga Springs, NY
Clarification
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Booker Prize–winning writer of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they tin tell u.s. about ourselves—and our world today.
LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL Laurels • 1 OF THE Best BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Mail service, NPR, Time, San Francisco Chronicle, Esquire, Milwaukee Journal Watch, Town & Country, The Rumpus, Electrical Lit, Thrillist, BookPage • "[A] worship song to writers and readers."—Oprah Daily
For the concluding twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a form on the Russian short story to his MFA students at Syracuse Academy. In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, he shares a version of that class with u.s., offering some of what he and his students have discovered together over the years. Paired with iconic short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, the vii essays in this book are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it's more relevant than ever in these turbulent times.
In his introduction, Saunders writes, "We're going to enter 7 fastidiously synthetic scale models of the globe, fabricated for a specific purpose that our time perhaps doesn't fully endorse merely that these writers accepted implicitly as the aim of art—namely, to enquire the big questions, questions similar, How are nosotros supposed to be living down hither? What were we put hither to accomplish? What should we value? What is truth, anyway, and how might we recognize it?" He approaches the 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 boulder virtues a writer must foster. The process of writing, Saunders reminds us, is a technical craft, merely also a fashion of training oneself to run across the world with new openness and curiosity.
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain is a deep exploration not merely of how great writing works but of how the mind itself works while reading, and of how the reading and writing of stories make 18-carat connection possible.
Nearly the Author
George Saunders is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of ten books, including Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Human Booker Prize; Congratulations, past the way; 10th of December, a finalist for the National Book Award; The Braindead Megaphone; and the critically acclaimed short story collections CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, Pastoralia, and In Persuasion Nation. He teaches in the creative writing programme at Syracuse University.
Praise For…
"Saunders is a gentle behemothic in American messages whose fiction ofttimes champions the downtrodden and satirizes a order rife with economic inequality. . . . [A Swim in a Swimming in the Pelting is] an analysis of archetype Russian fiction that doubles as an introductory seminar on the mechanics of short stories—namely, how practice they work and why? . . . Why does fiction matter now? The reply, Saunders finds, lies in understanding reading to be a kind of life skill—for understanding our position in the world, for arbitrating truth."—The Wall Street Journal
"This volume is a delight, and it'south about delight as well. . . . [A Swim in a Pond in the Rain is] very different from just another 'how to' creative writing manual, or only another disquisitional essay. . . . One of the pleasures of this book is feeling [Saunders's] own thinking motility backwards and forwards, between the writer dissecting practice and the reader inbound in through the spell of the words, to dwell within the story." —The Guardian
"Saunders discusses each story's construction, energy flow, the questions information technology raises, and how "meaning is made," embracing both technical finesse and the mysteries at creation'due south core. . . . An invaluable and uniquely pleasurable principal course and a generous celebration of reading, writing, and all the ways literature enriches our lives."—Booklist (starred review)
"A master of gimmicky fiction joyously assesses some of the best of the nineteenth century."—Kirkus Reviews
"[A] true gift to writers and serious readers . . . With infectious enthusiasm and generosity of spirit, Saunders delves into seven stories that he calls the 'vii fastidiously constructed calibration models of the world.' . . . While the genesis of A Swim in a Pond in the Rain can be institute in the creative writing classroom—and writers at any level of their careers will glean priceless pearls from nearly every page—the genius of Saunders'southward book, and his clear intention in offering information technology up, is to elucidate literature for the engaged reader, deepening the reading experience. It is also a pattern for a greater engagement with humanity."—BookPage
"Superb mix of instruction and literary criticism . . . Saunders's generous teachings—and the classics they're based on—are sure to please."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"The subtitle to this exhilarating and erudite work of non-fiction by the Booker Prizewinning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of Dec is: "In Which Iv Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life." In information technology, one of the greatest short story writers of our fourth dimension draws on his own love of Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy and Gogol—and on his joy in instruction them to his MFA students at Syracuse University. The result is a worship song to writers and readers."—O: The Oprah Magazine
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