A swim in a pond in the rain : in which four Russians give a master class on writing, reading, and life / George Saunders.
From the New York Times bestselling 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. For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a...
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| Language: | English |
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Russian |
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New York :
Random House,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 410 pages ; 25 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- We begin
- In the Cart
- Anton Chekhov. A page at a time: thoughts on In the Cart ; Afterthought #1
- The Singers
- Ivan Turgenev. The heart of the story: thoughts on The Singers ; Afterthought #2
- The Darling
- Anton Chekhov. A pattern story: thoughts on The Darling ; Afterthought #3
- Master and Man
- Leo Tolstoy. And yet they drove on: Thoughts on Master and Man ; Afterthought #4
- The Nose
- Nikolai Gogol. The door to the truth might be strangeness: Thoughts on The Nose ; Afterthought #5
- Gooseberries
- Anton Chekhov. A swim in a pond in the rain: Thoughts on Gooseberries ; Afterthought #6
- Alyosha the Pot
- Leo Tolstoy. The wisdom of omission: Thoughts on Alyosha the Pot ; Afterthought #7
- We end.