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Laddar... Tionde december : noveller (2013)av George Saunders
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No one writes more powerfully than George Saunders about the lost, the unlucky, the disenfranchised, those Americans who struggle to pay the bills, make the rent, hold onto a job they might detest — folks who find their dreams slipping from their grasp as they frantically tread water, trying to keep from drowning. Ingår i förlagsserienMirmanda (115) InnehållerPriserPrestigefyllda urvalUppmärksammade listor
George Saunders har skrivit den bs̃ta boken du kommer att ls̃a i r̄, deklarerade New York Times sn̲dagsmagasin p ̄sin fr̲stasida nr̃ Tionde december kom ut i USA. Den djr̃va rubriken fl̲jdes av kritikerhyllningar, topplaceringar p ̄bs̃tsl̃jarlistorna och litterr̃a utmr̃kelser som Folio Prize and Story Prize.De tio novellerna i Tionde december beskriver en urflippad men igenkñnbar samtid: avtrubbande kontorsmilje̲r, statusstress och livscoachplattityder dragna till sin spets. Samtidigt lyfter Saunders moralfilosofiska frḡor om civilkurage och ansvar; vid sidan av hans karakteristiska satir och skruvade science fiction-influenser finns ett modigt strk̄ av medkñsla. Som i novellen ♯revarv, dr̃ en tonr̄skille str̄ vid kk̲sfn̲stret och ser tjejen i grannhuset bli kidnappad, och km̃par mot instinkten att g ̄in p ̄sitt rum och lt̄sas som ingenting.Tionde december r̃ stilistiskt innovativ, originell, smart, svart och rolig och den fr̲skjuter grñserna fr̲ ls̃arens fr̲estl̃lningsvr̃ld. Efter att i r̄atal ha varit en hemlig favorit med fans som fr̲fattarna Zadie Smith och Junot Da̕z introduceras nu George Saunders p ̄svenska med boken som blivit hans stora internationella genombrott."Den bs̃ta boken du kommer att ls̃a i r̄"New York Times verst̃tare:Niclas Nilsson [Elib] Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
Deltog i LibraryThing FörhandsrecensenterGeorge Saunderss bok Tenth of December delades ut via LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Pågående diskussionerIngen/ingaPopulära omslag
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There's some very bad parenting here, mostly in the past of our sad chumps. Many of the stories take place in the near future, with small but significant technological advances - though progress is rarely seen to be for the better.
The last, eponymous story is the stand-out - eschewing the future gazing, it's a sad simple story of despair and redemption.
Recommended, especially for those in need of some bleak laughs in the darkness. (