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George saunders deeply moving story tenth of december originally appeared in the october 31, 2011 issue of the new yorker. George saunders born december 2, 1958 is an american writer of short stories, essays, novellas, childrens books, and novels. Bush administration, would find to focus on in this nominally less politically fraught time. George saunders has written the best book youll read this year, announced a new york times headline for an article that was published all of three days into 20. George saunders first contributed to the new yorker in 1992. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. The first edition of this novel was published in january 3rd 20, and was written by george saunders. On that day, the new york times published an article with the title, george saunders has written the best book youll read this year, a pretty bold declaration given that 20 still had 359 days to go. No matter how weird the setting a futuristic prison lab, a middleclass home where human lawn ornaments are a. Tenth of december by george saunders a book to make you love people again the fond and funny human details of these stories will restore your.
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