In his first collection, George Saunders' vision of our near future is as black and funny as you can get. He takes us on a trip to the shopping malls and theme parks and enviromental hazards that lie just around the chronological corner, introducing us to gang of misfits and losers struggling to survive in an increasingly haywire world. Bizarre but familiar, fierce but always humane, these are stunningly original stories by a master of the form. "Saunders is a morally passionate, serious writer, who perfectly expresses the madness of the times we live in. He will be read long after these times have passed". (Zadie Smith). "He makes the all-but-impossible look effortless. We're lucky to have him". (Jonathan Franzen). "There is no-one better, no-one more essential". (Dave Eggers).
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George Saunders va néixer a Amarillo, Texas, l’any 1958. És professor d’escriptura creativa a la Universitat de Syracuse i escriu per a la The New Yorker i per a altres revistes de prestigi. És autor de diversos llibres, entre els quals destaquen els reculls de relats "Secessiolàndia pel pedregar", "Pastoràlia" i "Deu de desembre", obra finalista del National Book Award 2013. La qualitat de la seva literatura és reconeguda internacionalment i ha rebut diversos guardons de prestigi, com ara els premis PEN/Malamud 2013 i Man Booker 2017, que va obtenir per "Lincoln al bardo". Les quatre obres esmentades han estat publicades per Edicions de 1984 en aquesta mateixa col·lecció.