标题: 《Tenth of December》作者：George Saunders【EPUB】 [打印本页] 作者: zaq 时间: 2013-3-22 12:52 标题: 《Tenth of December》作者：George Saunders【EPUB】 From the undisputed master of the short story, GeorgeSaunders, comes a dazzlingand disturbing new collection. His most wryly hilarious work to date, TenthofDecemberilluminateshuman experience and explores figures lost in a labyrinth of troubling preoccupations.A family member recollects a backyard pole dressed for all occasions; DivisionalDirector Todd Birnie sends round a memo to employees he thinks need someinspiration; Jeff faces horrifying ultimatums and the prospect of Darkenfloxx?? in someunusual drug trials; and in an auction of local celebrities AlRoosten hides his own internal monologue behind a winning smile that he hopeswill make him popular. Although, as a young boy discovers, sometimes the voicesfade and all you are left with is a frozen hill on a cold day in December... With darkvisions of the futureriffing against ghosts ofthe past and the ever-settling present, TenthofDecembersings withastonishing charm and intensity, and re-affirms Saunders as one of our greatest livingstorytellers.