a swim in the pond in the rain

a swim in the pond in the rain

George Saunders
“The focus of my artistic life,” says George Saunders in his latest book, “has been trying to learn to write emotionally moving stories that a reader feels compelled to finish.” This book is a distillation of a creative writing course he taught at Syracuse University for over twenty years, in which seven short stories by great Russian writers are springboards for examining the craft and reflecting on the significance of storytelling.