{"product_id":"liberation-day-by-george-saunders-9781526624956","title":"Liberation Day","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNamed a book of the year 2022 by the \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e, BBC and Waterstones\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'One of the best science fiction short stories to be published in the 21st century so far'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eSFX Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e'Saunders is funny and kind as ever, and his narrative virtuosity puts him up there with the best'\u003c\/strong\u003e - Anne Enright, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e'A triumph of storytelling'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003ei paper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e'A joy. Effortlessly stylish, funny and smart'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e____________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first short story collection in ten years from the Man Booker Prize-winning, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e-bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eLincoln in the Bardo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMacArthur genius and Booker Prize-winner George Saunders returns with a collection of short stories that make sense of our increasingly troubled world, his first since the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller and National Book Award finalist \u003cem\u003eTenth of December\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 'best short story writer in English' (\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e) is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics, and justice, and cuts to the very heart of what it means to live in community with our fellow humans. With his trademark prose - wickedly funny, unsentimental, and perfectly tuned - Saunders continues to challenge and surprise: here is a collection of prismatic, deeply resonant stories that encompass joy and despair, oppression and revolution, bizarre fantasy and brutal reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Love Letter'\u003c\/em\u003e is a tender missive from grandfather to grandson, in the midst of a dystopian political situation in the not-too-distant future, that reminds us of our obligations to our ideals, ourselves, and each other. \u003cem\u003e'Ghoul'\u003c\/em\u003e is set in a Hell-themed section of an underground amusement park in Colorado, and follows the exploits of a lonely, morally complex character named Brian, who comes to question everything he takes for granted about his 'reality'. In \u003cem\u003e'Mother’s Day'\u003c\/em\u003e, two women who loved the same man come to an existential reckoning in the middle of a hailstorm. And in \u003cem\u003e'Elliott Spencer'\u003c\/em\u003e, our eighty-nine-year-old protagonist finds himself brainwashed - his memory 'scraped' - a victim of a scheme in which poor, vulnerable people are reprogrammed and deployed as political protesters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, these nine subversive, profound, and essential stories coalesce into a case for viewing the world with the same generosity and clear-eyed attention as Saunders does, even in the most absurd of circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e____________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The only way to experience Saunders’s oblique, farcical, tragic world is to dive right in. It will take the top of your head off, but it’s worth it'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e'The world’s best short story writer … \u003cem\u003eLiberation Day\u003c\/em\u003e is great art'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47486529863916,"sku":"9781526624956","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/f1ad0f698fafae22a10edebfe821f980.jpg?v=1775788647","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/liberation-day-by-george-saunders-9781526624956","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}