JohnAMcGraw
Central Arkansas Library System
A librarian of the south. Vernacular Spect...Read More
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In six stories and the novella, Bounty, Saunders introduces readers to people struggling to survive in an increasingly haywire world. (Saunders) has created a surreal, weirdly persuasive picture of the devolved future now taking shape in our own...
In the taut opener, "Victory Lap," a boy witnesses the attempted abduction of the girl next door and is faced with a harrowing choice: Does he ignore what he sees, or override years of smothering advice from his parents and act? In "Home," a...
Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the one his fellow foxes regard with a knowing snort and a roll of the eyes. That is, until he develops a unique skill: he teaches himself to speak "Yuman" by hiding in the bushes outside...
George Saunders presents a collection of stories which encompass joy and despair, oppression and revolution, bizarre fantasy and brutal reality. A missive from grandfather to grandson in the midst of a dystopian political situation in the not too...
After receiving a frantic letter from her newlywed cousin, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside, unsure what she will find. Noemí is an unlikely rescuer: she's a glamorous debutante, more suited to cocktail...
