· The title story of "In Persuasion Nation" — about a doomed rebellion against the brutal and degrading skits used to advertise consumer products — is his wildest bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 8 mins. George Saunders is indisputably the best living author of satirical literary fiction - none are better. "In Persuasion Nation" is a smart, witty, emotionally evocative collection of short stories set in a dystopian future where human impulses and motivations are shaped and formed - subtly, in some cases, directly in others - by giant corporate bltadwin.ru by: 2. · George Saunders is known for his surrealism and In Persuasion Nation is him at his wackiest. He examines topics like consumerism and marketing, pushing them to their extremes. His stories often make me laugh at their ridiculousness but then I start to think that maybe our society is not so far removed from the crazy scenarios he dreams up/5.
For objectivity's sake: I am a big fan of George Saunders' fiction and non-fiction alike. I see In Persuasion Nation as a step forward into new territories and places (always in Saunders' fiction, there is the place -- CivilWarLand, the land of Inner Horner, alternate universes where our advertising creations live lives close to our own), if not a giant leap ahead. By George Saunders. Visual indication that the title is an audiobook. Listen to a Sample. Sign up to save your library "In Persuasion Nation" was written and performed by George Saunders, and recorded, mixed, and mastered by Peter Coleman at Producer in Santa Cruz, California. In Persuasion Nation () is a satirical short story collection by the American author George Saunders. Its twelve stories were published between 19in a number of magazines and literary journals, including The New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, and McSweeney'bltadwin.ru In Persuasion Nation, Salon's Laura Miller wrote, "When he's firing on all cylinders, no one beats George Saunders at.
George Saunders is known for his surrealism and In Persuasion Nation is him at his wackiest. He examines topics like consumerism and marketing, pushing them to their extremes. His stories often make me laugh at their ridiculousness but then I start to think that maybe our society is not so far removed from the crazy scenarios he dreams up. Since his stories first appeared, George Saunders has been one of our most enjoyable writers. But the arrival of his latest collection, In Persuasion Nation, signals a new anxiety in his work, a painful concern about the violent distractions of our post-9/11 entertainment state. These misgivings have driven him to eschew the satisfactions of his previous fiction, in favor of more challenging experiments. The title story of "In Persuasion Nation" — about a doomed rebellion against the brutal and degrading skits used to advertise consumer products — is his wildest yet.
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