{"product_id":"book-aw39","title":"Tenth of December","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER • \u003c\/b\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST •\u003cb\u003e ONE OF \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e’S TEN BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF \u003ci\u003eENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eBUZZFEED\u003c\/i\u003e’S BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE •\u003c\/b\u003e ONE OF \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • A \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Fiction Book of the Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003ePeople, The New York Times Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly, New York, The Telegraph, BuzzFeed, Kirkus Reviews, BookPage, Shelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the most important and blazingly original writers of his generation, George Saunders is an undisputed master of the short story, and \u003ci\u003eTenth of December\u003c\/i\u003e is his most honest, accessible, and moving collection yet.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 combat-damaged soldier moves back in with his mother and struggles to reconcile the world he left with the one to which he has returned. And in the title story, a stunning meditation on imagination, memory, and loss, a middle-aged cancer patient walks into the woods to commit suicide, only to encounter a troubled young boy who, over the course of a fateful morning, gives the dying man a final chance to recall who he really is. A hapless, deluded owner of an antiques store; two mothers struggling to do the right thing; a teenage girl whose idealism is challenged by a brutal brush with reality; a man tormented by a series of pharmaceutical experiments that force him to lust, to love, to kill—the unforgettable characters that populate the pages of \u003ci\u003eTenth of December\u003c\/i\u003e are vividly and lovingly infused with Saunders’s signature blend of exuberant prose, deep humanity, and stylistic innovation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriting brilliantly and profoundly about class, sex, love, loss, work, despair, and war, Saunders cuts to the core of the contemporary experience. These stories take on the big questions and explore the fault lines of our own morality, delving into the questions of what makes us good and what makes us human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnsettling, insightful, and hilarious, the stories in \u003ci\u003eTenth of December\u003c\/i\u003e—through their manic energy, their focus on what is redeemable in human beings, and their generosity of spirit—not only entertain and delight; they fulfill Chekhov’s dictum that art should “prepare us for tenderness.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGEORGE SAUNDERS WAS NAMED ONE OF THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD BY \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e MAGAZINE\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49337883820336,"sku":"BDaw39","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/316021-aw39-Square.jpg?v=1733981239","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-aw39","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}