《Tenth of December》作者：George Saunders【EPUB】

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From the undisputed master of the short story, George Saunders, comes a dazzlingand disturbing new collection. His most wryly hilarious work to date, Tenth of December illuminateshuman experience and explores figures lost in a labyrinth of troubling preoccupations.A family member recollects a backyard pole dressed for all occasions; DivisionalDirector Todd Birnie sends round a memo to employees he thinks need someinspiration; Jeff faces horrifying ultimatums and the prospect of Darkenfloxx?? in someunusual drug trials; and in an auction of local celebrities AlRoosten hides his own internal monologue behind a winning smile that he hopeswill make him popular. Although, as a young boy discovers, sometimes the voicesfade and all you are left with is a frozen hill on a cold day in December... With darkvisions of the futureriffing against ghosts ofthe past and the ever-settling present, Tenth of December sings withastonishing charm and intensity, and re-affirms Saunders as one of our greatest livingstorytellers.