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Indlæser... Liberation Day: Stories (udgave 2022)af George Saunders (Forfatter)
Work InformationLiberation Day: Stories af George Saunders
   Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog.  Hagelstein | Jun 16, 2023 |  Basically good. Spoilers May come. They will come if I keep writing. There are 9 stories. The first story is very sad. franoscar | May 19, 2023 | I wouldn't typically chose to read a book of short stories - if not well done I find they aren't worth the throat-clearing and rush to the point, whereas if well done I am inevitably left desiring more. This one arrived courtesy of the Harvard Book Store First Editions, and recognizing Geo Sanders from _Bardo_, I gave it a go. It is fine. The title story slips nicely between my two points above, it is just enough. Mom of Bold Action is too long for too little payoff. Love Letter, Thing at Work, and Sparrow are short enough that it doesn't really matter. Now half way done, I though I may as well pull through the rest Ghoul, Mother's Day, and Elliot Spencer are all perfect, as is the super short My House. I still don't like or prefer the form, but this collection is about as good as it can get. (  ) kcshankd | May 8, 2023 | Extraordinarily witty, creative, and highly empathetic, Saunders doesn't disappoint with this collection of nine short stories. It's a little unfair of me, but basically on the star rating front, I compare him to himself and find that this collection wasn't quite as compelling for me as [b:Tenth of December|13641208|Tenth of December|George Saunders|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1349967540l/13641208._SX50_.jpg|19256026], but I still LOVED a lot of these stories. Liberation Day, Ghoul, and Elliott Spencer were similar in their approach. Each took place in a futuristic world where those in power hid the truth from certain segments of the population and used their power to manipulate people for their own ends. On some level, these three stories felt like re-workings of the same idea. They all worked very well, but Ghoul was my personal favorite of the three because the main character was so sympathetic. The other two stories I really liked dealt with the topic of revenge - The Mom of Bold Action (a mom taking revenge on behalf of her son) and A Thing at Work (two employees escalate an unfortunate work situation). For me, the least successful story was Love Letter which is essentially short form political commentary written in the form of a letter from a grandfather to a grandson. It lacked Saunders' trademark wit and didn't quite have the forward momentum of most of the other stories. All in all though, Liberation Day just leaves me wanting more, more, more. I will eagerly await the next story collection from this astounding author. ( ) Anita_Pomerantz | Mar 23, 2023 | If this were by anyone else, you'd call it a George Saunders rip-off. A lot of similarities to previous work but it's quality stuff - even if the collection can't maintain the incredibly high standard set by the first (titular) story. ( ) alexrichman | Feb 6, 2023 | ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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"The 'best short story writer in English' (Time) 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. 'Love Letter' 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. 'Ghoul' 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 'Mother's Day,' two women who loved the same man come to an existential reckoning in the middle of a hailstorm. And in 'Elliott Spencer,' 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. Together, 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"-- No library descriptions found. |
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The title story depicts surreal modern-day slavery for the purpose of home entertainment. An unskilled writing mom with a “vivid imagination” stirs up trouble in her otherwise bucolic town when her son is pushed down by an “old guy” on the street in “The Mom of Bold Action.”
“Love Letter” mourns the slow, incremental death of democracy. “A Thing at Work” involves workplace politics and is actually a little mean-spirited, but then “Sparrow” attempts to define true love among regular people, which most of us are. “Ghoul” depicts a harsh underground theme park world where the denizens await visitors that never come while they rat each other out for speaking the truth.
There’s a level of satire, ridiculousness and the mocking of human nature in these stories. But Saunders is also taking the current temperature and warning us where things could lead, if we let it. (