The Book Show #1697 - George Saunders

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue

Published January 26, 2021 at 3:00 PM EST

Book cover for "A Swim In A Pond in the Rain"

For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story at Syracuse University. In "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain," he shares a version of that class with us where he pairs iconic short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, with essays intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it’s more relevant than ever in these turbulent times.

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