Liberation Day: Stories

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Liberation Day: Stories
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First edition cover
Author George Saunders
LanguageEnglish
Genre Short story collection
Publisher Random House
Publication date
October 18, 2022
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages256 p.
ISBN 978-0-525-50959-2
OCLC 1346252900

Liberation Day: Stories is a book of short stories by the American writer George Saunders. It collects stories published between 2013 and 2022, along with a few new stories. The book was published October 18, 2022 by Random House. [1]

Contents

Contents

StoryOriginally published inYear
"Liberation Day"
"The Mom of Bold Action" The New Yorker 2021 [2]
"Love Letter" The New Yorker 2020 [3]
"A Thing at Work"
"Sparrow"
"Ghoul" The New Yorker 2020 [4]
"Mother's Day" The New Yorker 2016 [5]
"Elliott Spencer" The New Yorker 2019 [6]
"My House"

Reception

Kirkus Reviews described it as: "A tour de force collection that showcases all of Saunders' many skills." [7] Colin Barrett, writing for The New York Times , described the collection as "a spiky, at times difficult collection, seldom providing the reader with much in the way of catharsis." [8]

Former US President Barack Obama listed it as one of his favorite books of 2022. [9]

Liberation Day: Stories was a finalist for the 2022 Ray Bradbury Prize. [10] [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Liberation Day". Penguin Random House. Archived from the original on November 7, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  2. ↑ "The Mom of Bold Action". The New Yorker . August 30, 2021. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Love Letter". The New Yorker . March 24, 2020. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Ghoul". The New Yorker . October 29, 2020. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Mother's Day". The New Yorker . January 31, 2016. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Elliott Spencer". The New Yorker . August 8, 2019. Archived from the original on February 15, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Liberation Day". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on November 8, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  8. ↑ Barrett, Colin (October 13, 2022). "Follow George Saunders Into the Maws of Hell". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 8, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  9. ↑ Stern, Marlow (December 23, 2022). "Barack Obama's Annual Flex: His Favorite Movies and Books of 2022". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  10. ↑ Templeton, Molly (April 24, 2023). "Nicola Griffith Wins the Bradbury Prize for Spear". Reactor . Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Griffith Wins 2022 Ray Bradbury Prize". Locus Online . April 25, 2023. Archived from the original on April 30, 2023. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  12. Herbert, Geoff (November 11, 2022). "BUZZ: Syracuse professor George Saunders appears on Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show'". syracuse.com . Archived from the original on November 20, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.


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