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Fox 8 - by George Saunders (Hardcover)

Fox 8 - by  George Saunders (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In this darkly comic fable, idealistic Fox 8's ability to communicate in "Yuman" cannot save his pack when their den and food supply are destroyed to build a mall, so he writes a letter asking for an explanation of human's cruelty.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>From the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Lincoln in the Bardo, </i>a darkly comic short story about the unintended consequences unleashed by our quest to tame the natural world--featuring gorgeous black-and-white illustrations by Chelsea Cardinal.</b> <p/> Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the one his fellow foxes regard with a knowing snort and a roll of the eyes. That is, until he develops a unique skill: He teaches himself to speak "Yuman" by hiding in the bushes outside a house and listening to children's bedtime stories. The power of language fuels his abundant curiosity about people--even after "danjer" arrives in the form of a new shopping mall that cuts off his food supply, sending Fox 8 on a harrowing quest to help save his pack. <p/> Told with his distinctive blend of humor and pathos, <i>Fox 8</i> showcases the extraordinary imaginative talents of George Saunders, whom <i>The New York Times</i> called "the writer for our time."<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for George Saunders</b> <p/> "No one writes more powerfully than George Saunders about the lost, the unlucky, the disenfranchised."<b>--Michiko Kakutani, <i>The New York Times</i></b> <p/> "A true original--restlessly inventive, yet deeply humane."<b>--Jennifer Egan</b> <p/> "There is no one more essential to our national sense of self and sanity."<b>--Dave Eggers<br></b><br> "Not since Twain has America produced a satirist this funny."<b>--Zadie Smith</b> <p/> "The best short-story writer in English."<b>--Mary Karr</b> <p/> "Saunders makes you feel as though you are reading fiction for the first time."<b>--Khaled Hosseini</b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>George Saunders</b> is the author of nine books, including the novel <i>Lincoln in the Bardo, </i>which won the Man Booker Prize, and the story collections <i>CivilWarLand, Pastoralia, </i>and<i> Tenth of December, </i>the latter a finalist for the National Book Award. He has received fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Guggenheim Foundation. In 2006 he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. In 2013 he was awarded the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction and was included in <i>Time</i>'s list of the one hundred most influential people in the world. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.

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