Now, in a true gift to writers and serious readers, Saunders has adapted the core of this coveted class into a commodious new book, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life.īeloved author George Saunders teaches the masters in his new book, sharing invaluable insights into classic Russian short stories. All of the bedrock principles of the form are on display.” For an emerging writer, Saunders believes, this process is akin to “a young composer studying Bach. There, in a semester-long class, he and his aspirants parse Russian short stories in translation to better understand how masters of the form such as Anton Chekhov and Nikolai Gogol built their work from the ground up. But the acclaimed author has also taught for more than 20 years in Syracuse University’s prestigious MFA creative writing program. George Saunders won the 2017 Man Booker Prize for his novel Lincoln in the Bardo and was a National Book Award finalist for his short story collection Tenth of December.
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