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050 4 _aPG3097
_b.S28 2022
100 1 _aSaunders, George,
_d1958-
_eauthor
_92898
245 1 2 _aA swim in a pond in the rain :
_bin which four Russians give a master class on writing, reading, and life /
_cGeorge Saunders
250 _aRandom House Trade Paperback edition
300 _axii, 410 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c21 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references
505 0 _aWe begin -- In the Cart, Anton Chekhov. A page at a time: thoughts on In the Cart ; Afterthought #1 -- The Singers, Ivan Turgenev. The heart of the story: thoughts on The Singers ; Afterthought #2 -- The Darling, Anton Chekhov. A pattern story: thoughts on The Darling ; Afterthought #3 -- Master and Man, Leo Tolstoy. And yet they drove on: Thoughts on Master and Man ; Afterthought #4 -- The Nose, Nikolai Gogol. The door to the truth might be strangeness: Thoughts on The Nose ; Afterthought #5 -- Gooseberries, Anton Chekhov. A swim in a pond in the rain: Thoughts on Gooseberries ; Afterthought #6 -- Alyosha the Pot, Leo Tolstoy. The wisdom of omission: Thoughts on Alyosha the Pot ; Afterthought #7 -- We end
520 _a"For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA students at Syracuse University. In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, he shares a version of that class with us, offering some of what he and his students have discovered together over the years. Paired with iconic short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, the seven essays in this book are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it’s more relevant than ever in these turbulent times. In his introduction, Saunders writes, 'We’re going to enter seven fastidiously constructed scale models of the world, made for a specific purpose that our time maybe doesn’t fully endorse but that these writers accepted implicitly as the aim of art—namely, to ask the big questions, questions like, How are we supposed to be living down here? What were we put here to accomplish? What should we value? What is truth, anyway, and how might we recognize it?' He approaches the stories technically yet accessibly, and through them explains how narrative functions; why we stay immersed in a story and why we resist it; and the bedrock virtues a writer must foster. The process of writing, Saunders reminds us, is a technical craft, but also a way of training oneself to see the world with new openness and curiosity. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain is a deep exploration not just of how great writing works but of how the mind itself works while reading, and of how the reading and writing of stories make genuine connection possible."--Publisher's webpage
546 _aEnglish text with seven short stories translated from the Russian
600 1 0 _aGogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich,
_d1809-1852.
_tNos
_943497
600 1 0 _aChekhov, Anton Pavlovich,
_d1860-1904.
_tKryzhovnik
_943498
600 1 0 _aChekhov, Anton Pavlovich,
_d1860-1904.
_tNa podvode
_943499
600 1 0 _aChekhov, Anton Pavlovich,
_d1860-1904.
_tDushechka
_943500
600 1 0 _aTurgenev, Ivan Sergeevich,
_d1818-1883.
_tPevt︠s︡y
_943501
600 1 0 _aTolstoy, Leo,
_cgraf,
_d1828-1910.
_tAlësha Gorshok
_943502
600 1 0 _aTolstoy, Leo,
_cgraf,
_d1828-1910.
_tKhozi︠a︡in i rabotnik
_943503
650 0 _aShort stories, Russian
_y19th century
_xHistory and criticism
_943504
650 0 _aShort stories, Russian
_y19th century
_xHistory and criticism
_xStudy and teaching
_943505
650 0 _aReader-response criticism
_zUnited States
_943506
655 7 _aCriticism, interpretation, etc.
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655 7 _aLiterary criticism.
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655 7 _aShort stories.
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655 7 _aLiterary criticism.
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655 7 _aShort stories.
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700 1 2 _aGogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich,
_d1809-1852.
_tNos.
_lEnglish
_s(Struve)
_943507
700 1 2 _aChekhov, Anton Pavlovich,
_d1860-1904.
_tKryzhovnik.
_lEnglish
_s(Yarmolinsky)
_943508
700 1 2 _aChekhov, Anton Pavlovich,
_d1860-1904.
_tNa podvode.
_lEnglish
_s(Yarmolinsky)
_943509
700 1 2 _aChekhov, Anton Pavlovich,
_d1860-1904.
_tDushechka.
_lEnglish
_s(Yarmolinsky)
_943510
700 1 2 _aTurgenev, Ivan Sergeevich,
_d1818-1883.
_tPevt︠s︡y.
_lEnglish
_s(Magarshack)
_943511
700 1 2 _aTolstoy, Leo,
_cgraf,
_d1828-1910.
_tAlësha Gorshok.
_lEnglish
_s(Brown)
_943512
700 1 2 _aTolstoy, Leo,
_cgraf,
_d1828-1910.
_tKhozi︠a︡in i rabotnik.
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_s(Maude and Maude)
_943513
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