A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (In Which Four Russians Give A Master Class in Writing and Life)

Author(s): George Saunders

Essays / Literary Studies

In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for twenty years as a professor in the prestigious Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program. Paired with stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, these essays are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it's more relevant than ever in these turbulent times. Saunders approaches each of these 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. For the process of writing, Saunders reminds us, is as much a craft as it is a quality of openness and a willingness to see the world through new eyes. Funny, frank, and rigorous, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain ultimately shows how great fiction can change a person's life and become a benchmark of one's moral and ethical beliefs.


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Jenna reviewed this on 95bFM's Loose Reads. Listen here: https://www.timeout.co.nz/blog/aswiminthepond

General Fields

  • : 9781526624284
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • : 0.568805
  • : June 2019
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  • : October 2023
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : George Saunders
  • : George Saunders
  • : DNF
  • : DNF
  • : 256
  • : 256
  • : 891.73009
  • : 891.73009
  • : English
  • : English
  • : 2104
  • : 2104
  • : Hardback
  • : Hardback