Saunder's novel?

[David Morris]

> --- Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Saunders says that the 'Genius' award will allow him to finish his 'long-gestating' novel. Are looking forward to it?  Can he transcend the short form? Some marketers have called him the inheritor of Pynchon.

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George Saunders is a short story writer whose mordantly hilarious
tales retain, at their core, deep sympathy and compassion for the
lives he depicts. Characterized by a blend of contrasting elements,
much of Saunders' fantastic and fanciful writings combine satire and
surrealism with a naturalistic, colloquial use of language.  With a
keen eye for absurdity, a precise ear for vernacular dialogue, and a
distinctively deadpan narrative voice, Saunders explores the poignant
disappointments of his downtrodden characters and the slightly skewed,
vaguely futuristic version of American society they inhabit.  While
his stories are humorous, the moral dilemmas faced by his fictional
mothers, husbands, siblings, and neighbors underscore their humanity
and lend gravity to his work.  Exemplifying this approach, the title
story of Saunders' collection Pastoralia (2000) satirizes in a manner
both comic and sobering the indignities of the workplace through its
portrayal of two theme park employees' daily struggles.  Other books
by Saunders include the story collections, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
(1996) and In Persuasion Nation (2006); a children's book, The Very
Persistent Gappers of Frip (2000); and a novella, The Brief and
Frightening Reign of Phil (2005).  This sharply observant, highly
imaginative author continues to influence a generation of young
writers and brings to contemporary American fiction a sense of humor,
pathos, and literary style all his own.