Liberation Day: Stories
First edition cover
AuthorGeorge Saunders
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreShort story collection
PublisherRandom House
Publication date
October 18, 2022
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages256 p.
ISBN978-0-525-50959-2
OCLC1346252900

Liberation Day: Stories is a book of short stories by the American writer George Saunders. It collects stories published in various magazines between 2013 and 2022, along with a few new stories. The book was published October 18, 2022 by Random House.[1]

Contents

Story Originally published in Year
"Liberation Day"
"The Mom of Bold Action" The New Yorker 2021[2]
"Love Letter" The New Yorker 2020[3]
"A Thing at Work"
"Sparrow"
"Ghoul" The New Yorker 2020[4]
"Mother's Day" The New Yorker 2016[5]
"Elliott Spencer" The New Yorker 2019[6]
"My House"

Reception

Kirkus Reviews described it as: "A tour de force collection that showcases all of Saunders' many skills."[7] Colin Barrett, writing for The New York Times, described the collection as "a spiky, at times difficult collection, seldom providing the reader with much in the way of catharsis."[8]

Former US President Barack Obama listed it as one of his favourite books of 2022.[9]

References

  1. "Liberation Day". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  2. "The Mom of Bold Action". The New Yorker. August 30, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  3. "Love Letter". The New Yorker. March 24, 2020. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  4. "Ghoul". The New Yorker. October 29, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  5. "Mother's Day". The New Yorker. January 31, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  6. "Elliott Spencer". The New Yorker. August 8, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  7. "Liberation Day". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  8. Barrett, Colin (13 October 2022). "Follow George Saunders Into the Maws of Hell". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  9. Stern, Marlow (23 December 2022). "Barack Obama's Annual Flex: His Favorite Movies and Books of 2022". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  10. Herbert, Geoff (11 November 2022). "BUZZ: Syracuse professor George Saunders appears on Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show'". syracuse.com. Retrieved 20 November 2022.


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