A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

George Saunders

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction classics literary short stories challenging informative inspiring slow-paced

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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 hi...

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inspiring 57%
challenging 46%
funny 33%
emotional 12%
hopeful 11%
lighthearted 8%
relaxing 5%
adventurous 4%
dark 1%
sad 1%

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medium 44%
fast 2%

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