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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From the New York Times-bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves - and our world today. For t...

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informative 93%
reflective 70%
inspiring 54%
challenging 48%
funny 31%
emotional 11%
hopeful 11%
lighthearted 6%
relaxing 6%
adventurous 3%
dark 1%
sad 1%

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medium 43%
fast 2%

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