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I'll second George Saunders! I highly recommend his "CivilWarLand in Bad Decline" (a novella plus a collection of shorts). I have not heard him compared to DFW
by mohn 9y ago
I'll second George Saunders! I highly recommend his "CivilWarLand in Bad Decline" (a novella plus a collection of shorts). I have not heard him compared to DFW before. Maybe I should give DFW another try.
- majos 9y agoPlease do. They're similar to me as adept mixers of high (both are plenty virtuosic/"pretty" when they want to be) and low (both are great at slapstick) style and write with a kind of scientific eye for details. Saunders has described this as "if you put a welder to work making dresses". And there's almost always a basically earnest emotional core underneath everything.