George Saunders' A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life[1] is highly recommended. I thought I ha

George Saunders' A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life[1] is highly recommended. I thought I had a good idea of how to read a short story before reading this book. I was wrong. Saunders (with the help of Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy and Gogol) show how it's done - and in so doing also show how to write a short story. [1] https://www.georgesaundersbooks.com/books/a-swim-in-a-pond-in-the-rain-hc https://www.georgesaundersbooks.com/books/a-swim-in-a-pond-i...