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Author | George Saunders |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Publisher | Riverhead Books |
Publication date
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April 20, 2006 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
Pages | 240 p. |
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Preceded by | The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil |
Followed by | Tenth of December: Stories |
In Persuasion Nation is short story writer George Saunders’s third full length short story collection. Composed of 11 stories originally published between 1999 and 2005, the collection incorporates elements of satire and science fiction and deals with themes of discontent in turn of the millennium America. The collection has stories that appeared in different forms in The New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, and McSweeney's. As a whole, the collection was a finalist for the 2006 Story Prize.