{"product_id":"tenth-of-december","title":"Tenth of December","description":"\u003ch5\u003e(NOTE: The Book cover may vary if published by different companies.)\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/george-saunders\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGeorge Saunders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/lincoln-peirce\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eBinding: Softback\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eCategory: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/literature\"\u003eLiterature \u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/fiction\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/english\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/romance\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/collections\/psychology\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003ePublisher: Local\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePages: 152\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout the book:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eOne of the most important and blazingly original writers of his generation, George Saunders is an undisputed master of the short story, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTenth of December\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is his most honest, accessible, and moving collection yet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the taut opening, \"Victory Lap,\" a boy witnesses the attempted abduction of the girl next door and is faced with a harrowing choice: Does he ignore what he sees, or override years of smothering advice from his parents and act? In \"Home,\" a combat-damaged soldier moves back in with his mother and struggles to reconcile the world he left with the one to which he has returned. And in the title story, a stunning meditation on imagination, memory, and loss, a middle-aged cancer patient walks into the woods to commit suicide, only to encounter a troubled young boy who, over the course of a fateful morning, gives the dying man a final chance to recall who he really is. A hapless, deluded owner of an antique store; two mothers struggling to do the right thing; a teenage girl whose idealism is challenged by a brutal brush with reality; a man tormented by a series of pharmaceutical experiments that force him to lust, to love, to kill—the unforgettable characters that populate the pages of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTenth of December\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e are vividly and lovingly infused with Saunders' signature blend of exuberant prose, deep humanity, and stylistic innovation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWriting brilliantly and profoundly about class, sex, love, loss, work, despair, and war, Saunders cuts to the core of the contemporary experience. These stories take on the big questions and explore the fault lines of our own morality, delving into the questions of what makes us good and what makes us human.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnsettling, insightful, and hilarious, the stories in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTenth of December\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—through their manic energy, their focus on what is redeemable in human beings, and their generosity of spirit—not only entertain and delight; they fulfill Chekhov's dictum that art should \"prepare us for tenderness.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"George Saunders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45399534174390,"sku":null,"price":565.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/1794\/2710\/files\/13641208.jpg?v=1788360260","url":"https:\/\/booksvilla.com.pk\/products\/tenth-of-december","provider":"Booksvilla.pk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}