Tenth of December, by George Saunders was announced as winner of The Folio Prize last week.
A wryly hilarious and disturbing collection of short stories, Tenth of December illuminates human experience and explores figures lost in a labyrinth of troubling preoccupations. With dark visions of the future riffing against ghosts of the past and the ever-settling present, this collection sings with astonishing charm and intensity.
The full shortlist:
Red Doc by Anne Carson
Schroder by Amity Gaige
Last Friends by Jane Gardam
Benediction by Kent Haruf
The Flame Throwers by Rachel Kushner
A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride
A Naked Singularity by Sergio De La Pava
Tenth of December by George Saunders
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