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On the Shelf A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life By George Saunders Random House: 432 pages, $28 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. About a decade back, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Colson Whitehead had a nice sideline poking fun at people who make pronouncements about good writing. In a speech, he caricatured the plummy, officious critic delivering high-toned statements of the obvious. (“When we see a word, we must ask ourselves foremost, ‘What does it mean?’”) In an essay, he mocked the platitudes that infest most lists of writing rules. (“In many classic short stories, the real action occurs in the silences. Try to keep all the good stuff off the page.”) Point being: Successful fiction is too slippery and complex to be reduced to how-to lists. ....
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Home > books > George Saunders: A Swim in a Pond in the Rain review – Russian lessons in literature and life George Saunders: A Swim in a Pond in the Rain review – Russian lessons in literature and life | reviews, news & interviews George Saunders: A Swim in a Pond in the Rain review – Russian lessons in literature and life George Saunders: A Swim in a Pond in the Rain review – Russian lessons in literature and life A visionary engineer gets under the bonnet of great fiction by Boyd TonkinWednesday, 06 January 2021 Tools for transcendence: George SaundersChloe Aftel Before he published fiction, George Saunders trained as an engineer and wrote technical reports. The Booker-winning author of ....