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Fox 8

A Story

A Story

A Story

By George Saunders
Illustrated by Chelsea Cardinal

By George Saunders
Illustrated by Chelsea Cardinal

By George Saunders
Illustrated by Chelsea Cardinal

By George Saunders
Illustrated by Chelsea Cardinal

By George Saunders
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By George Saunders
Read by George Saunders

Hardcover $17.00

Nov 13, 2018 | 64 Pages

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Apr 09, 2013 | 37 Minutes

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    About Fox 8

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a darkly comic short story about the unintended consequences unleashed by our quest to tame the natural world—featuring gorgeous black-and-white illustrations by Chelsea Cardinal.

    Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the one his fellow foxes regard with a knowing snort and a roll of the eyes. That is, until he develops a unique skill: He teaches himself to speak “Yuman” by hiding in the bushes outside a house and listening to children’s bedtime stories. The power of language fuels his abundant curiosity about people—even after “danjer” arrives in the form of a new shopping mall that cuts off his food supply, sending Fox 8 on a harrowing quest to help save his pack.

    Told with his distinctive blend of humor and pathos, Fox 8 showcases the extraordinary imaginative talents of George Saunders, whom The New York Times called “the writer for our time.”

    About Fox 8

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a darkly comic short story about the unintended consequences unleashed by our quest to tame the natural world—featuring gorgeous black-and-white illustrations by Chelsea Cardinal.

    Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the one his fellow foxes regard with a knowing snort and a roll of the eyes. That is, until he develops a unique skill: He teaches himself to speak “Yuman” by hiding in the bushes outside a house and listening to children’s bedtime stories. The power of language fuels his abundant curiosity about people—even after “danjer” arrives in the form of a new shopping mall that cuts off his food supply, sending Fox 8 on a harrowing quest to help save his pack.

    Told with his distinctive blend of humor and pathos, Fox 8 showcases the extraordinary imaginative talents of George Saunders, whom The New York Times called “the writer for our time.”

    About Fox 8

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a darkly comic short story about the unintended consequences unleashed by our quest to tame the natural world.

    Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the one his fellow foxes regarded with a knowing snort and a roll of the eyes. That is, until Fox 8 develops a unique skill: He teaches himself to speak Yuman by hiding in the bushes outside a house and listening to children’s bedtime stories. The power of language fuels his abundant curiosity about people—even after danjer arrives in the form of a new shopping mall that cuts off his food supply, sending Fox 8 on a harrowing quest to help save his pack.

    Told with his distinctive blend of humor and pathos, Fox 8 showcases the extraordinary imaginative talents of George Saunders, whom The New York Times called “the writer for our time.”

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    About George Saunders

    George Saunders is the author of nine books, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Man Booker Prize, and the story collections Pastoralia and Tenth of December, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. He has received fellowships from the Lannan… More about George Saunders

    About George Saunders

    George Saunders is the author of nine books, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Man Booker Prize, and the story collections Pastoralia and Tenth of December, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. He has received fellowships from the Lannan… More about George Saunders

    About George Saunders

    George Saunders is the author of nine books, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Man Booker Prize, and the story collections Pastoralia and Tenth of December, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. He has received fellowships from the Lannan… More about George Saunders

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Hardcover | $17.00
    Published by Random House
    Nov 13, 2018 | 64 Pages | 4-3/4 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9781984818027

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Random House
    Apr 09, 2013 | 64 Pages | ISBN 9780812995329

    Category: Literary Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $1.99
    Published by Random House Audio
    Apr 09, 2013 | 37 Minutes | ISBN 9780804163989

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    Praise

    Praise for George Saunders

    “No one writes more powerfully than George Saunders about the lost, the unlucky, the disenfranchised.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

    “A true original—restlessly inventive, yet deeply humane.”—Jennifer Egan

    “There is no one more essential to our national sense of self and sanity.”—Dave Eggers

    “Not since Twain has America produced a satirist this funny.”—Zadie Smith

    “The best short-story writer in English.”—Mary Karr

    “Saunders makes you feel as though you are reading fiction for the first time.”—Khaled Hosseini

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