A swim in a pond in the rain : in which four Russians give a master class on writing, reading, and life Cover Image

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A swim in a pond in the rain : in which four Russians give a master class on writing, reading, and life / George Saunders.

ISBN: 9781984856029
Physical Description: xii, 410 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher: New York : Random House, 2021.
Copyright: &copy;2021

Saunders, George, 1958- (author.). Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 Container of (expression): Dushechka. English (Yarmolinsky) (Added Author). Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 Container of (expression): Kryzhovnik. English (Yarmolinsky) (Added Author). Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 Container of (expression): Na podvode. English (Yarmolinsky) (Added Author). Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809-1852 Container of (expression): Nos. English (Struve) (Added Author). Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 Container of (expression): Alësha Gorshok. English (Brown) (Added Author). Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 Container of (expression): Khozi͡ain i rabotnik. English (Maude and Maude) (Added Author). Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883 Container of (expression): Pevt͡sy. English (Magarshack) (Added Author).

Summary:

From the New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves—and our world today.