Liberation Day: Stories

Liberation Day: Stories
First edition cover
AuthorGeorge Saunders
LanguageEnglish
GenreShort story collection
PublisherRandom House
Publication date
October 18, 2022
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages256 p.
ISBN978-0-525-50959-2
OCLC1346252900

Liberation Day: Stories is a book of short stories by the American writer George Saunders. It collects stories published in various magazines between 2013 and 2022, along with a few new stories. The book was published October 18, 2022 by Random House.[1]

Contents

Story Originally published in Year
"Liberation Day"
"The Mom of Bold Action" The New Yorker 2021[2]
"Love Letter" The New Yorker 2020[3]
"A Thing at Work"
"Sparrow"
"Ghoul" The New Yorker 2020[4]
"Mother's Day" The New Yorker 2016[5]
"Elliott Spencer" The New Yorker 2019[6]
"My House"

Reception

Kirkus Reviews described it as: "A tour de force collection that showcases all of Saunders' many skills."[7] Colin Barrett, writing for The New York Times, described the collection as "a spiky, at times difficult collection, seldom providing the reader with much in the way of catharsis."[8]

Former US President Barack Obama listed it as one of his favorite books of 2022.[9]

Liberation Day: Stories was a finalist for the 2022 Ray Bradbury Prize.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Liberation Day". Penguin Random House. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  2. ^ "The Mom of Bold Action". The New Yorker. August 30, 2021. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  3. ^ "Love Letter". The New Yorker. March 24, 2020. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  4. ^ "Ghoul". The New Yorker. October 29, 2020. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  5. ^ "Mother's Day". The New Yorker. January 31, 2016. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  6. ^ "Elliott Spencer". The New Yorker. August 8, 2019. Archived from the original on February 15, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  7. ^ "Liberation Day". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  8. ^ Barrett, Colin (13 October 2022). "Follow George Saunders Into the Maws of Hell". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  9. ^ Stern, Marlow (23 December 2022). "Barack Obama's Annual Flex: His Favorite Movies and Books of 2022". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  10. ^ Templeton, Molly (2023-04-24). "Nicola Griffith Wins the Bradbury Prize for Spear". Reactor. Archived from the original on 2024-05-29. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  11. ^ "Griffith Wins 2022 Ray Bradbury Prize". Locus Online. 2023-04-25. Archived from the original on 2023-04-30. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  12. ^ Herbert, Geoff (11 November 2022). "BUZZ: Syracuse professor George Saunders appears on Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show'". syracuse.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
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