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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain-George Saunders

Time Spend in Great Company.A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: in which Pen/Malamud Award winning writer and Syracuse MFA professor George Saunders tea

a swim in the rain

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: in which Pen/Malamud Award winning writer and Syracuse MFA professor George Saunders teaches a masterclass on 19th century Russian short stories, with the assistance of some famous friends.

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Saunders’s last audiobook, Lincoln In the Bardo was filled with the who’s who of the American literary and entertainment glitterati; David Sedaris, Susan Sarandon, Ben Stiller and Lena Duhnum to name approximately 7%. While the 166 character book of fiction lends itself to exciting cameos, the “guess who” (is telling the dick joke) fatigue kicked in after the initial chapters. The overall result of the audiobook

ASIAPITR however, is formally perfect for the audiobook format. It is nonfiction and fiction. It is episodic and it is also a serial. A book which you can listen to from start to finish, a book which you can pick and choose by the Russian author which most interests you and a book which you can choose by the length of each chapter which fits with the length of your government mandated walk.

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