On the other side of the computer screen, at his home in Los Angeles, George Saunders (63 years old), presumably greatest living american short story writer – a title that could be discussed by no more than three or four of his colleagues – explains the origin of one of the most important features of his writing: the truth, conveyed by the voices and monologues that support their story, that normal people. due to abnormal conditions. In his case, everything was born out of necessity, he says. “In the Chicago of my childhood, you can only be cool if you’re handsome or sporty. and I was neither of those two things. But there was another way to get attention: impersonating the celebrity, or better yet, impersonating the professor. But the pinnacle of this whole process was inventing a character with his biography and voice. Even today, if I don’t have a voice, I can’t tell a story. Here’s the thing: someone talks and i let him talk to tell this story.”
Has a not-so-extensive career involving fascinating storybooks ‘The Pastoral’, so perfect “December 10” and an eccentric novel that’s the only one for now, “Lincoln in the Bard”, obtained with bookstoreThe last sound Saunders encountered was an animal, A good-natured fox who can quote Dickenshowever, he cannot write correctly because he learns the ‘human’ language by listening to the stories a mother tells her children.
“Fox 8” (Seix Barral) This fairy tale, first published in the British newspaper The Guardian, is a seemingly compassionate fable that would have been a gentle story for children if it were not for its subjects, our responsibility to all living things, and the protection of the environment. . , they have some naivety. Waiting for the newly released story book ‘Liberation Day’ in the United States – it will also be released here next year – and illustrated by Chelsea Cardenal, which received rave reviews from colleagues such as Jonathan Franzen or Zadie Smith, this little book is a pastime whose appeal does not exclude social criticism. And it’s hard not to think of ‘The Fantastic Mr. Fox’ by Roald Dahl (and Wes Anderson) there.
our house is falling
“I didn’t really realize I was writing an environmental tale until I finished it. I wanted to get this fox who has trouble writing to talk, so instead of lowering the level of communication with the reader, it empowered him because the result is hilarious,” says George Saunders, just getting out of bed. . aware that little progress has been made recently climate summit in Egypt. “I feel like our house is being destroyed while the most beloved member of the family, for example your mother, is inside. So this story has a request, a call. And that’s all I can do: tell a story, but if I succeed in transforming a human heart, that will already be the beginning of political change”.
Political change is a key concept for a writer who is not afraid of the idea. For him, any story, even the most seemingly remote, has this reading. give as an example A story by Chekhov, ‘Sadness’that he wanted to convey the grief of a coachman who lost his son to those who rented the sleigh he was riding and those who did not stop to listen to him. “This story is political, multiply it by a million and it’s the Russian Revolution”Ditch.
Why did they vote for Trump?
But Saunders was much more specific. Especially in the diaries written for ‘The New Yorker’ he tried. understanding their voters while rejecting embers. “Trump cannot be blamed for everything that happened then. It set fire to the discontent of many citizens, something people on the left didn’t know how to perceive. Fortunately, I think we somehow repaired the damage caused by the previous president, maybe that’s why many republicans are tired of extremism. What worries me the most right now is the concept of post-reality that is still with us, and this it will be very difficult to eliminate because the conspiracy very common. The author must be sensitive to these issues.”
This empathetic sensitivity demonstrating that his writings are closely linked to practice Buddhism It’s been going on for 20 years. “Buddhism taught me that I am connected with all creatures and therefore withdrawing into my own space and defending it is a pointless illusion,” he explains. The author developed this idea His famous speech to Syracuse University students was ‘Happiness by the way’, went viral, daring to defend a simple value—and very easy to confuse with Mr. Wonderful’s philosophy—as well as being kind. Like his fox and kind as himself, Saunders wants to understand why we humans do what we do. Why can we be so creative and so evil at the same time? That’s why I use fiction, to ask myself questions, maybe I won’t find the answers, but that’s the magic of fiction. My world would be better if I could be kind, it would help me move away from despair.
Source: Informacion
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