His story settings are frequently near-future dystopic & a bit intentionally disorienting. Just relax, read closely, and you’ll pick it all up. The point is the truth & humanness of the characters despite the foreignness of the setups. His writing is wonderful & frequently euphorically hilarious.
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Reply to George Saunders - Too abstract and incoherent? by TheHistoriographer02
His story settings are frequently near-future dystopic & a bit intentionally disorienting. Just relax, read closely, and you’ll pick it all up. The point is the truth & humanness of the characters despite the foreignness of the setups. His writing is wonderful & frequently euphorically hilarious.