{"product_id":"tenth-of-december","title":"December 10th","description":"\u003cp style=\";text-align:left;direction:ltr\"\u003eGeorge Saunders, one of the most important and original writers of his generation, is an undisputed master of the short story, and *The Tenth of December* is his most honest, lucid, and moving collection to date. In the novel's tense opening, *Victory Lap*, a boy witnesses the attempted kidnapping of his neighbor's girl and faces a horrific choice: should he ignore what he sees, or should he ignore years of his parents' stifling advice and act? In *Home*, a badly damaged soldier returns to live with his mother and struggles to reconcile the world he left with the one he has returned to. And in the title story, a stunning meditation on imagination, memory, and loss, a middle-aged cancer patient walks into the woods to commit suicide, only to encounter a troubled boy who, over the course of one tragic morning, gives him one last chance to remember who he really is; a hapless, deluded antiques shop owner; two mothers struggling to do the right thing; A teenage girl challenges her idealism with a brutal confrontation with reality; a man tormented by a series of drug experiments that compel him to lust, love, and murder—the unforgettable characters who populate the pages of The Tenth of December are vividly and lovingly imbued with Saunders's signature blend of joyful prose, profound humanity, and stylistic innovation. Saunders writes deftly and deeply about class, sex, love, loss, work, despair, and war, cutting to the core of contemporary experience. These stories tackle the big questions and explore the fault lines of our morality, delving into questions about what makes us good and what makes us human. Unsettling, insightful, and funny, The Tenth of December stories—with their manic energy, their focus on what is redeemable in humans, and their generosity of spirit—don't just entertain and delight; they fulfill Chekhov's dictum that art should \"prepare us for tenderness.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43401999909018,"sku":"9781408894811","price":57.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/9335\/7466\/files\/tenth-of-december-book-fanar_f9096e6a-251a-4d75-b440-e74938f321a1.jpg?v=1694371742","url":"https:\/\/bookfanar.com\/en\/products\/tenth-of-december","provider":"Book Fanar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}