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Get the Summary of George Saunders's A Swim in a Pond in the Rain in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. In "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain," George Saunders provides an in-depth analysis of storytelling through the examination of Russian literature. He dissects Anton Chekhov's "In the Cart," exploring how details like character backgrounds and setting shape the narrative and reader expectations. Saunders discusses the...
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"In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for twenty years as a professor in the prestigious Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program. Paired with stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, these essays are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it's more relevant than ever in these turbulent times. Saunders approaches...
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