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George Saunders, a geophysicist, maps out magical realism with this short story collection. He puts an American spin on that sensibility in the sensationally good title tale, where things in a "Westworld"-like amusement park go extraordinarily wrong, but in ways in that make perfect sense to any denizen--or reader--in the modern world. CivilWarLand is hilarious, yet ultimately sad and moving--and isn't that life in a nutshell? And how can you resist any writer who cooks up titles as good as "Downtrodden Mary's Failed Campaign of Terror"?


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In this debut collection of seven dystopian fantasies, some of which have appeared in the New Yorker and Harper's, America in the near future is a toxic wasteland overrun by vicious thugs and venal opportunists who prey on the weak and misshapen. Saunders's feverish imagination conjures up images as horrific as any from a Hieronymus Bosch painting: a field full of braying mules toppled over from bone marrow disease; a tourist attraction featuring pickled stillborn babies; and cows with Plexiglas windows in their sides. The black humor and vision of American enterprise and evangelism gone haywire are reminiscent of Kurt Vonnegut's early works. In the novella "Bounty," for example, the clawed-foot narrator, who flees slavery under the "Normals" to find his sister, sees a McDonald's that is the headquarters of the Church of Appropriate Humility, aka "the Guilters." "In Guilter epistemology," he observes, "the arches represent the twin human frailties of arrogance and mediocrity." Despite the richness of the vision and the occasionally heart-melting prose, however, there is little difference in voice to distinguish one story from another. Read in one sitting, they blur into a bleak and unsettling vision of the world to come.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 Great ideas but poor narration, Nov. 13 2002
George Saunders'prose rolls of the page slick and swiftly. Every one of these stories contains a fantastic and highly original Idea and mixes near future sci fi with elements of magic realism as each main protaganist confronts an existential problem in an insane world. So why not five stars? Nabokov said that a great storyteller should be an 'enchanter'and who could disagree? Saunders' plots work, I found myself able to suspend disbelief and the humour made me laugh often, these pieces are very inventive and insightful into the American Condition. Unfortunately for me, they were not very involving. The problem lies with his style of narration, I found that his lack of description and slow moments had me turning the pages fast, but upon finishing these stories I was left amused yet uncaring and feeling as though I had not been engrossed or 'taken in' - not enchanted. The reason for this is as I have mentioned, that these stroies are all action akin to the novels of Chuck Palahniuk, they keep you turning the pages so fast but overall, the resrained and unelaborate senences lack mood and atmosphere, I found it hard to fully put myself in the shoes and minds of the characters and imagine what the characters were going through. The world they inhabited was only ever partly convincing. Another gripe is that when stripped to the core, they are all essentially the same character facing the same problem. I'm English and the problem may be that this clipped, terse and minimalist style of prose has not, thankfully, caught on over here. Less is not allways more - try some of the shorter works by writers such as Will Self, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Poe, Maupassant, Peter Carey, Ballard - to name but a few - and see what I mean.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Enjoyably bizarre and very humorous, Avril 28 2002
Par "excession" (Westfield, NJ United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
George Saunders is an excellent new writer in the vein of Denis Johnson ... he is funnier than Johnson, and not quite as wordy in my opinion. That being said, if you like Johnson, you'll like Saunders.

The title story is probably the best in this collection, though I think the "400 Pound CEO" is a close second. Both of these stories have a cruel sense of irony, likeable characters who can't seem to get much right, and a wicked ending. There is a pattern to Saunders' work, but I've never found it monotonous because of the variety of events and turns of plot.

If you're interested in very different fiction, then pick up this slim volume. Be prepared to laugh and be prepared to be more than a little disturbed.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 A unique new voice, Déc 1 2001
Par Stuart Murphy (Seattle, WA USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: Civil War Land in Bad Decline: Stories and a Novella (Hardcover)
Sure, there are precursors to George Saunders-Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Twain, Nathaniel West, to name a few. However, I find his voice to be one of the most unique in American literature today. The stories are, for the most part, extremely funny. Yet there is a sense of darkness and despair to be found lurking in each of them, and then the ending of each story seems to cleanse the darkness and leave the reader refreshed. I'd hate to call a work of literature cathartic, but somehow I feel like the stories in "Civilwarland in Bad Decline" almost are cathartic in a way. The stories have deeper resonances, but never come across as difficult or pretentious. In the case of George Saunders, it appears, we have a natural story-teller.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 What drugs was this guy on?
The stories were boring and terse. I think he was hitting the ... and making the ... up as he went along. Read more
Publié le Oct. 12 2002 par Jeff M

5.0étoiles sur 5 A Promising and Fulfilling Debut
I think the reviewer (The NY Times, was it?) who described Saunders as the illegitimate offspring of Nathaniel West and Kurt Vonnegut, as much as I usually hate such analogies,... Read more
Publié le Nov. 26 2001 par Stuart Trojan

5.0étoiles sur 5 Brilliant voice
What makes these stories work is the voice. There is a clear authorial voice here, one which remains familiar without becoming grating. Read more
Publié le Nov. 6 2001 par D. A. Hosek

5.0étoiles sur 5 An excellent collection of stories
I initially discovered G. Saunders in the New Yorker via a short story entitled "The End of FIRPO in the World" -- taken from Pastoralia -- and became and instant fan... Read more
Publié le Sep 9 2001 par attackkat

5.0étoiles sur 5 A new direction
This collection of short stories (along with the more recent "Pastoralia" collection) will define the course of short fiction in America for years to come. Read more
Publié le Mai 25 2001 par 50cent-haircut

5.0étoiles sur 5 What Would Kafka Do?
Remember the classic Brando line from On The Waterfront? ~~~~~I coulda been a contender~~~~~~~ George Saunders' CivilWarLand in Bad Decline brought those words to mind partially,... Read more
Publié le Janv. 23 2001 par Paul Oliverio

5.0étoiles sur 5 Sci-Fi for people who hate Sci-Fi
That's a little reductive, I know, but that's what I kept thinking while reading this great collection. Read more
Publié le Nov. 30 2000 par chris@rashmagazine.com

5.0étoiles sur 5 A near masterpiece
Very few writers can succeed in being compassionate without being sentimental, hilarious without losing any emotional impact. Read more
Publié le Sep 28 2000 par Dave Shickle

4.0étoiles sur 5 "Read one story per month."
I think a dosage label should come with all of Saunder's books. It should read

"Read one story per month."

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Publié le Aoû 13 2000 par vanishingpoint

4.0étoiles sur 5 Moments of Genius
Since reading Blackburn by Bradley Denton, I've been looking for a book that matches its thrilling dark humor. Read more
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